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Poffenbarger leads No. 7 Maryland against Delaware State

Delaware State Hornets (3-7) at Maryland Terrapins (11-0, 1-0 Big Ten)

College Park, Maryland; Wednesday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 7 Maryland plays Delaware State after Saylor Poffenbarger scored 30 points in Maryland’s 100-99 win against the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

The Terrapins have gone 8-0 at home. Maryland is 1-0 in one-possession games.

The Hornets are 0-5 in road games. Delaware State has a 0-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

Maryland averages 87.6 points, 23.6 more per game than the 64.0 Delaware State gives up. Delaware State has shot at a 37.4% rate from the field this season, 0.7 percentage points higher than the 36.7% shooting opponents of Maryland have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Poffenbarger is averaging 11.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.4 steals for the Terrapins. Oluchi Okananwa is averaging 14.4 points over the last 10 games.

Mahogany Cottingham is shooting 32.1% and averaging 10.9 points for the Hornets. Amaya Scott is averaging 9.1 points.

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