No. 8 Terrapins to Host Hurricanes in Challenge

Thursday, December 2

College Park, MD

8:00 PM

Maryland

Miami

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#8 Maryland vs. Miami
December 2, 2021
XFINITY Center (College Park, MD)
8:00 pm ET
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The eighth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (6-2) will host Miami (4-2) Thursday at 8 p.m. at the XFINITY Center in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

Tickets are available here. The Maryland-Miami game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. The game can also be heard on the Maryland Sports Radio Network at 1300 AM (Baltimore), 980 AM (Washington DC) and on the One Maryland app.

2020-21 STORYLINES

What's UP

The Terrapins are 11-2 all-time in the Challenge, winning four of their last five matchups in the event.
The Terrapins fell to No. 7 Stanford, 86-68, Saturday in the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship in the Bahamas. Ashley Owusu scored 30 points, 22 in the second half, and went 11-11 from the foul line to lead the Terps. Maryland won the second half, 44-40 but fell short after missing five players.
Juniors Diamond Miller and Ashley Owusu were named to the Wooden Top 50, Watch Watch and Naismith Trophy watch lists earlier this month.
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. 8 in the latest AP Poll. The Terps were ranked No. 4 in the AP Preseason Poll, as well as in the Sports Illustrated and NCAA.com Preseason Polls. The Terrapins are No. 8 in the USA Today Coaches Division I 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).
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%) 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.

Angel Reese (10)NCAA WBB: #2 Maryland Terrapins vs. # 5 NC State Wolfpack at Baha Mar in Nassau, Bahamas on Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. Zach Bland/Maryland Terrapins

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Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 20th season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 518-133 (.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 215 straight Associated Press polls, dating back to the preseason poll of the 2010-11 season. That mark is behind just Baylor (340 weeks) and Connecticut (530 weeks).
Maryland has been ranked for 266 weeks in the last 18 seasons, with 207 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 92 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

Maryland is 11-5 all-time vs. Miami and 3-2 vs. the Hurricanes at the XFINITY Center. Maryland has won three straight in the series, dating back to Jan. 10, 2013.
Most recently, the Terps won 79-71 in Coral Gables on Nov. 26, 2017.