COLLEGE PARK, Md - The eighth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (15-2, 3-1 B1G) will welcome No. 24 Northwestern (13-4, 2-3) to the XFINITY Center Sunday for a noon matchup.
• The Terrapins will be giving away the Tierney Pfirman bobblehead at the Northwestern game. For the giveaways, fans will receive a scratch-off ticket when they enter XFINITY Center and 500 lucky fans will win a bobblehead. Non-winning tickets will include a merchandise discount at the Terrapin Team Shop. Fans with winning scratch off tickets can redeem their ticket for a bobble head in the XFINITY Center Pavilion, located on the ground floor, following the conclusion of the game. Click here for more information and the release dates of bobbleheads for Chloe Pavlech, Brene Moseley and Malina Howard.
• The Terps will also welcome all kids 12 and under to shoot hoops on the floor after the Northwestern game for Kids Court.
• For tickets to the Maryland-Northwestern game, click here or call the Terrapin Ticket Office online at 1-800-IM-A-TERP.
• The Maryland-Northwestern game will be televised around the world on the Big Ten Network. Click here to get your channel number for BTN. BTN is available on all major video providers, including DIRECTV, Verizon FiOS, Comcast Xfinity, and about 300 additional video providers across North America. Fans can also watch on BTN2Go, or on the BTN's mobile app, and will be asked to enter their cable login information.
• International fans will be able to watch using their BTN Plus subscriptions here.
• Live Stats will be available for the Terps' game and updates will be available on the Maryland women's basketball Twitter feed here.
the latest
• Most recently, Maryland grinded out a 74-67 win at Michigan Thursday. Senior Tierney Pfirman led the way with 16 points off the bench. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough added 15 and Brionna Jones fought through foul trouble for 13 points. The Wolverines took a 52-50 lead with 5:25 left in the third quarter. The Terrapins went on a 23-5 run over the next 12 minutes to seal the win. RECAP | STATS
• Jones and Walker-Kimbrough are two of the top 20 players in the country named to the Wooden Award Midseason 20 List Friday. The Big Ten leads all conferences with four players on the list. MORE
• Jones is closing in on 1,000 career points. She currently has 941 career points and is No. 2 in the Maryland record books in career field goal percentage (.624), which is behind only Crystal Langhorne (.662).
• The Terps are leading the country in rebounding margin (+18.0). They are second in the nation in scoring margin (+30.4) and third in field goal percentage (.498). They lead the Big Ten in field goal percentage, field goal percentage defense (.336), three-point percentage (.394), offensive and defensive rebounds (16.1, 31.5), blocks (5.1) assists (19.9) and rebounding margin. Jones leads the Big Ten and is second in the country in field goal percentage (.686). Walker-Kimbrough is leading the Big Ten in three-point field goal percentage (.571).
• Maryland was picked to win the Big Ten this year by both the league's coaches and the conference's media panel. Juniors Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and Brionna Jones were named to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team. Maryland returns three starters and 10 letterwinners from last year's Big Ten champion squad. The Terrapins also welcome three McDonald's All-Americans in freshmen Brianna Fraser and Kiah Gillespie, as well as junior Ieshia Small, a transfer from Baylor.
SCOUTING THE wildcats
• Northwestern is 13-4 overall and 2-3 in Big Ten play. Nia Coffey is leading the Wildcats with 18.9 points per game. Most recently, Northwestern knocked off No. 5 Ohio State, 86-82, Thursday night in Evanston.
• Brionna Jones played for Northwestern head coach Joe McKeown with USA Basketball in the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea this summer. They helped Team USA win gold in the Games.
• Sunday's matchup is the third all-time between Maryland and Northwestern. Brenda Frese is 3-0 vs. Northwestern in her career.
• Maryland took both meetings last year. The Terps won 69-48 in Evanston on March 1. The Terps and the Wildcats met again in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals on March 7, 2015. The Terrapins won 74-63. Brene Moseley scored 15 points. RECAP | STATS
Maryland in the rankings
• Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country. The Terrapins have been ranked in 104 straight Associated Press polls, dating back to the preseason poll of the 2010-11 season.
• Maryland has been ranked for 163 weeks in the last 11 seasons, with 139 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 62 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 491-128 (.793) all time in College Park, dating back to the inaugural 1971-72 season.
• The Terps are also 198-33 (.857) at home under Brenda Frese, whose first season in College Park was the inaugural season of XFINITY Center. That is among the top 10 toughest places to play in the country.
• Maryland is 123-6 (.953) all-time in non-conference games in XFINITY Center.
• Prior to Jan. 2, Maryland had won 28 straight home games since a 94-46 win over Pittsburgh on Feb. 6, 2014. The Terps went 17-0 at home last season.
