#9 Maryland Hosts Ohio State in First Big Ten Game
12/26/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The ninth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (9-2) will host Ohio State (8-4) Monday night at 7 p.m. in XFINITY Center in the Terrapins' first-ever conference game as a member of the Big Ten.
• For tickets to the Terps' game vs. the Buckeyes, log on to the Terrapin Ticket Office online at umterps.com or call 1-800-IM-A-TERP. The first 2,000 fans in attendance will receive a commemorative t-shirt.
• The Dad-Daughter Date Night Pack will be available for the Terps-Buckeyes game. It includes two general admission tickets, two hot dogs, and two sodas for only $20.
• The Maryland-Ohio State game will be shown live around the world on the Big Ten Network. Click here to get your channel number for BTN. Fans can also watch on BTN2Go, or on the BTN's mobile app, and will be asked to enter their cable login information.
• International fans can log on to http://international.btn2go.com/ to watch.
• Live Stats will be available for the Terps' game vs. Ohio State. Live updates will also be posted to the Maryland Women's Basketball Twitter feed, so "Follow" to get updates sent straight to you.
the latest
• Maryland used a 38-13 run to close the first half to win 110-51 at Coppin State Sunday. Brene Moseley led the way with 18 points, eight assists and three steals, while Shatori Walker-Kimbrough added 17 points. Brionna Jones, Kiara Leslie, Laurin Mincy and A'Lexus Harrison also scored in double figures. RECAP | STATS
• The Terrapins lead the Big Ten and are second in the country with their field goal percentage of 50.4 percent behind only Connecticut. The Terps are eighth in the nation with their free throw percentage of 77.5 percent and lead the Big Ten as well. Walker-Kimbrough and Mincy are No. 3 and No. 4 in the Big Ten in free throw percentage and Walker-Kimbrough is No. 21 in the country with her 89.7 percent.
• Maryland is ranked No. 9 in the USA Today Division I Coaches poll and No. 14 in the latest Associated Press poll.
• Maryland was picked to win the Big Ten in its first year in the league by both the conference's head coaches and the conference media. Brown was named to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team by the media.
• Maryland ended the 2013-14 ranked No. 11 in the final Associated Press poll and No. 4 in the USA Today Top 25 Coaches poll. They made a remarkable run to the program's fourth NCAA Final Four and second under head coach Brenda Frese. Along the way, they handled top-seeded Tennessee, 73-62 and then beat No. 3 Louisville, 76-73, on its home court in front of a sellout crowd to go to the Final Four.
Scouting the BUCKEYES
• Ohio State is 8-4 so far this season. Most recently, the Buckeyes beat No. 18 West Virginia, 96-54, Monday. Kelsey Mitchell leads the Buckeyes with 25.9 points per game and Ameryst Alston is averaging 21.9 points per game. They are Nos. 1 and 2 in the Big Ten in scoring.
• This is the sixth meeting between the Terrapins and the Buckeyes and the Terps own the series, 3-2. They met last year in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Dec. 3 in College Park. Maryland won 67-55. Brenda Frese is 3-2 all-time vs. the Buckeyes, including her time at Minnesota, and 2-1 in her time at Maryland. RECAP | STATS
maryland in the b1g
• Maryland is in its first season as a member of the Big Ten conference after playing in the ACC for 38 years. The Terrapins won 10 ACC Tournament titles and four ACC regular season titles.
• The Terps are 44-29 (.603) all-time against their 2014-15 Big Ten opponents. Maryland has won nine straight games against Big Ten teams, dating back to 2007. The last loss to a Big Ten opponent was when the third-ranked Terps fell at No. 4 Rutgers, 68-60, on Dec. 3, 2007.
• In the 12 years under Frese, the Terps are 12-4 (.750) against their new conference opponents. Frese is 24-10 (.706) all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota (2001-02) and at Ball State (1999-01).
• Maryland is 5-2 (.714) against Big Ten teams at home in XFINITY Center. All are under Frese. Those two losses were against Penn State on Dec. 4, 2002 and against Ohio State in the NCAA Second Round in 2003.
Maryland in the rankings
• Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country. The Terrapins have been ranked in 83 straight Associated Press polls, dating back to the preseason poll of the 2010-11 season.
