later in the half terps down nine lexi brown far and away drains the triple. she had 12. rmer dee brown, approves. second half off the maryland miss. huskies in transition, they have all the right moves. brianna stewart fushs on the other end. game high 25 for her. maryland falls 81-58. i should get points for all the tom cruise references. thank you. uconn will play notre dame in tuesday's final. jason pugh is in the locker room. >> reporter: thanks. i'm here with melina howard. tough loss obviously for the young ladies with the maryland team. what did the coach say to you guys in the locker room? >> she w of how we competed and how hard we played. we're closing the margin. uconn's a phenomenal team. we just got to play hard. >> reporter: what's it going to take next season to push through the wall and get to the national championship game? >> we'll use it as fire. we'll come in in the summer work as hard as we come. come next season, fight, battle. work hard every day in practice. >> reporter: thank you very much malina. back to you. >> thanks. a great year for the terps

we found people supporting the program and those related to it like lexi brown's aunt. >> any predictionrow night? >> of course, we are coming out on top. >> a big upset. >> this is the maryland turtle. and this is some stray puppy. very cute. it's a husky this weekend. so sorry husky. you are going to go home early. >> reporter: what are you looking forward to the most between today and tomorrow? >> just having a good time. with other fans. and with this team. and getting ready for tomorrow. >> reporter: they are get ready for tomorrow night of course. those ladies are a group of maryland boosters called the rebounders. they love maryland women's basketball and they come to all the final fours. guys, back to you. >> thank you very much diane. looking forward to it. see you in sports. >>> you could call it a concert about nothing, but it drew a lot of something to the h street corridor this afternoon. ♪ [ music ] ♪ rap artist wall-a gave a concert to coincide with the release of his new album aptly dubbed the album about nothing. hundreds packed in to see the rapper in person. >> i just

sophomore lexie brown has now made to the final four twice without a championship. >> we have you willall the confidence. we just have to believe that we can compete with uconn and notre dame. my two years, those are the only two teams that have gotten enten in my way. >> uconn and notre dame facing off in the championship tomorrow. why the terps believe they will will be even better next year at 4:50. >> congrats on an awesome season. >>> today the nats play their homeowner. we're counting down to the first pitch at 4:05. today the nats take on the new york mets. if you're headed to the game you'll notice some new security measures as you're walking inside the park. megan mcgrath will have more on that live from nats park coming up at 5:00 a.m.. so excited for opening day. >> tom and i knew that you were going to be down there for opening day, so we wanted you to have the best possible weather. >> thank you so much. and how about that kierein. home run weather. >> absolutely. just going to be perfect day today for baseball coming back here for the 2015 season. it's so exciting. a rather