• 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.
maryland in the b1g
• Last year, Maryland won the Big Ten regular season and tournament titles 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 69-30 (.697) all-time against their Big Ten opponents. Prior to the Jan. 2 loss to Ohio State, the Terps had won 31 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 14 years under Frese, the Terps are 37-5 (.881) against their Big Ten conference opponents. Frese is 49-11 (.817) all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota (2001-02) and at Ball State (1999-01).
• Maryland is 15-3 (.833) against Big Ten teams at home in XFINITY Center. All are under Frese. The first two losses were against Penn State on Dec. 4, 2002 and 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.
USA! USA! USA!
• Juniors Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and Brionna Jones both played for USA Basketball this summer. Jones was selected to the World University Games Team and Walker-Kimbrough was on the Pan American Games Team.
• Jones and the WWUG Team won gold in Gwangju, South Korea. She averaged 7.7 points, 4.8 rebounds with five steals in the six-game tournament.
• Walker-Kimbrough and the Pan American Team took silver in Toronto. She averaged 10.2 points, 2.6 rebounds with nine steals and seven assists through the five-game the tournament. She started the final three games.
maryland signs no. 1 class
Head coach Brenda Frese and her staff signed the No. 1 recruiting class in the country in November. Kaila Charles (Glendale, Md.), Stephanie Jones (Havre de Grace, Md.), Sarah Myers (Cumming, Ga.), Destiny Slocum (Meridian, Idaho), Jenna Staiti (Cumming, Ga.) and Blair Watson (Nutley, N.J.) make up the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation, as ranked by ESPN, Blue Star Basketball and Collegiate Girls Basketball Report.
• This is the 11th top 10 recruiting class signed by Frese in her 14 years under Maryland. Twice, Frese brought in the No. 2 recruiting class, back in 2007 and 2010.
• Four of the six newest Terrapins are ranked in ESPN's Top 30. Maryland is the only school with more than two players among the Top 50.
• Kaila Charles (Glendale, Md./Riverdale Baptist), a 5-11 forward, was named the No. 25 overall player by both ESPN and the Collegiate Girls Report and No. 21 by the All Star Girls Report. She averaged 22 points and 10 rebounds as a junior.
• Stephanie Jones (Havre de Grace, Md./Aberdeen HS), a 6-2 forward, is the younger sister of current Terrapin, Brionna Jones. She was named the No. 51 overall player by both ESPN and the Collegiate Girls Report and No. 35 by the All Star Girls Report. Jones averaged 17 points and 9.3 rebounds as a junior last year.
• Sarah Myers (Cumming, Ga./South Forsyth HS), a 5-10 guard, was the No. 92 overall player by the All Star Girls Report and a four-year starter at South Forsyth. She averaged 21.0 points per game as a junior last season.
• Destiny Slocum (Meridian, Idaho/Mountain View HS), a 5-7 point guard, is the No. 7 overall player by both ESPN, All Star Girls Report and the Collegiate Girls Report. She averaged 25.1 points, 5.6 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 2.9 steals as a junior. This summer, she was the point guard for the U.S. Under-19 team and helped lead Team USA to a gold medal in Moscow in the FIBA World Championships.
• Jenna Staiti (Cumming, Ga./West Forsyth HS), a 6-6 center, was named the No. 17 overall player by both ESPN and the Collegiate Girls Report and the No. 1 player in the state of Georgia. Staiti averaged 29 points, 16 rebounds, while shooting 71 percent from the field in her junior season.
• Blair Watson (Nutley, N.J./Nutley HS), a 6-0 wing, was named the No. 28 overall player by both ESPN and the Collegiate Girls Report and No. 24 by the All Star Girls Report. Watson averages over 23.0 points and four three-pointers a game.
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 fourth season as head coach at UMKC and was an assistant under Brenda at Ball State, Minnesota and for two years at Maryland.
• 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.
• 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 sophomore post player at Division II Goldey-Beacom.
• Brionna Jones' older brother, Jarred, plays at Loyola (Md.).
Terps in the pros
• Fourteen Terrapins have been drafted since the start of the WNBA in 1997, including 10 under Brenda Frese.
• Six of Frese's players have gone on to be drafted in the top 10, including: Crystal Langhorne (2008, 6th overall), Laura Harper (2008, 10th overall), Marissa Coleman (2009, 2nd overall), Kristi Toliver (2009, 3rd overall), Tianna Hawkins (2013, 6th overall) and Alyssa Thomas (2014, 4th overall).
• Four former Terps have been named WNBA All-Stars - Vicky Bullett (1999), Crystal Langhorne (2011, 2013), Kristi Toliver (2013) and Marissa Coleman (2015).
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
Tina Langley (Head Coach at Rice) - Associate Head Coach at Maryland
Marlin Chinn (Head Coach at Florida International) - Assistant Coach at 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 George Washington) - 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
Sean Ehlbeck (Director of Video at Rice) - Staff at Maryland
Sydney Durrah (Director of Video at FIU) - Staff at Maryland
Christian Blanks (Director of Video at UCLA) - Staff at Maryland
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