Penn State's possible foul trouble, lack of rebounding and Maryland's quickness were the major concerns the women's basketball team had before last night's game at Maryland.

Add turnovers to that list and the reasons behind the Lady Lions' 85-60 loss to the Lady Terrapins becomes more apparent. Everything that wasn't supposed to go wrong, did, plain and simple.

"To be run out a gym is frustrating and disappointing," Coach Rene Portland said. "(But) with three straight losses Maryland was ready to come out and get a win, and they did in a big way."

Center Christy Winters paced the 23rd-ranked Lady Terrapins (11-7) with 24 points, most of them from the inside. Dafne Lee had 14 points, Subrena Rivers scored 13 and Estelle Christy came through with 12.

Throughout the game, the Maryland lineup stole rebounds and ran up and down the court at ease. Offensively, the Lady Terrapins grabbed 16 offensive boards. On defense the team hauled in 28 rebounds, often limiting No. 18 Penn State (12-3) to only one shot on many of its possessions . Maryland outrebounded the Lady Lions, 44-32.

"The rebounding was a big issue tonight," Portland said. "They were able to rebound and run, especially in the second half. They were like a bunch of greyhounds out there."

Forward Susan Robinson went to the bench within the first five minutes of the game after picking up two over-the-back fouls. As is Penn State's policy, a player sits on the bench after the second foul. To add to the troubles, starters Tanya Garner, Lynn Dougherty and Kathy Phillips were all held scoreless in the first half.

"They were OK calls," Robinson said of her two fouls. "It was my fault, I didn't have position. After the first one, I should have recognized they would call it that way."

Picking up the slack was point guard Dana Eikenberg -- who scored a season-high 17 points, all in the first half -- and freshman Kim Lazor, who scored six. Still, without the point production, it was only 35-27 at the half.

"(At halftime), we went into the locker room in pretty good shape because the subs did a good job for us," Portland said. "In the second half (however), Dana got only one shot off and she was our saving grace in the first half."

With the starters re-instated and the team hoping to come back, the closest the Lady Lions came was, 39-30, after a three-point play by Robinson. She would finish with 19 points, but Garner only had four, Dougherty three and Phillips was scoreless.

"I thought we played right into their hands," Garner said. "We didn't do the things the great teams do to win. We did have Dana in the first half and Susan in the second, but it's a team sport. You need 13 people to come and play."

Coming into the game, Maryland had lost five of its last six games while Penn State had won 10 straight. Maryland had won the last two games in the series.

Before the game, Maryland Coach Chris Weller had said her team was just going to "play hard." By forcing 23 turnovers, shooting 55 percent and holding the Lady Lions to only 36 percent shooting from the field, the Lady Terrapins lived up to their coach's words.

It was also Penn State's lowest offensive output of the season, 11 less than a Dec. 3 loss at Purdue, the Lady Lions' last defeat.