#5 Terps Host #19 Huskers for Team Tyler Game
2/7/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - No. 5/5 Maryland (20-2, 11-0) will host No. 19/18 Nebraska (17-5, 7-4) Sunday at 4 p.m. ET in the Terps' fifth annual Team Tyler game to support leukemia awareness.
The Maryland-based organization, There Goes My Hero, will be on-hand to swab any fans that want to join the National Marrow Donor Program. Maryland will welcome children from Camp Sunrise, a week-long summer camp for patients who have been diagnosed or who have dealt with cancer, as well as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and The Zachary Hebda Foundation as part of the Team Tyler events.
The Terrapins will honor former head coach Chris Weller with a banner unveiling at halftime of Sunday's game. In her 27 seasons with the Terps, Weller guided Maryland to three Final Fours, eight Elite Eights, 10 Sweet Sixteen appearances and eight ACC Championships to include a win in the first ever women's basketball ACC Tournament Championship in 1978.
• For tickets to Sunday's contest or for a season ticket package, log on to the Terrapin Ticket Office online at umterps.com or call 1-800-IM-A-TERP.
• The Terps-Huskers game will be shown around the world on ESPN2, WatchESPN.com and on the WatchESPN app.
• Live stats will be available and live updates will be posted to the Maryland women's basketball Twitter feed.
the latest
• Maryland won its 14th straight game Thursday with a 77-62 win at Penn State. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough led the way with 21 points, Laurin Mincy added 11, and Lexie Brown dished a career-high 10 assists. The Terrapins trailed by seven early, then went on a 31-7 run over the last 10 minutes of the first half and never looked back. RECAP | STATS
• Maryland was named ESPN's Team of the Week Monday and Lexie Brown was named to the Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll, as well as the Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List, which goes to the nation's best point guard.
• At 11-0 in Big Ten play, the Terps are off to their best conference start in school history. With their win Thursday, they reached the 20-win mark for the 11th straight year in Brenda Frese's 13 seasons at Maryland.
• The Terps lead the Big Ten in scoring (83.4), scoring margin (+22.3), field goal percentage (.487), free throw percentage (.759), rebounding margin (+12.1) and offensive rebounds (16.1). Maryland is the only team with four players in the top 30 scorers in the conference - Walker-Kimbrough (14.3), Mincy (14.0), Brown (12.9) and Jones (12.4). Jones is No. 2 in the league in offensive rebounds (4.3). Mincy is No. 2 in free throw percentage (.845), Walker-Kimbrough is No. 6 (.806) and Brown is No. 10 (.780).
• Maryland is No. 4 in the country in field goal percentage, No. 5 in scoring and No. 6 in rebounding and scoring margin. Jones and Walker-Kimbrough are Nos. 10 and 19 in the nation in field goal percentage.
• Maryland is 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 huskers
• Nebraska is 17-5 overall and 7-4 in Big Ten games. Rachel Theriot leads the Huskers with 16.5 points and 5.1 assists per game, but she missed their game at No. 21 Rutgers Thursday with an ankle injury.
• This is the fourth meeting between Maryland and Nebraska, with the Terrapins winning the previous three. The Terps won the first matchup earlier this year, 75-47, in Lincoln on Jan. 3. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough led the way with 24 points, 18 in the first half, and Laurin Mincy scored 22, including 20 in the second half. 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 55-29 (.651) all-time against their 2014-15 Big Ten opponents. Maryland has won 20 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 23-4 (.852) against their new conference opponents. Frese is 35-10 (.778) all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota (2001-02) and at Ball State (1999-01).
• Maryland is 10-2 (.833) 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 88 straight Associated Press polls, dating back to the preseason poll of the 2010-11 season.
• Maryland has been ranked for 147 weeks in the last 10 seasons, with 123 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 54 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 477-127 (.790) all time in College Park, dating back to the inaugural 1971-72 season. The Terps are also 184-32 (.852) 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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