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COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Another early season blowout by No. 4 Maryland provided coach Brenda Frese with another opportunity to prepare her squad for tougher games ahead.Brionna Jones and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough each scored 19 points before leaving early in a 97-63 rout of Towson on Tuesday night.Jones had 18 points in the first half and Walker-Kimbrough had 16. Together, they outscored the Tigers in helping Maryland (9-0) to a 56-29 lead at the break.The margin swelled to 34 points when Frese removed Jones and Walker-Kimbrough for good with 6:36 left in the third quarter, leaving the Terps bench players to finish up.Obviously were continuing to try to work through our depth and rest some of our starters with the minutes theyre bringing, Frese said.Jones collected eight rebounds during her 14 minutes of playing time, and Walker-Kimbrough saw enough action during her 18-minute stint to move into eighth place on the schools career scoring list with 1,647 points.As competitive as our starters are, I know they want to play more minutes, Frese said. But weve got to be able to extend our depth and bring everyone along.Thats OK with Walker-Kimbrough, who quite enjoyed the view from the bench.Its more about the bigger picture, the senior guard said. Weve got a lot of new players on the team and were trying to get the chemistry rolling. With the great team that we have, the versatility, its not a drop-off when we go out.Kristen Confroy scored 11 for Maryland, which entered with a nations best 38.0 scoring margin. This lopsided victory did little to affect that statistic.Sianni Martin led Towson (6-2) with 19 points and Raven Bankston added 14. The Tigers were outrebounded 46-28.We played the No. 4 team in the country. I just wanted to see if our kids were going to come out and compete, coach Niki Reid Geckeler said. They definitely did.After scoring the final two points of the first quarter to make it 22-10, the 6-foot-3 Jones scored Marylands first 12 points of the second quarter. All the shots were layups, and two of them resulted in 3-point plays.Jones personal scoring spree ended when Walker-Kimbrough made a 3-point play for a 37-14 lead. The layup was set up by the unyielding hustle of freshman Destiny Slocum, who raced from midcourt to the baseline to whisk a bouncing ball headed out of bounds into the waiting hands of Walker-Kimbrough.They shared a hug after the ball dropped through the hoop. It was one of Slocums team-high six assists.BENCH PRESSTowson: The Tigers got only six points from their reserves, a basket apiece by three players.Maryland: Blair Watson and Brianna Fraser each scored 10 of the Terps 38 points off the bench.POLL IMPLICATIONSThis certainly shouldnt hurt Marylands stature as one of the top four teams in the country.Very good team. They rebound well, dont make too many mistakes, and the bench is strong, Reid Geckeler said. It will be interesting to see how far this team goes. They should be one of those Final Four teams.BIG PICTURETowson: Though the Tigers dont have the size or talent to stick with Maryland, the inside play of Brianna Bush (11 points, six rebounds) and the court savvy of Martin should enable Towson to be competitive in the Colonial Athletic Association.If you want to be the best, youve got to play the best, Reid Geckeler said. Well look back on this game and say it prepared us for CAA play.Maryland: The Terrapins put on a dazzling display in the first half as they continue to gain momentum for their Dec. 29 home game against No. 1 Connecticut.UP NEXTTowson faces Colgate on the road Thursday night.Maryland play at home Thursday night against St. Peters, which lost its first six games by an average of 29 points before beating Marist on Sunday. Ron Jaworski Youth Jersey . Dukurs winning time was 1 minute, 45.76 seconds, a quarter-second better than Russias Alexander Tretiakov. Lativas Tomass Dukurs was third, 1.41 seconds off the pace. 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The 26-year-old finished last season with Clevelands Triple-A affiliate in Columbus after signing with the Indians in August. WASHINGTON -- The San Antonio Spurs have been so good on the road, its almost a disappointment they have to return home.The way theyre playing right now though, it probably doesnt matter where the game is.LaMarcus Aldridge scored 24 points, Tony Parker added 20 and the Spurs beat the Washington Wizards 112-100 on Saturday night for their ninth straight victory.The Spurs (14-3) swept a three-game road swing and are 10-0 away from home.I do want to go home. I dont want to play at home, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich joked after the game. Youve got no choice, no choice.Kawhi Leonard scored 19 for San Antonio, which shot 53.3 percent (40 of 75) from the field. The Spurs led by 10 at halftime and as many as 19 in the second half.San Antonios bench outscored Washingtons reserves 35-18.Last game was rough. Starters didnt have a great start, Aldridge said of Fridays win in Boston, when the reserves supplied 56 points. Today we focused on trying to come out and have both units be solid and be locked in.Bradley Beal led Washington (5-10) with 25 points and John Wall scored 21. Marcin Gortat had 10 points and 10 rebounds.The Wizards got within 69-62 on a three-point play by Wall late in the third quarter, but the Spurs soon pushed the lead to 12 on Aldridges 3-pointer and it was 90-76 after three quarters.San Antonio was 23 of 29 from the free throw line while the Wizards were 10 of 14.Theyre so disciplined and (have) so much experience, and a lot of guys can make shots, Wizards coach Scott Brooks said. But we put them on the free throw line 29 times and we couldnt get there. Thats definitely a big part of their win.Parker scored 11 points in the second quarter as the Spurs opened a double-digit lead.At the end of the day, its about defense and we didnt play it at the end of the day, Beal said.TIP-IINSSpurs: Improved to 6-0 vs.dddddddddddd Eastern Conference teams. ... G Manu Ginobili was rested as the Spurs played the second of back-to-back games and C Dewayne Dedmon (sprained left knee) missed his sixth straight. ... Have won 19 of their last 21 games against the Wizards. ... Are 7-0 with the starting five of Leonard, Aldridge, Pau Gasol, Danny Green and Parker. ... Gasol had eight points and 10 rebounds after being held scoreless Friday.Wizards: F Markieff Morris received a double technical and was ejected for arguing after picking up two quick fouls in the third quarter. ... It was the first of four straight games against Western Conference teams for Washington. ... The starters shot just one free throw in the first half. ... Wizards fell to 5-6 with Wall and Beal in the lineup.PLEASANT SURPRISEFor a team with a lot of new faces, the Spurs havent missed a beat.The fact that a lot of the new guys have caught on so quickly, Popovich said when asked what surprised him about his teams start.Kyle Anderson and John Simmons havent played much before and David Lee and Davis Bertans and Dwayne Dedmon and Pau just all got here, so theyve blended in very well pretty quickly. Thats whats most surprising about it.MAHINMI MAKES HIS DEBUTWashingtons bench got a boost with the Wizards debut of center Ian Mahinmi. Signed as a free agent in July, Mahinmi, 30, missed the first 14 games while recovering from left knee surgery. He played 15 minutes, scored one point and grabbed a rebound.I knew going into the game that he was going to be rusty, and he was, but he gave us good effort, Brooks said.UP NEXTSpurs: Host Orlando on Tuesday.Wizards: Host Sacramento on Monday. ' ' '