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Jones, SWK Named to Naismith Midseason List

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Jones, SWK Named to Naismith Midseason List

COLLEGE PARK, Md.  – Juniors Brionna Jones and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough of the No. 5/7 Maryland women's basketball team (21-3, 10-2 B1G) are two of the top players in the country that were named to the Naismith Award Midseason List.

They are two of the 34 players to make the Midseason List. For the full list, please click here. The Big Ten had seven players on the list. Ameryst Alston (Ohio State), Rachel Banham (Minnesota), Kelsey Mitchell (Ohio State), Aerial Powers (Michigan State) and Jessica Shephard (Nebraska).

Jones and Walker-Kimbrough led the Terrapins in scoring and rebounding. Walker-Kimbrough is averaging 19.3 points and 5.2 rebounds per game this year. Jones is averaging 15.2 points per game and 9.8 rebounds with 12 double-doubles this year.

Jones is second in the country in FG percentage (.669) and Walker-Kimbrough leads the country in three-point FG percentage (.557). The Terps are leading the country in rebounding margin (+16.5). They are second in the nation in scoring margin (+26.7), field goal percentage (.505) and three-point field goal percentage (.412) and third in scoring (85.9).

Maryland is ranked No. 5 in the latest Associated Press poll and No. 7 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll.

Maryland will host Purdue (16-7, 7-5) at the XFINITY Center Thursday night at 7 p.m. For tickets to the Maryland-Purdue game, click here or call the Terrapin Ticket Office online at 1-800-IM-A-TERP.

The Terps-Boilermakers game will be streamed online through BTN2Go.com and the BTN2Go app. Fans can watch with their BTN Plus subscriptions. Fans outside the U.S. can watch here.

Live Stats will be available for the Terps' game and updates will be available on the Maryland women's basketball Twitter feed here.

After Thursday's contest, the Terrapins will travel to Evanston, Ill. to take on Northwestern (14-10, 3-9) Sunday at 4 p.m. ET at Welsh-Ryan Arena. The Terps-Wildcats game will be televised around the world on ESPN2, Watch ESPN and the Watch ESPN app.

 

 

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Players Mentioned

Brionna Jones

#42 Brionna Jones

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6' 3"
Freshman
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough

#32 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough

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5' 11"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Brionna Jones

#42 Brionna Jones

6' 3"
Freshman
C
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough

#32 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough

5' 11"
Freshman
G