No. 8 Maryland women’s basketball guard Bri McDaniel has had multiple big performances off the bench this season. The junior continued to spur the Terps’ offense in her first start of the season on Saturday.

McDaniel contributed a season-high 21 points against Wisconsin in Madison. Only holding a two-point lead after three periods, a strong final frame earned Maryland a road victory over the Badgers, 83-68, at the Kohl Center.

“Just knowing that my team needs me, and knowing that I need to bring a little bit more to the table,” McDaniel said. “Being able to step up to that and just give my team whatever they need me to do.”

The Terps (15-1, 5-1 Big Ten) dropped their first game of the year earlier this week to No. 4 USC. Saturday’s result improved them to 7-0 in games played away from Xfinity Center.

Forward Christina Dalce didn’t start Big Ten play well. The senior notched 10 points against Purdue in December, but only put up two points against Michigan State and failed to score against Rutgers or Iowa.

Coach Brenda Frese said the senior got her “swag” back in a 15-point performance against USC. It carried over against Wisconsin (10-7, 1-5 Big Ten).

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Dalce scored seven early points and three made field goals. She finished with six makes on 11 shots despite playing the entire second half in foul trouble. Dalce fouled out in the fourth quarter.

The rest of the Terps’ lineup — minus Saylor Poffenbarger and Sarah Te-Biasu who didn’t play due to illness and injury, respectively — complemented the forward.

Maryland shot it at a 50 percent clip in the first quarter and posted 20 points. Guard Kaylene Smikle added nine in the opening 10 minutes to aid a 10-0 scoring run in the frame.

But 3-point shooting kept the Badgers in the contest. Wisconsin — which makes about six a game — nailed three 3-pointers in the opening period. Maryland led after the first quarter, 20-13.

Six different Terps scored in the second period. McDaniel erupted for 11 points and guard Shyanne Sellers added her first of six points at the 5:00 mark on a layup.

Smikle recorded her 15th straight appearance with a double-digit point total, ending the game with 18. Sellers added 21, matching McDaniel’s total. Those three guards, along with Dalce’s 15, accounted for 75 of their 83 points.

Maryland couldn’t get any separation from the Badgers. A Tess Myers 3-pointer brought Wisconsin within two points, and Lily Krahn’s third 3-pointer of the first half brought the Badgers’ total to five.

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But the Terps scored 11 of the final 17 points of the half, growing their advantage to 45-38 at halftime after shooting 53 percent. Maryland is undefeated this season when leading after 20 minutes.

Wisconsin’s 3-point prowess continued in the second half. The Badgers sank three long-range shots during a 12-2 run and took their first lead since three minutes into the third quarter. Krahn scored two at the beginning of the quarter to bring her total to five, a career high.

That prompted the Terps to up their defensive pressure, primarily switching to a 1-2-2 set in the full court. Maryland scored nine straight and kept Wisconsin scoreless for almost four minutes. Maryland regained its lead late in the frame, 62-60, and took it into the final period.

“Every time they would kind of swing the momentum, it didn’t impact us,” Frese said. “We would then be able to go back down and get a score, get a stop. Just that resiliency, I thought was massive.”

A 14-0 scoring run created a nine-point advantage it would not relinquish. McDaniel netted six points while Sellers and Smikle were credited with the other scores.

The Badgers went scoreless for over four minutes and scored just eight points in the fourth quarter as the Terps grew their lead and held on for a 15-point victory.

“Bri single-handedly led us to a 14-0 run,” Frese said. “I thought [Dalce] continued to show her consistency back to back. And that’s what you got to have, you have to find different ways to be able to win.”