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"It's only her second game. I mean . hello? There's a lot of season left for her."

hit the wall," Delle Donne said.

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Chloe Pavlech, a Maryland freshman guard who is eight inches shorter than Delle Donne, got to guard her for some of the second half.

"She goes into those grooves that separates her on the floor. That's what makes her so special," Frese said. "Once she started heating up, we couldn't find her in zone, couldn't find her in man. I thought we did a much better job trying to lock into her. She continues to show what makes her an All American and why she's a tremendous player."

"Obviously, I would have liked to have performed far better."

No one on the Terrapins is as tall as Delle Donne, but their zone was able to thwart her.

NEWARK, Del. (AP) Elena Delle Donne hadn't played for a month due to Lyme Disease, and in her return Thursday night she didn't look like the All American player that she is.

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"I felt all right," Delle Donne said. "It was difficult, obviously. I'm just going to play my way back into it."

"I think Elena gave everything she could. It's really hard to be off for a long time and have your timing back," Blue Hens coach Tina Martin said.

Lauren Carra had 16 points for Delaware, which snapped a four game winning streak.

lot taller than I thought," Pavlech said.

In the second half, she led a comeback that got the Blue Hens to 52 49 with Brooklyn Nets Hats just over eight minutes to play, but Maryland closed with a 17 4 run.

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were never rattled," Maryland coach Brenda Frese said.

Alyssa Thomas added 13 points and 13 rebounds, and Katie Rutan scored 13 for the Terps (8 2), who won their fourth straight game.

Delaware guard Elena Delle Donne, bottom right, attempts to wrestle a rebound away from Maryland center Malina Howard (4) and forward Alyssa Thomas in the second half.(Photo: Patrick Semansky, AP)

Story HighlightsDelaware All American Elena Delle Donne returned after missing a month with Lyme DiseaseTianna Hawkins had 16 points and 16 rebounds to lead the eighth ranked TerrapinsDelle Donne finished with 19 points and six rebounds but was a rusty 7 for 23 from the floor

Hawkins scored 12 straight points to help Maryland open a 43 31 lead over Delaware (5 3) with just over two minutes gone in the second half. With 13:17 left, the Terps led 50 37.

Playing in front of a sellout crowd of 5,089, the largest in Delaware women's history, the 6 foot 5 Delle Donne missed nine of 12 shots in 15 minutes of the first half.

Delle Donne played for just the second time this season. She finished with 19 points and six rebounds but was a rusty 7 for 23 from the floor in 34 minutes. She also missed the first three games of the season.

Tianna Hawkins had 16 points and 16 rebounds, and No. 8 Maryland hounded Delle Donne in her return as the Terrapins beat Delaware 69 53.

"They're a top 10 team deservedly so. Bigger, stronger," Martin said. "We need Elena's size to go against these bigger schools."

"I was able to get into a little bit more of a rhythm. Once I got the rhythm, that's when I Nike Cap Sky Blue

Delle Donne's minutes were carefully monitored by Martin. After playing the first six minutes she took a seat and returned three minutes later.