COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The third-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (17-1, 5-0 B1G) will host Michigan (15-4, 4-1) Thursday at 6 p.m. ET. For tickets, visit the Terrapin Ticket Office online at umterps.com or call 1-800-IM-A-TERP.
The Maryland-Michigan game will be televised around the world on the Big Ten Network. Click here for your channel number for BTN. Fans can also watch at BTN2Go.com and the BTN2Go app. Fans outside the U.S. can watch here.
Live stats will be available and live updates will be posted to the Terrapins' Twitter feed here.
Thursday's matchup is the fifth all-time between Maryland and Michigan. The Terps have won all four previous meetings, including three since joining the Big Ten. Maryland won 74-67 in Ann Arbor last Jan. 14 and 76-56 in College Park on Feb. 17. Brionna Jones scored 20 points and Kristen Confroy scored 14. The Terps are 2-0 vs. Michigan at the XFINITY Center. Head coach Brenda Frese is 5-0 vs. Michigan in her career.
The Terps won at Iowa, 98-82, Saturday afternoon. Brionna Jones led the way with 25 points and 10 boards. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 22 points, 20 in the second half, Destiny Slocum added 14 points and Brianna Fraser scored 11. Ieshia Small scored 10 points as Maryland used a 20-point second half advantage for the win.
Jones was named National Player of the Week Monday by ESPNW, Naismith and the USBWA. She averaged 33.5 points, 12.0 rebounds in their victories over Penn State and at Iowa. Jones went 24-for-33 from the field for a percentage of 72.7 and 19-for-22 from the free throw line. Against Penn State, she tied the Maryland record for 42 points in a game and became the fifth Terp to reach 1,000 career rebounds.
Jones is No. 5 on Maryland's rebounding list with 1,017 career boards. She is No. 13 on Maryland's scoring list with 1,582 points and needs 14 to pass Tianna Hawkins at No. 12 (1,595). She currently leads the Big Ten with 12 double-doubles this year, including eight straight.
Walker-Kimbrough is No. 7 on Maryland's all-time scoring list with 1,804 career points. She needs 75 points to pass Shay Doron at No. 6 (1,878). Walker-Kimbrough's career three-point percentage of 45.7% is currently the best in Maryland history ahead of Kristi Toliver's career percentage of 40.8%.
The Terrapins are No. 2 in the country in field goal percentage (51.0), scoring margin (+29.5), rebounding margin (+16.6) and in scoring (90.8). They are fourth in assists (20.7).
After Thursday's game, the Terrapins will host Rutgers (6-14, 3-4) Sunday at 3 p.m. at the XFINITY Center. All fans at Sunday's game will receive a scratch-off ticket and 500 fans will win a Brenda Frese bobblehead.
Sunday is also Childrens Cancer Awareness Day. The Terps will support cancer awareness and the efforts of the Children's Cancer Foundation to eradicate cancer. The Children's Cancer Foundation, Inc., has awarded grants of over $36.6 million to local hospitals and researchers to treat and cure childhood cancers. For more information about how to get involved, please visit them online at childrenscancerfoundation.org.
The CP Dream Team, a team of local police officers, will play at halftime against local youth in the community. The University of Maryland Office of Community Engagement along with the Embry Center for Family Life, City of College Park, the Prince George's County Police Department (PGPD), University of Maryland Police, Maryland-National Capital Park Police, and other partners are working together to coordinate these games to promote positive interactions among community members and law enforcement.
Fans are encouraged to stick around after the game for an autograph session with the team in Heritage Hall.
For tickets, visit the Terrapin Ticket Office online at umterps.com or call 1-800-IM-A-TERP.
Sunday's game will be televised around the world on ESPN2 and can be seen on the Watch ESPN app and WatchESPN.com.
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