COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The third-seeded Maryland women's basketball team (32-2) will take on 10th-seeded Oregon (22-13) Saturday in the NCAA Regional Semifinals in Bridgeport, Conn. The Terps and the Ducks will tip off at 11:30 a.m. ET at Webster Bank Arena.
The Maryland-Oregon game will be televised around the world on ESPN, WatchESPN.com and the Watch ESPN app. Top-seeded Connecticut (33-0) and fourth-seeded UCLA (25-8) will play at 2 p.m. The winners of Saturday's game will advance to Monday's Regional Final at 7 p.m.
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This marks Maryland's 25th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Terrapins are 44-23 (.657) all-time in the NCAA Tournament and 32-11 (.744) under head coach Brenda Frese. She's led the Terrapins to eight Sweet Sixteens, six Elite Eights, three Final Fours and the 2006 NCAA title.
The Ducks took their only meeting, 76-70, in Los Angeles on Dec. 29, 1983. The Terps are 10-2 all-time in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen and 6-1 under Frese.
The Terps dominated No. 22 West Virginia, 83-56, Sunday in the NCAA Second Round. They outscored the Mountaineers 26-8 in the second quarter. Brionna Jones led the way with 22 points, 11 boards and Destiny Slocum added 21 points and eight assists. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 19 points and Kristen Confroy had 11.
Walker-Kimbrough is No. 4 on Maryland's all-time scoring list with 2,140 career points. Her career three-point percentage of 46.3 percent is currently the best in Maryland history, ahead of Toliver's 40.8 percent, and is a Big Ten record.
Jones' career average of 65.2 percent is a Big Ten record as well. She is No. 3 on Maryland's rebounding list with 1,194 career boards and is No. 7 on Maryland's scoring list with 1,912 points. Slocum has set Maryland freshman records for threes made and assists this season.
This is the highest scoring team in program history at 90.1 points per game. The previous high was 89.7 by the 1977-78 team. Jones has scored 681 points this season, just six points away from topping the Maryland season scoring record of 686 by Vicky Bullet (1989). She is also 17 rebounds from Alyssa Thomas' season rebounding record of 381 (2014) with 365 this year.
Jones is leading the country in field goal percentage (.698). for the second straight year. The Terrapins lead the country in scoring (90.1) and are No. 2 in field goal percentage (.512) and rebounding margin (+14.3). They are third in scoring margin (+26.0) and fourth in assists (20.1).
Jones and Walker-Kimbrough were two of 14 players in the country named to the Wooden Award National Ballot and two of 10 ESPNW All-Americans. Jones is one of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Trophy. They have earned a record of 125-16 (.887) in their careers. They are one win from tying the winningest class in program history, Marissa Coleman and Kristi Toliver, who won 126 games from 2006-09.
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