HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. - Third-ranked and top-seeded Maryland (29-2, 18-0) will play the 3-seed Ohio State (23-9, 13-5) Sunday at 7 p.m. ET in the Big Ten Tournament Championship game at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
• The Big Ten Championship game will be shown on ESPN, WatchESPN.com and the WatchESPN app.
• Live updates will be posted to the Maryland women's basketball Twitter feed.
• Click here for the Big Ten Tournament Bracket and more information.
the latest
• Maryland won its 23rd straight game Saturday with a 74-63 win over No. 24 Northwestern in the Big Ten Tournament Semifinals. Lexie Brown had 17 points, while Laurin Mincy and Brene Moseley each added 15. The Terrapins trailed by 11 early in the first half, then their bench played a key role in turning the game around. RECAP | STATS
• Maryland finished the season 18-0 in conference play and is the first team to do so since Purdue went 16-0 in 1998-99. Ohio State went 18-0 in the 1984-85 season. This is the first team in Maryland men's or women's basketball history to go undefeated in conference play. The Terrapins won the Big Ten title outright in their first year in the league last week for the fourth conference title in head coach Brenda Frese's 14 years.
• Four Terrapins earned All-Big Ten honors earlier this week. Lexie Brown and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough were named to the All-Big Ten First Team by both the coaches and the media, while Laurin Mincy and Brionna Jones made the All-Big Ten Second Team as voted by the media. Jones was named to the coaches' First Team. Brown was also named to the five-player All-Big Ten Defensive Team. Malina Howard earned a Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
• Lexie Brown was named one of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Women's College Player of the Year this week. Brenda Frese is one of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Women's College Coach of the Year. MORE
• The Terrapins are ranked No. 4 in the latest AP poll - their highest ranking since they were ranked No. 4 in the March 9, 2009 poll.
• 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 buckeyes
• Ohio State is 23-9 overall and went 13-5 in Big Ten play. Kelsey Mitchell was named Big Ten Player of the Year by the league's coaches and averaged 24.8 points per game.
• Sunday's matchup will be the seventh all-time between Maryland and Ohio State, with the Terps owning the series 4-2. Maryland took their matchup earlier this season, 87-78, in College Park on Dec. 29. Brionna Jones led the way with 23 points and 14 rebounds, while Lexie Brown, Tierney Pfirman and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough all hit double figures. RECAP | STATS
maryland in the b1g
• Maryland won the Big Ten conference in its first year in the league after playing in the ACC for 37 years. The Terrapins won 10 ACC Tournament titles and four ACC regular season titles.
• The Terps are 64-29 (.688) all-time against their 2014-15 Big Ten opponents. Maryland has won 29 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 32-4 (.889) against their new conference opponents. Frese is 44-10 (.815) all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota (2001-02) and at Ball State (1999-01).
• Maryland is 14-2 (.875) 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 92 straight Associated Press polls, dating back to the preseason poll of the 2010-11 season.
• Maryland has been ranked for 151 weeks in the last 10 seasons, with 127 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 58 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 481-127 (.791) all time in College Park, dating back to the inaugural 1971-72 season. The Terps are also 188-32 (.855) 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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