COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The fifth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (7-0) will return home to College Park to host UMBC (2-4) Sunday at 2 p.m. at the XFINITY Center.
All youth can receive free admission with the purchase of an adult ticket. Kids 12 and under are invited to shoot on the court after the game. For tickets, click here.
The Terrapins will also be hosting a Painted Palette event prior to Sunday's game. For $25, fans will receive a general admission ticket and entry to a pregame painting party in Heritage Hall. For more information, click here.
The Maryland-UMBC game will be televised nationally on the Big Ten Network. Click here for your channel number for BTN. The game will be shown online through BTN2Go.com and on the BTN2Go app and fans will need to enter their cable login info to watch.
Live stats will be available and live updates will be posted to the Terrapins' Twitter feed here.
The Terrapins won at No. 7 Louisville, 78-72, Thursday in the ACC/B1G Challenge. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough led the way with 26 points for the Terps. Brionna Jones added 16 and 12 boards, Destiny Slocum scored 13 and Kristen Confroy pulled down 11 boards. The Cardinals took a 2-point lead with 3:15 to play, then Jones scored to tie, Kaila Charles scored to take the lead back, and Slocum scored 7 points in the final two minutes for the win.
Brionna Jones was named to the Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll Tuesday for the seventh time in her career.
This is Maryland's 11th meeting with UMBC and the Terps are 10-0 in the series. Most recently, the Terps won 70-59 at UMBC on Nov. 19, 2011.
The Terps are currently leading the country in field goal percentage (51.7%). They are second in the nation in scoring (92.6) and rebounding margin (+19.0).
Walker-Kimbrough is at 1,619 career points, recently passing Tianna Hawkins and Jessie Hicks to move into No. 10 on the Terps' all-time list. She needs 3 points to surpass Lynetta Kizer at No. 9 with 1,621 points and 11 to move past Marcia Richardson at No. 8 with 1,630 points. Jones is No. 8 on Maryland's rebounding list with 899 career boards. Only seven previous Terps have reached the 900 career rebound mark.
The Terrapins are ranked No. 5 in the Associated Press poll and in the USA Today Division I Coaches poll.
After Sunday's game, the Terps will host Towson (5-1) Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the XFINITY Center. All fans in attendance are invited to play Basketball Bingo throughout the game for the chance to win prizes.
The Terps will also host a pregame Chalk Talk for season ticket holders in Heritage Hall.
All University of Maryland faculty and staff can claim complementary tickets for themselves and up to four members of their immediate families.
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