Terps Women's Basketball Hits the Road to Meet No. 13 Lady Lions
12/3/2002 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 3, 2002
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Game 5: Wednesday, Dec. 4 ~ 7 p.m.: Terps (3-1) at Penn State (4-1) at The Bryce Jordan Center (15,621): University Park, Pa.
Maryland's Next Game:
Saturday, Dec. 7 ~ 2 p.m.: Maryland at Richmond
at Robins Center (9,171): Richmond, Va.
Terps Hit the Road to Meet No. 13 Lady Lions
Maryland (3-1) travels to meet No. 11/13 Penn State (4-1) in State College on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. The two teams have met the past seven straight seasons, with the Lady Lions winning six of the last seven.
Following the PSU game, Maryland continues its two-game road trip at Richmond on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. in the Robins Center. The Terrapins return home on Dec. 11 to meet Virginia Tech, a team that is receiving votes in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' poll. That game begins at 7 p.m. in the Comcast Center.
The Maryland vs. Penn State Series
The Terps trail 8-12 in the all-time series with Penn State. Maryland has lost the last four straight against the Lady Lions, with its last win, a 59-53 victory, coming in College Park on Dec. 7, 1997. Maryland is an even 5-5 at home vs. Penn State, trails 2-7 in State College, and is 1-0 at neutral sites vs. the Lady Lions.
2002 Big Ten Coach of the Year Frese Heads To PSU for First time Ever
First-year Maryland head coach Brenda Frese, last year's Big Ten Coach of the Year, is making her first trip ever to "Happy Valley," despite being in the same conference as Penn State last season. While at Minnesota last year, Frese and her staff hosted the on Dec. 28, and lost 88-83 to Rene Portland's Lady Lion squad. That was the only time Frese has met Penn State in her four years as a head coach. Frese is 12-7 all-time vs. the Big Ten. Penn State is the only Big Ten opponent on Maryland's regular season schedule this year.
The Beginning of a New Era at Maryland
Welcome to the Comcast Center... Maryland held the grand opening for the new home of women's and men's basketball on Oct. 10 when the university celebrated the official ribbon-cutting at the Comcast Center. New head coach Brenda Frese lined up with Maryland Governor Parris Glendening, University President C.D. "Dan" Mote, men's basketball bench boss Gary Williams, Athletics Director Deborah A. Yow, and many others to address the crowd of over 1,200 invitees to the grand opening celebration.
The Comcast Center's seating capacity will be an outstanding 17,100 with the building including such amenities as:
* Eight-sided video scoreboard
* Weight Training and Conditioning Area and Sports Medicine/Training Area
* Auxiliary Gymnasium with room for two full courts that will serves as the competition site for gymnastics, women's volleyball and wresting.
* Media Relations Center
* Heritage Hall Multi-Purpose Room, which seats 400 for a reception and 200 for a sit-down dinner
* Academic Support and Career Development Center for Student-Athletes (7,000 square feet)
* Terps merchandise Store
Brenda Frese named third head coach ever for Maryland women... Maryland introduced 2002 AP National Coach of the Year Brenda Frese as the third women's basketball coach all-time on April 2, 2002.
Frese brings a history of turning programs around with her to Maryland. Frese began her head coaching career at Ball State in 1999 and took a program that had been 66-169 in the past nine seasons to records of 16-13 and 19-9 and two NCAA tournaments before moving to Minnesota in 2001.
Frese orchestrated the best one-year turnaround in Big Ten history, taking a team that had gone 8-20 in 2000-01 and guiding them to a 22-8 record last season. Her turnaround heroics ended in the NCAA second round against the ACC's own North Carolina Tar Heels, but her amazing reversal of Minnesota's fortunes still earned Frese AP National Coach of the Year honors.
Maryland On TV
Maryland will be on television at least four times this season as part of the ACC women's basketball television schedule. The Terps' first televised game will be the Jan. 19 game at Virginia with a start time of 1 p.m. The remainder of the Terps' television schedule is below, including two home games which will afford Maryland fans throughout ACC country to take a peek inside the Comcast Center.
Maryland's Television Games
J19 at Virginia 1:00 p.m. TV
J27 NORTH CAROLINA 7:00 p.m. TV
F16 at Florida State 1:00 p.m. TV
F24 DUKE 7:00 p.m. TV
Terps' Radio Coverage
Terrapin Sports Network Broadcasts
D11 VIRGINIA TECH 7:00 p.m.
J19 at Virginia 1:00 p.m.
F1 NC STATE 7:00 p.m.
F7 at GA Tech 7:00 p.m.
F24 DUKE 7:00 p.m.
Games carried on the Terrapin Sports Network can be heard on the following affiliates throughout the Maryland and Baltimore areas:
Terrapin Sports Network Affiliates
WBAL AM 1090 Baltimore
WTBO AM 1450 Cumberland
WARK AM 1490 Hagerstown
WMSG AM 1050 Oakland
WTDK FM 107.1 Cambridge/Easton
WQMR FM 101.1 Ocean City
WTGM AM 960 Salisbury
WMAL AM 630 Washington, DC (for the NC State Game)
WMUC Broadcasts
WMUC, the student station for the University of Maryland, will carry the bulk of the Terps' on-air games. Maryland games, road and home, that are broadcast by WMUC can either be heard on 88.1 FM as well as on the web at www.wmuc.com and/or www.wmucsports.com. The schedule for those games is as follows:
Maryland's Remaining WMUC Games
Date Game Time Entity
D4 at Penn State 7:00 p.m. Both
D11 VIRGINIA TECH 7:00 p.m. Sports
D15 COPPIN STATE 2:00 p.m. Sports
D21 UMBC Noon Sports
J2 at NC State 7:00 p.m. Both
J5 GEORGIA TECH 2:00 p.m. Both
J9 CLEMSON 7:00 p.m. Sports
J12 at Wake Forest (Annex) 2:00 p.m. Both
J16 FLORIDA STATE 7:00 p.m. Sports
J19 at Virginia 1:00 p.m. Both
J23 at Duke 7:00 p.m. Both
J27 NORTH CAROLINA 7:00 p.m. Both
F1 NC STATE 7:00 p.m. Sports
F13 WAKE FOREST 7:00 p.m. Sports
F16 at Florida State 1:00 p.m. Both
F20 VIRGINIA 7:00 p.m. Both
F24 DUKE 7:00 p.m. Both
F27 at North Carolina 7:00 p.m. Both
Games broadcast on the "Sports" entity will only be available over the Internet at www.wmucsports.com. Games broadcast on "Both" will be available on www.wmucsports.com, www.wmucradio.com, and 88.1 FM in the College Park area.
