STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Maryland women’s basketball guard Sarah Te-Biasu stood alone at the top of the key.

Fellow guard Shyanne Sellers hit Te-Biasu with a chest pass. The graduate student stepped into a 3-pointer that flushed through the net, her fourth of the game. Te-Biasu put on her best scoring performance of the year with a season-high 20.

The Terps used Te-Biasu’s scoring throughout as No. 14 Maryland earned a win over Penn State, 82-73, at Rec Hall on Wednesday. The Terps ended their three-game losing skid in the nine-point victory in which they led from start to finish.

“It was being confident, mostly being confident,” Te-Biasu said.

Penn State (10-12, 1-10 Big Ten) opened the game with a press defense, employing full-court pressure whenever Maryland (17-4, 7-3 Big Ten) started with possession under its own basket. The Terps had no problem advancing the ball up the floor into good offensive looks early on.

They began the game on a 13-4 scoring run, which consisted of three 3-pointers — two from Te-Biasu. Forward Allie Kubek also started a two-on-one opportunity that ended with a layup from Christina Dalce.

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Kubek scored a layup of her own courtesy of a full-length pass from Te-Biasu later in the quarter as the Nittany Lions didn’t give up on their press.

Te-Biasu continued her scoring touch to her third straight conference game, leading Maryland at halftime with 11 points. She started the second quarter by inbounding the basketball off the back of a Penn State defender to lead to an easy score.

Te-Biasu nailed her third 3-pointer later in the first half, becoming the only Terp in double digits at the halfway point — her third consecutive game getting to that mark to notch her Maryland career high. Maryland led at the half, 41-24.

Sellers returned to the court after missing the past two games with a knee injury. Her presence was felt despite limited minutes.

The senior scored seven points in the first moments of the third quarter, even hitting a jumper through contact that led to an extra free throw. She put up 10 points in 20 minutes of playing time.

“She did a really good job in the amount of time, she looked really good,” coach Brenda Frese said.

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Penn State’s only offense came from center Gracie Merkle. The redshirt sophomore scored all but six of the Nittany Lions’ first-half points, netting 18. After allowing UCLA center Lauren Betts to notch a career-high 33 points last Sunday, the Terps couldn’t contain another player in the post.

But Maryland did a better job containing Merkle as the game progressed. The Nittany Lions’ center only scored six points in the third quarter and no points in the final frame.

Turnovers also hindered Maryland throughout the entire contest as the Terps gave away possession 23 times. They’ve committed 16 or more in six straight games, and over 20 in two of their last four.

“They went small and we were big. That impacted us a bit in that run,” Frese said. “I thought [Penn State] were the aggressors, and did a phenomenal job turning us over.”

Penn State used five turnovers to open the fourth quarter on a 11-2 run that cut Maryland’s lead to four, and the Nittany Lions eventually only trailed by two. But a driving layup by guard Kaylene Smikle resulted in a three-point play and another lay-in from Sellers restored a multiple-possession lead the Terps hung onto.