#7 Maryland (11-1, 7-0) at #17 Ohio State (8-1, 4-1)
January 25, 2021
Value City Arena (Columbus, Ohio)
7:00 pm EDT
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The seventh ranked Maryland women's basketball team (11-1, 7-0 B1G) will play at No. 17 Ohio State (8-1, 4-1) Monday at 7 p.m. at the Value City Arena in Columbus. The Terps-Buckeyes matchup will be televised on ESPN2. Monday's matchup can also be heard on the Maryland Sports Radio Network
here.
2020-21 STORYLINES
What's UP
- Maryland held off Wisconsin, 79-70, Sunday afternoon in Madison. Chloe Bibby led the Terrapins with 19 points and 6 rebounds. Mimi Collins added 11 points and a career-high 17 rebounds and Diamond Miller scored 17 points to help the Terps' win their 10th straight.
- Bibby was named to the Big Ten Player of the Week honor roll Monday. She averaged 20.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in the Terps' two road wins last week.
- The Terrapins are averaging 92.5 points per game through 12 games, which is leading the country. The NCAA Division I scoring record is 96.7 points per game by Providence in 1991. Maryland's team scoring record was 89.6 points per game by the 1977-78 team. No other team in program history averaged over 90 points per game.
- The Terrapins have won 24 straight games in Big Ten play, dating back to Jan. 12, 2020 when they won at No. 24 Michigan, 77-49.
50 seasons of excellence
- The University of Maryland women's basketball program will celebrate its 50th varsity season in 2020-21, and will honor the program's rich tradition and history throughout the year. Maryland played its first full varsity season in 1971-72, under the leadership of pioneer Dottie McKnight. During its storied history, the program has won 1,040 games, amassed 43 winning seasons, won 22 conference championships, made 37 postseason appearances and captured the 2006 National Championship
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- Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 19th season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 497-129 (.794), 12 conference titles, 15 NCAA Tournament appearances in 17 postseasons, three Final Fours, six Elite Eights, six Sweet Sixteens and the 2006 NCAA Championship.
- Frese is closing in on 500 wins at Maryland. With win No. 500, she will become the winningest coach in Maryland basketball history. Hall of Fame women's basketball head coach Chris Weller won 499 games in her 27 seasons (1975-02).
terps in the polls
- Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country. The Terrapins have been ranked in 203 straight Associated Press polls, dating back to the preseason poll of the 2010-11 season. That mark is behind just Baylor (328 weeks) and Connecticut (518 weeks).
- Maryland has been ranked for 254 weeks in the last 17 seasons, with 195 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 89 in the AP top 5.
SERIES HISTORY
- The Terps are 11-6 vs. the Buckeyes.
- Maryland took all three meetings last year - 72-62 in College Park on Jan. 6, 85-65 in Columbus on Jan. 30 and 82-65 in the Big Ten Championship game on March 8.Most recently, Maryland beat Wisconsin, 85-56, in Madison on Feb. 19, 2020.
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