SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Kaylene Smikle scored 22 points, Allie Kubek added 16 and No. 11 Maryland topped Syracuse, 84-73, on Wednesday night.

The difference was the second quarter when the Terps (4-0) hit 12 of 17 shots, including four 3-pointers, to outscore the Orange 28-11. Syracuse was 5 of 12 with one 3-pointer and five turnovers.

Down 24-14 when the Orange (1-2) made the first two baskets of the second quarter, Kubek started and ended a 15-0 run with layups. Shyanne Sellers followed with a 3-pointer, Bri McDaniel had two baskets and Christina Dalce had two layups. Maryland was up 29-24 in less than four minutes as Syracuse missed five shots and had two turnovers.

McDaniel had 13 points off the bench on 6 of 9 shooting and Dalce scored 10. Saylor Poffenbarger had nine points and nine rebounds as the Terps had a 40-32 rebounding advantage.

Smikle, who scored 20 points for the third straight game, was 10 of 10 from the free throw line, where Maryland was 12 of 14 in the fourth quarter and 20 of 24 for the game while Syracuse finished 9 of 10.

“Road wins are precious, and it’s really hard to win on the road, especially against a really good team like Syracuse,” Terps coach Brenda Frese said. “We knew rebounding was going to be a huge piece to this game. I thought Syracuse was really extra motivated from the last game. They came out hot shooting the ball, and made us really have to kind of put us on our heels in that first quarter, but proud of our response.”

Georgia Woolley led the Orange with 17 points. Kyra Wood had 16 with 11 rebounds, Sophie Burrows scored 13 and Dominique Camp added 10.

Smikle’s 3 put Maryland up 42-31 at halftime.

Syracuse got within six midway through the third quarter but trailed 61-52 heading into the fourth.

A layup by Woolley cut the deficit to 70-66 with just less than four minutes to go, but the Orange got no closer.

“I think we have great chemistry because we play for 40 minutes hard every time, no matter if we get down by 10, we’re still — we’re all going to come out,” Smikle said. “Just having 15 people who have such great energy and such competitiveness that they don’t want to give up just makes us come back every time.”

The Terps earned back-to-back wins against ACC opponents after beating then-No. 11 Duke, 85-80, on Sunday.

The last time they started the year with four consecutive wins was during the 2021-22 season when they earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.