No. 19 Terps to Host Davidson for Field Trip Day

No. 19 Maryland vs. Davidson
Nov. 16, 2022
XFINITY Center (College Park, MD)
11:00 am ET
TICKETS | B 1G+ | Live Stats | Game Notes | Davidson Game Notes

COLLEGE PARK, MD -- No. 19 Maryland (2-1) will host Davidson (1-1) Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the XFINITY Center in the Terps' annual Field Trip Day game. The Terrapins will welcome over 6,000 local school children to the game.

For fans attending Wednesday's game, limited parking will be available for fans in lot XVL. Spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Once the lot is full, fans will be directed to park in the Stadium Drive Garage. Fans with a handicap placard may park in the handicapped spaces surrounding the XFINITY Center. All fans are reminded to adhere to posted parking signage. Click here for a campus parking map.

Due to increased security measures this season, the ADA hallway near Gate C on the ground level of the XFINITY Center will remain closed to fans while occupied by teams on game day, both pregame and postgame. Once clear by teams, fans may be escorted through the hallway by a security staff member. Please expect delays in using this entrance to the arena. Fans are encouraged to enter and exit the arena via the concourse level.

Wednesday's matchup will be streamed around the world on B1G+.

2022-23 STORYLINES

What's UP

The Terrapins are back in action Wednesday after an 83-76 win over Fordham Sunday in College Park. Diamond Miller led five Terps in double figures with 22 points and a career-high 13 rebounds. Shyanne Sellers (15), Brinae Alexander (14), Faith Masonius (12) and Abby Meyers (11) all scored in double figures.
Meyers is just two points from 1,000 in her career.
Maryland women's basketball is in its 52nd season and owns a record of 1,080-444 (.709). The Terrapins are No. 11 all-time in NCAA Division I history in winning percentage and No. 9 in all-time victories.
Senior Diamond Miller was named to the 10-player Preseason All-Big Ten Team for the second straight season to start the year. She is a two-time All-Big Ten honoree and was the 2021 Big Ten Tournament Co-MOP.
Miller is one of 20 top players in the country on the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List, an honor by the Basketball Hall of Fame recognizing the top shooting guard in women's NCAA Division I basketball. Miller was named to the watch list last year as well.
Miller was also named to the Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Watch List as one of the top 50 players in the country.
Sophomore Shyanne Sellers is one of 20 top players in the country on the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List, an honor by the Basketball Hall of Fame recognizing the top small forward in women's NCAA Division I basketball.
Maryland was picked to finish fourth in the Big Ten by both the league's head coaches and media panel. Both groups picked Iowa to win the conference. The coaches selected Ohio State to finish second, Indiana to finish third with Michigan rounding out the top five. The media panel picked Indiana to finish second, Ohio State third and Michigan fifth.
Two-time National Coach of the Year Brenda Frese brings in nine new players this season, including AP Honorable Mention All-American honoree Abby Meyers (Princeton), All-SEC transfer Lavender Briggs (Florida), All-AAC transfer Elisa Pinzan (USF), SEC graduate transfer Brinae Alexander (Vanderbilt) and All-CAA transfer Allie Kubek (Towson).
All five transfers averaged over 9.0 points per game last year - Meyers (17.9), Alexander (15.2), Briggs (12.5), Kubek (12.2) and Pinzan (9.3).
Last spring, Frese also signed two top-55 incoming freshmen in Gia Cooke and Bri McDaniel. Incoming freshman Ava Sciolla and Mila Reynolds signed with Maryland last November, giving the Terrapins a top 10 recruiting class for the 15th time under Frese.
The Terrapins opened the season at No. 17 in the preseason Associated Press poll (Oct. 18) and No. 18 in the USA Today Sports Coaches Preseason Poll (Oct. 26).

Womens Basketball Team Photo at Xfinity Center in College Park, MD on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Mackenzie Miles/Maryland Terrapins

Series history

This is the Terps' first matchup with Davidson.

Faith Masonius (13). Maryland Terrapins vs. the Fordham Rams at Xfinity Center in College Park, MD on Sunday, November 13, 2022. Taylor McLaughlin/Maryland Athletics

frese file

Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 21st season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 537-141 (.792), 14 conference titles, 18 NCAA Tournament bids in 20 postseasons, three Final Fours, six Elite Eights, 10 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).

Maryland in the b1g

The Terps are 183-50 (.785) all-time against their Big Ten opponents.
Since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15, the Terrapins are 141-20 (.876) vs. their conference opponents, including their 19-3 record in the Big Ten Tournament.
In the 21 years under Frese, the Terps are 152-24 (.864) against their Big Ten opponents.
Frese is 165-29 (.851) all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota and at Ball State.
Since joining the league in 2014, Maryland is 64-5 (.928) against Big Ten teams at home.

terps in the polls

Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country. The Terrapins have been ranked in 232 straight Associated Press polls, dating back to the preseason poll of the 2010-11 season. That mark is behind just Baylor (357 weeks) and Connecticut (547 weeks).
Maryland has been ranked for 283 weeks in the last 19 seasons, with 213 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 92 in the AP top 5.
Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 334 weeks in her career. She recently passed former Virginia head coach Debbie Ryan for 13th all time.
Maryland has started the season ranked in the last 13 seasons straight and 18 of head coach Brenda Frese's 21 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.