• Maryland has been ranked for 141 weeks in the last 10 seasons, with 119 of those weeks in the Associated Press top 10.
• The Terps appeared in the AP Top 5 on Dec. 12, 2011 for the first time since they ended the 2008-09 season ranked No. 3.
home sweet home
• The Terps are 472-127 (.788) all time in College Park, dating back to the inaugural 1971-72 season. The Terps are also 179-32 (.848) at home under Brenda Frese, whose first season in College Park was the inaugural season of XFINITY Center.
• Maryland is 114-6 (.950) all-time in non-conference games in XFINITY Center.
• The Terps own one of the longest home win streaks in NCAA history. They won 48 straight home games starting Nov. 9, 2007 with a 76-52 season-opening win over Princeton. The streak ended on Jan. 21, 2010 with an 80-77 loss to Miami.
family ties
• Head coach Brenda Frese and her younger sister, Marsha, are the only two sister head coaches in Division I. Marsha is in her this year as head coach at UMKC and was an assistant under Brenda at Ball State, Minnesota and for two years at Maryland.
• Many Terrapins have NBA pedigree in their background. Lexie Brown's dad is 1991 NBA Slam Dunk Champion Dee Brown, who is currently an assistant with the Sacramento Kings.
• Aja Ellison's dad is 1989 No. 1 overall draft pick Pervis Ellison, who also won a national championship at Louisville. Her mother, Timi, ran track at Maryland.
• Lexie and Aja's dads played together with the Boston Celtics in the mid-1990s.
• Kiara Leslie's older brother, C.J., played at NC State from 2010-13 and now plays professionally in Korea.
• Malina Howard's younger sister, Marisa, is a freshman post player at Division II Goldey-Beacom.
• Brionna Jones' older brother, Jarred, plays at Loyola (Md.).
fRESE COACHING TREE
• Head coach Brenda Frese has quite the extensive coaching tree, having been in the women's basketball collegiate circuit for over 16 years. She's worked with some of the best basketball minds in the country and has helped them achieve great things.
Marsha Frese (Head Coach at UMKC) - Assistant at Ball State, Minnesota, Maryland
Jeff Walz (Head Coach at Louisville) - Assistant at Minnesota, Maryland
Joanna Bernabei-McNamee (Head Coach at Pikesville) - Assistant at Minnesota, Maryland
Daron Park (Head Coach at Cal State-Fullerton) - Assistant at Maryland
Stephanie Stevens (Head Coach at Gallaudet) - Staff at Maryland
Danielle Hemerka (Assistant at American, Saint Francis) - Staff at Maryland
Rhet Wierzba (Assistant at Indiana) - Director of Operations at Maryland
Billy Fennelly (Assistant at Iowa State) - Staff at Maryland
Zach Kancher (Assistant at Miami) - Staff at Maryland
Laura Harper (Assistant at High Point) - Player at Maryland
Jade Perry (Assistant at Albright) - Player at Maryland
Mike Bowden (Video Director for Louisville Men) - Staff at Maryland
David Adkins (Player Development for Wizards) - Assistant at Maryland
Winston Gandy (Player Development Asst. for Wizards) - Staff at Maryland
Ryan Richman (Video Director for Wizards) - Intern at Maryland
Kyle Tarp (Director of Basketball Performance at MD) - Staff at Maryland
Chris Campbell (Head Coach at Sherwood High School) - Director of Operations at Maryland
overtime is our time
The phrase, “Overtime is our time!” became one of the catch phrases from the Terps' 2006 NCAA title run. That 2005-06 team went 6-0 in overtime games and won the national title in extra time vs. Duke.
• Maryland is 15-2 (.882) in overtime games in head coach Brenda Frese's 12 years.
• In the 2007-08 season, Frese was not on the sidelines for two of the Terps' overtime games. She missed a 97-86 double overtime loss at North Carolina on Jan. 26, 2008 and a 74-71 win at Virginia Tech on Feb. 4, 2008, due to her pregnancy with her sons.
• The Terps' only overtime loss with Frese on the sidelines was a 95-91 loss at Florida State on Jan. 16, 2005.
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