#10 Maryland to Host Towson Sunday
12/5/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The tenth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (6-2) will host Towson (3-5) Sunday at 2 p.m. at the XFINITY Center.
• For tickets to the any of Terps' games or for a season ticket package, log on to the Terrapin Ticket Office online at umterps.com or call 1-800-IM-A-TERP. Parking will be free and open in all of the lots surrounding XFINITY Center.
• Live Stats will be available for the Terps' game vs. Towson. Live updates will also be posted to the Maryland Women's Basketball Twitter feed, so "Follow" to get updates sent straight to you.
• The Terps-Tigers game will be streamed live on the BTN2Go app, which is the official app of the Big Ten Network. It will be a BTN Plus production and will require an additional subscription. Fans can access all Big Ten content on BTN Plus for $119.95 per year or a $14.95 monthly subscription. A Maryland School Pass for BTN Plus, which includes all Terrapin contests, home and away, on BTN Plus for $79.95 per year or for a $9.95 monthly subscription.
• Fans outside of the U.S. can log on to http://international.btn2go.com/ to watch all of the Terrapins' games on BTN or BTN Plus.
the latest
• Despite an even second half, the Terrapins fell short at No. 1 Notre Dame (8-0), 92-72, Wednesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge at the Allen Country War Memorial Coliseum. Sophomore Lexie Brown and redshirt senior Laurin Mincy had 20 points each for Maryland and freshman Kristen Confroy added a career-high 14 off the bench. The Terrapins had 13 turnovers in the first half and trailed, 47-27 at the break. In the second half, they had just three turnovers and the score was tied at 45 for each team. RECAP | STATS
• Laurin Mincy currently has 999 career points and needs just one to become the 29th player in Maryland history to break 1,000 career points.
• Maryland is ranked No. 10 in the USA Today Division I Coaches poll and No. 15 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 tigers
• Towson is 3-5 so far this season. Most recently, the Tigers won at Loyola, 63-50, Thursday night. LaTorri Hines-Allen is averaging 17.5 points per game and Dominique Johnson is averaging 15.3.
• This is the 20th all-time meeting between Maryland and Towson. Maryland owns the series, 14-5, and has won the last four straight. The Terps have also won 12 of the last 13 matchups. Last year, Maryland won 90-53 at Towson on Nov. 23. Laurin Mincy and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough each had 14 points. Brene Moseley scored 11 and Brionna Jones added 10. RECAP | STATS
Maryland in the rankings
• Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country. The Terrapins have been ranked in 79 straight Associated Press polls, dating back to the preseason poll of the 2010-11 season.
• Maryland has been ranked for 137 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 470-127 (.787) all time in College Park, dating back to the inaugural 1971-72 season. The Terps are also 177-32 (.847) at home under Brenda Frese, whose first season in College Park was the inaugural season of XFINITY Center.
• The Terrapins are 112-6 (.949) 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.).
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.
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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