#4 Maryland vs. Villanova
November 12, 2021
XFINITY Center (College Park, Md.)
7:00 pm ET
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The fourth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team will welcome Villanova to the XFINITY Center Friday for a 7 p.m. matchup.
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2020-21 STORYLINES
What's UP
- The Terps beat Longwood, 97-67, Tuesday in the first collegiate game in the country. Angel Reese led Maryland with 21 points and a career-high 14 rebounds. Shyanne Sellers added 17 points off the bench in her Terps debut. Mimi Collins and Ashley Owusu each chipped in 16 points.
- Juniors Diamond Miller and Ashley Owusu were named to the Wooden Top 50, Watch Watch and Naismith Trophy watch lists Tuesday.
- The 2021-22 Terrapins return all five starters from last year's Big Ten championship squad. The Terps also return 10 of 11 letterwinners and 93 percent of their scoring from last year's team that led the nation in scoring (90.8).
- Maryland is ranked No. 4 in the AP Preseason Top 25, as well as the Sports Illustrated and NCAA.com Preseason Polls. The Terrapins are No. 5 in the USA Today Coaches Division I Preseason poll.
- The Terps were picked to win the Big Ten by the league's head coaches and media panel. Ashley Owusu and Diamond Miller were both named to the 10-player Preseason All-Big Ten Team.
- Four Terps were named to watch lists for national player of the year for their respective positions. Owusu was named to the Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List (point guard), Miller and Katie Benzan were named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List (shooting guard) and Chloe Bibby was named to the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List (small forward).
- The Terrapins will play one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country. Maryland will face three of the other four top-five teams in No. 1 South Carolina, defending national champion No. 3 Stanford, No. 5 NC State, and No. 10 Baylor in its non-conference slate. Five Big Ten squads are in the AP Preseason Poll, including No. 8 Indiana, No. 9 Iowa, No. 11 Michigan and No. 17 Ohio State.
- Maryland led the nation in scoring with 90.8 points per game and in assist/turnover ratio (1.69). The Terrapins were No. 2 in the NCAA in three-point percentage (40.0%0) and were third in the country in field goal percentage (49.5%).
- In 2020-21, the Terrapins set program records in free throw percentage (79.0%) and in assists (20.0).
- The Terps won the Big Ten regular season title and won their fifth Big Ten championship in seven years last year. Owusu and Miller were Big Ten Tournament Co-MOPs. Owusu and Miller earned All-Big Ten First Team honors and Benzan was named to the Second Team. Bibby and Mimi Collins earned Honorable Mention honors, Angel Reese was named to the All-Freshman Team and Channise Lewis earned a Sportsmanship Award.
frese file
- Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 20th season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 513-131 (.797), 14 conference titles, 17 NCAA Tournament bids in 19 postseasons, three Final Fours, six Elite Eights, six Sweet Sixteens and the 2006 NCAA Championship.
- Frese was named National Coach of the Year by the AP, The Athletic and ESPN at the end of the 2020-21 season. In October, Frese was the first woman inducted into the Washington DC Metro Basketball Hall of Fame.
- With the Terrapins' win at Nebraska on Feb. 14, 2021, Frese picked up win No. 500 at Maryland, which makes her 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 212 straight Associated Press polls, dating back to the preseason poll of the 2010-11 season. That mark is behind just Baylor (337 weeks) and Connecticut (527 weeks).
- Maryland has been ranked for 263 weeks in the last 18 seasons, with 204 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 90 in the AP top 5.
- Maryland has started the season ranked in the last 12 seasons straight and 17 of head coach Brenda Frese's 20 seasons in College Park. The Terps have been in the AP Preseason Top 10 11 times under Frese and in the top five six times.
Series history
- This is Maryland's second matchup with Villanova and first since 1981.
- The Wildcats won their only matchup, 74-61 on Dec. 19, 1981 at Cole Field House.
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