#5 Terrapins Take on Spartans on Big Monday
2/14/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - No. 5 Maryland (22-2, 13-0) will travel to Michigan State (12-13, 4-10) Monday for a 7 p.m. ET game as part of ESPN's Big Monday.
• The Terps-Spartans game will be televised around the world on ESPN2 as part of Big Monday and will also be shown online through WatchESPN.com and the WatchESPN app.
• Live stats will be available and live updates will be available on the Maryland Women's Basketball Twitter feed.
the latest
• Maryland won its 16th straight game Tuesday with a 80-69 victory over No. 18 Rutgers in College Park. Lexie Brown led the way with 19 points, including two clutch threes down the stretch. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough added 17 points, while Laurin Mincy and Malina Howard also hit double figures. A'Lexus Harrison grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds in 27 minutes off the bench. RECAP | STATS
• The Terps have won 16 straight games since the beginning of Dec., which ties their longest win streak since they started the 2011-12 season at 16-0. Maryland won a school-record 24-straight games from the end of the 2005-2006 season through the beginning of the 2006-07 season.
• The Terps lead the Big Ten in scoring (82.2), scoring margin (+21.4), field goal percentage (.485), free throw percentage (.765), three-point field goal percentage defense (.282), rebounding margin (+11.2) and offensive rebounds (16.0). Maryland is the only team with four players in the top 30 scorers in the conference - Walker-Kimbrough (14.0), Mincy (13.7), Brown (13.2) and Brionna Jones (12.2). Jones is No. 2 in the league in offensive rebounds (4.3). Mincy is No. 2 in the league in free throw percentage (.855).
• Maryland is No. 4 in the country in field goal percentage and No. 5 in scoring. The Terps are No. 6 in rscoring margin, No. 7 in rebounding margin and No. 9 in free throw percentage.
• The Terps are ranked No. 5 in this week's Associated Press poll and USA Today Coaches' 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. 4 Louisville, 76-73, on its home court in front of a sellout crowd to go to the Final Four.
Scouting the spartans
• Michigan State is 12-13 overall and 4-10 in Big Ten play. Aerial Powers is leading the Spartans with 22.6 points per game and 11.9 rebounds.
• This is the fifth meeting between Maryland and Michigan State, with the Terrapins winning all four previous matchups. This is Maryland's first visit to the Breslin Center. Most recently, the Terrapins won 85-56 in College Park on Jan. 22. Laurin Mincy led five Terrapins in double figures with 17 points. 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 37 years. The Terrapins won 10 ACC Tournament titles and four ACC regular season titles.
• The Terps are 57-29 (.663) all-time against their 2014-15 Big Ten opponents. Maryland has won 22 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 13 years under Frese, the Terps are 25-4 (.862) against their new conference opponents. Frese is 37-10 (.787) all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota (2001-02) and at Ball State (1999-01).
• Maryland is 12-2 (.857) 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 89 straight Associated Press polls, dating back to the preseason poll of the 2010-11 season.
• Maryland has been ranked for 148 weeks in the last 10 seasons, with 124 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 55 in the AP top 5.
• The Terps appeared in the AP Top 5 on Jan. 26, 2015 for the first time since March 12, 2012.
home sweet home
• The Terps are 479-127 (.790) all time in College Park, dating back to the inaugural 1971-72 season. The Terps are also 186-32 (.853) 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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