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#3 Maryland Plays at Nebraska Wednesday

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#3 Maryland Plays at Nebraska Wednesday

#3 Maryland (13-1, 1-0)
Saint Peter's at Maryland
Nebraska (4-10, 0-2)
January 4, 2017 || Lincoln, Neb. || 8 p.m. ET

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The third-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (13-1, 1-0 B1G) will play at Nebraska (4-10, 0-2) Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln.

The Terps-Huskers matchup will be streamed live online through BTN Plus and can be seen at BTN2Go.com or the BTN2Go app. Fans will need a BTN Plus subscription to watch. 

Live stats will be available and live updates will be posted to the Terrapins' Twitter feed here.

Most recently, the Terps won at Minnesota, 83-72, Sunday behind 27 points and 13 rebounds from Brionna Jones. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 22 points with a career-high 10 assists and Kaila Charles scored 12 points.

Brionna Jones enters Wednesday's matchup at 99 career starts. She was named Co-Big Ten Player of the Week Monday for the second time in her career and second time this season.

Wednesday's matchup is the sixth all-time meeting between Maryland and Nebraska. The Terps are 5-0 vs. the Huskers. Most recently, Maryland won 89-50 in College Park last Jan. 7. The Terps are 2-0 in Lincoln and 1-0 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Head coach Brenda Frese is 5-0 vs. Nebraska.

The Terrapins are No. 2 in the country in field goal percentage (50.8%), scoring margin (+31.0) and rebounding margin (+16.4). They are third in scoring (89.9), fourth in assists (21.0) and fifth in assist/turnover ratio (1.5). 

Walker-Kimbrough is No. 7 on Maryland's all-time scoring list with 1,729 career points. She is behind Shay Doron, Vicky Bullett, Kristi Toliver, Marissa Coleman, Crystal Langhorne and Alyssa Thomas. Walker-Kimbrough's career three-point percentage of 45.2% is currently the best in Maryland history ahead of Kristi Toliver's career percentage of 40.8%. Jones is No. 5 on Maryland's rebounding list with 969 career boards, recently passing Vicky Bullett and Lynetta Kizer. She is No. 15 on Maryland's scoring list with 1,487 points.

The Terrapins are ranked No. 3 in the Associated Press poll and in the USA Today Division I Coaches poll.

After Wednesday's matchup, the Terps will return home to host Northwestern (13-2, 2-0) Saturday at 2 p.m. at the XFINITY Center. For tickets, click here or call the Terrapin Ticket Office online at 1-800-IM-A-TERP.

The Terps-Wildcats game will be televised around the world on the Big Ten Network. Click here for your channel for BTN. The game can also be seen online at BTN2Go.com and the BTN2Go app. Fans will need to enter their cable login to watch.

-Terps-

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Players Mentioned

Brionna Jones

#42 Brionna Jones

C
6' 3"
Freshman
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough

#32 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough

G
5' 11"
Freshman
Kaila Charles

#3 Kaila Charles

G
6' 1"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Brionna Jones

#42 Brionna Jones

6' 3"
Freshman
C
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough

#32 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough

5' 11"
Freshman
G
Kaila Charles

#3 Kaila Charles

6' 1"
Freshman
G