COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Southern California’s women’s basketball seemed to be having an off night. It was understandable.
Large chunks of their city are burning back home , while the team is on a two-game East Coast swing over five days that has coincided with a burst of frigid weather.
No. 7 Maryland, and many of 14,735 fans who showed up at Xfinity Center, were throwing everything they had at No. 5 USC: Driving and spinning layups, quick floaters and jumpers in the lane and the urgency of a team playing to stay undefeated…