Sellers scores 38 as No. 25 UW Huskies top No. 16 Maryland 83-80 in 2OT

Sayvia Sellers scored a career-high 38 points, and the No. 25 UW Huskies defeated No. 16 Maryland 83-80 in double overtime on Wednesday night for their fifth consecutive win.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jan 28, 2026, 7:11 PM Updated: 9:26 pm

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Sayvia Sellers of the UW Huskies reacts during the first half of a women's college basketball game. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Sayvia Sellers scored a career-high 38 points, Avery Howell had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and the No. 25 UW Huskies defeated No. 16 Maryland 83-80 in double overtime on Wednesday night for their fifth consecutive win.

UW Huskies 83, Maryland Terrapins 80 (2OT): Box score

Addi Mack’s jumper that got Maryland within 77-76 with 3 1/2 minutes left in the second overtime was the final made basket of the game. Washington made 6 of 8 from the line in the final minutes to finish off the win.

Sellers scored seven points in the second extra period. Her fifth 3-pointer opened the scoring and the Huskies never trailed.

The score was tied at 46 heading to the fourth quarter and there would be five more ties in regulation, including a 3-pointer by Elle Ladine that sent the game to overtime. The Huskies were 6 for 25 from 3-point distance in regulation.

Sellers made a go-ahead basket for a one-point lead with four seconds left in overtime but Maryland’s Saylor Poffenbarger drew a foul after an offensive rebound and made one free throw to tie it.

Yarden Garzon scored 24 points and Mack 20 for Maryland (17-5, 5-5 Big Ten). Poffenbarger had 16 points and 14 rebounds.

Ladine scored 10 points for Washington (17-4, 7-3) and Brynn McGaughy had 11 rebounds.

Mack buried three 3-pointers in the first quarter and Maryland raced out to a 22-11 lead. Maryland a 35-23 halftime lead.

Sellers scored eight points in Washington’s 13-2 run that tied the score at 39 halfway through the third quarter. She scored 14 of Washington’s 23 points in the third and the score was tied at 46.