INDIANAPOLIS - Jenna Allen had a strong outing offensively. But for many of the others on the Michigan State women’s basketball team that wasn’t the case. The struggles offensively – especially in the second half – hurt the No. 9 seed Spartans as they suffered a 71-55 loss to top seed Maryland in a Big Ten tournament quarterfinal at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Allen finished with 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting for MSU, which shot just 29.5 percent. "They did a great job executing," MSU coach Suzy Merchant said. "Give them certainly a lot of credit. It's hard to win games when -- collectively we were 29 percent from the field and 22 from the arc. So that's not typical of how we normally play. But give them credit, too. I thought they were exceptional today, especially on the offensive end." Shay Colley and Nia Clouden each had 12 points for the Spartans (20-11), who now wait for the NCAA tournament selection on March 18 to learn the next step for their season. Kaila Charles had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead Maryland, which avenged a January setback to MSU. The Spartans trailed by as much as 15 in the opening half before ending the second quarter on a 12-1 run to get within four at the intermission. A basket by Clouden had the Spartans within two in the opening minute of the third quarter. But Maryland took control and outscored MSU, 25-10, in that quarter to earn a spot in the semifinals. "Just give Maryland credit," Merchant said. "I thought they just definitely had a little more edge to them. I thought the first time we played them and being at our place, I thought we definitely had that kind of edge to us, and give them a lot of credit. I definitely thought that they were consistent in the way they attacked us. It just seemed like there were times when we fought back so hard, I loved our fight in the second quarter. "We came out, we scored that quick bucket. It was a (two)-point game, and then they just kind of got away from us and (had us in) a lot of late-clock situations that could break a back. I felt like they hit a shot or they got a rebound at that time or we ended up with a foul instead of a stop when it was three, two, one, that kind of thing."