Minnesota (15-15)
vs.
#4 Maryland (27-2)
March 3, 2017 || Indianapolis, Ind. || 6:30 p.m. ET
INDIANAPOLIS – The Big Ten co-champion and fourth-seeded Maryland women's basketball team (27-2) will open its Big Ten Tournament run Friday at 6:30 p.m. ET vs. 10th-seeded Minnesota (15-15) at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
The Terrapins are the No. 2 seed and clinched a double-bye in the tournament. The Friday night contest will be televised around the world on the Big Ten Network, the BTN2Go app and BTN2Go.com. Click here for your channel number for BTN. Fans outside the U.S. can watch here.
With a win Friday night, the Terrapins will play in Saturday's Semifinals at approximately 6:30 p.m. ET. For tickets, matchups and more on the Big Ten Tournament, click here.
Seniors
Brionna Jones and
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough were unanimous All-Big Ten First Team selections this week, both earning the honor for the third straight year. They were both named to the All-Big Ten Defensive Team.
Destiny Slocum was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and to the All-Big Ten Second Team.
Kaila Charles earned All-Big Ten Freshman Team honors and
Kristen Confroy earned a Sportsmanship Award.
The Terps are 7-0 vs. the Gophers all-time. Maryland has not played Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament. Maryland beat Minnesota, 93-60, Sunday in College Park behind 27 points from Walker-Kimbrough and 24 with 14 rebounds from Jones. Charles added 11 points and Kiah Gillespie scored 10.The Terrapins are 6-0 in the Big Ten Tournament and 3-0 in Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Last year, Walker-Kimbrough was named Tournament MOP last year after averaging 19.0 points and 8.3 rebounds in the three-game stretch. Jones was named to the All-Tournament Team after posting 16.7 points and 13.3 boards per game in the run.
Walker-Kimbrough is No. 5 on Maryland's all-time scoring list with 2,036 career points and needs 43 to pass Kristi Toliver at No. 4 (2,078). Walker-Kimbrough's career three-point percentage of 45.5% is currently the best in Maryland history ahead of Toliver's 40.8%. She currently has made 173 three-pointers in her career, which is No. 2 in Maryland history.
Jones is tied with Marissa Coleman for No. 3 on Maryland's rebounding list with 1,139 career boards. She is No. 8 on Maryland's scoring list with 1,792 points. She currently leads the Big Ten with 20 double-doubles this year.
Slocum's 168 assists this year are nearing the Maryland freshman record for assists of 171 by Dara Taylor (2010). Slocum also needs to make two three-pointers to break the freshman record of 59 set by Toliver.
Jones is leading the country in field goal percentage (69.0%) for the second straight year. The Terrapins lead the country in scoring (90.0) and are No. 2 in field goal percentage (.505) and rebounding margin (+16.1). They are third in scoring margin (+26.9) and fourth in assists (20.2).
In Big Ten play, Slocum is leading the league in assists with 7.5 per game and Jones is leading in rebounding (11.4).
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