COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The fifth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (24-2, 15-0) will host Penn State (6-20, 3-12) Monday at 7 p.m. at XFINITY Center in the annual Play 4 Kay Pink Game.
• For tickets to Monday's game, 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.
• The Maryland-Penn State matchup will be televised around the world on the Big Ten Network, BTN2Go.com and the BTN2Go app. Fans outside the U.S. can log on to http://international.btn2go.com/ to watch and will need a subscription.
• Live stats will be available and live updates will be available on the Maryland Women's Basketball Twitter feed.
• Monday's game is one of five on the radio and can be heard on WJZ 1300 AM (Baltimore), SportsTalk 570 AM (DC), WARK 1490 AM (Hagerstown), WFRB 560 AM (Cumberland) and WFMD 930 AM (Frederick).
play 4 kay pink game
• The Terrapins will honor breast cancer survivors during halftime of the game. Breast cancer survivors can register here to receive a complimentary general admission ticket and participate in the halftime recognition.
• The Terps will host a Cut-A-Thon at halftime with hair donations benefiting the Pantene Beautiful Lengths campaign providing free wigs to women affected by hair loss from cancer treatment. A minimum hair donation of 8 inches is required. All Cut-A-Thon volunteers will receive a complimentary haircut courtesy of Shear Pleasure Salon. For more information or to sign up to participate, call (301) 314-0151.
• There will be a silent auction at the Marketing Table near Gate A featuring Under Armour Power in Pink apparel. The auction will begin at 6 PM and close at the end of halftime. All proceeds will benefit the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.
• Fans are encouraged to support the cause by donating to the Maryland women's basketball Play4Kay team page at play4kay.org/marylandterrapins and help further the efforts of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund to fight women's cancers by raising money for scientific research, assisting the underserved, and unifying people for a common cause.
• The team will be sporting pink in support of breast cancer awareness and fans are encouraged to do the same. Fans who wear pink to the game can purchase $5 general admission tickets at the Terrapin Ticket Office on game day.
• The Kay Yow Cancer Fund, in partnership with the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and The V Foundation, is a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization committed to being a part of finding an answer in the fight against women's cancers through raising money for scientific research, assisting the underserved and unifying people for a common cause.
the latest
• Maryland won its 18th straight game Thursday and took at least a share of the Big Ten regular season title with an 81-70 win at Wisconsin. Brionna Jones picked up her 10th double-double with 20 points and 15 rebounds, while Shatori Walker-Kimbrough added 17 points. Lexie Brown scored 15 with seven assists. RECAP | STATS
• The Terps have won 18 straight games since the beginning of December. Maryland won a school-record 24-straight games from the end of the 2005-06 season through the beginning of the 2006-07 season.
• The Terps lead the Big Ten in scoring (81.9), scoring margin (+20.4), field goal percentage (.484), free throw percentage (.761), three-point field goal percentage defense (.289), rebounding margin (+11.0) and offensive rebounds (16.0). Maryland is the only team with four players in the top 30 scorers in the conference - Walker-Kimbrough (14.2), Mincy (13.5), Brown (13.3) and Jones (12.7). Mincy and Walker-Kimbrough are Nos. 2 and 5 in the league in free throw percentage.
•Maryland is No. 5 in the country in field goal percentage and scoring. The Terps are No. 6 in scoring margin, No. 8 in rebounding margin and No. 10 in free throw percentage. Jones is No. 6 in the country in field goal percentage (.589) and Walker-Kimbrough is No. 16 (.557).
• 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 lady lions
• Penn State is 6-20 overall and 3-12 in Big Ten play. Lindsey Spann leads the Lady Lions with 14.6 points per game.
• This is the 24th meeting between Maryland and Penn State, with the Lady Lions owning the series 14-9. The Terrapins took the first meeting this year, 77-62, in State College on Feb. 5. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough led the way with 21 points, while Lexie Brown added eight points and 10 assists. Brionna Jones grabbed 11 boards. RECAP | STATS
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• 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 59-29 (.670) all-time against their 2014-15 Big Ten opponents. Maryland has won 24 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 27-4 (.871) against their new conference opponents. Frese is 39-10 (.796) 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 90 straight Associated Press polls, dating back to the preseason poll of the 2010-11 season.
• Maryland has been ranked for 149 weeks in the last 10 seasons, with 125 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 56 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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