#4 Maryland vs. #1 Stanford
NCAA Spokane Regional Semifinal
March 25, 2022
Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena (Spokane, Wash.)
9:30 pm ET
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SPOKANE, Wash.  --  The Maryland women's basketball team (23-8) will face top-seeded Stanford (30-3) in the NCAA Spokane Regional Semifinal Friday night at 9:30 p.m. ET at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Wash. Friday's game will be televised on ESPN.
Friday's can also be heard on Sirius XM channels 137 or 204 or on channel 967 on the Sirius XM app.Â
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No. 2-seeded Texas (28-6) and No. 6-seeded Ohio State (25-6) in the first Regional Semifinal in Spokane Friday at 7 p.m. ET. The winners of Friday's games will advance to the Elite Eight Sunday.Â
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2021-22Â STORYLINES
What's UP
- Including this season, the Terps have earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament in each of the last 12 seasons. This is Maryland's 29th NCAA Tournament appearance. The Terps are 50-27 (.649) all-time in the NCAA Tournament. In their 16 appearances under head coach Brenda Frese, the Terrapins are 38-15 (.717). Frese has led the Terrapins to 10 Sweet Sixteens, six Elite Eights, three Final Fours and the 2006 NCAA Championship.
- The Terrapins have earned a top-four seed 21 times in their 29 NCAA Tournament appearances and 14 times in head coach Brenda Frese's 20 postseasons. The Terps are 10-4 in the Sweet Sixteen and 6-3 under Frese.
- Most recently, the fourth-seeded Terps cruised past 12th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast, 89-65, Sunday in the NCAA Second Round. Diamond Miller led the way with 24 point and nine rebounds. Angel Reese scored 21 points with nine boards and Ashley Owusu added 21 points.
- The Terps are No. 6 in the country in scoring (79.2). Angel Reese is second in the nation in offensive rebounds (5.3) and No. 16 in double-doubles (17). She is leading the Big Ten in rebounds (331) and in double-doubles. Katie Benzan is No. 8 in the country and is second in the Big Ten in assist/turnover ratio (2.89). She is sixth in the nation and No. 2 in the league in three-point percentage (.448).
- Angel Reese earned All-Big Ten First Team honors from the league's head coaches and media panel. She was also named to the All-Big Ten Defensive Team. Chloe Bibby, Diamond Miller and Ashley Owusu earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors from both groups. Katie Benzan earned Second Team honors from the media panel and Honorable Mention honors from the coaches. Shyanne Sellers was named Big Ten Sixth Player of the Year and was named to the All-Freshman Team.
- Sophomore Angel Reese was one of 15 players in the country named to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Watch List on Jan. 25. Reese and junior Ashley Owusu were named to the Wooden Award Late Top 20 List on Jan. 31. Reese was named to the Katrina McClain Award Watch List and Owusu was named to the Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List this week. Junior Diamond Miller and Owusu were named to the Wooden Top 50, Watch Watch and Naismith Trophy watch lists to start the season.Â
- Katie Benzan was named a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award in December.
- 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. 13 in the latest AP Poll and in the USA Today Coaches Poll. The Terps were ranked No. 4 in the AP Preseason Poll, as well as in the Sports Illustrated and NCAA.com Preseason Polls.Â
- 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).
frese file
- Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 20th season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 535-139 (.794), 14 conference titles, 18 NCAA Tournament bids in 20 postseasons, three Final Fours, six Elite Eights, 10 Sweet Sixteens and the 2006 NCAA Championship.Â
- 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 ncaa tournament
- The Terps are 50-27 (.649) all-time in the NCAA Tournament. In their 16 appearances under head coach Brenda Frese, the Terrapins are 38-15 (.717). Frese has led the Terrapins to 10 Sweet Sixteens, six Elite Eights, three Final Fours and the 2006 NCAA Championship.
- The Terrapins have earned a top-four seed 21 times in their 29 NCAA Tournament appearances and 14 times in head coach Brenda Frese's 20 postseasons.
- The Terps are 10-4 in the Sweet Sixteen and 6-3 under Frese.
- The Terrapins averaged 95.5 points per game in their first two NCAA Tournament games this year - second only to Notre Dame at 98.5 points.
- Three Terrapins are in the top 50 of all players in the NCAA Tournament in scoring - No. 17 Diamond Miller (23.5), No. 21 Ashley Owusu (22.0) and No. 49 Angel Reese (18.0).
terps in the polls
- Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country. The Terrapins have been ranked in 230 straight Associated Press polls, dating back to the preseason poll of the 2010-11 season. That mark is behind just Baylor (355Â weeks) and Connecticut (545Â weeks).
- Maryland has been ranked for 281 weeks in the last 18 seasons, with 213Â of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 92Â in the AP top 5.
- Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 332Â 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 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.
matchup history
- This is Maryland's fourth matchup with Stanford and second this season. The Cardinal owns the series at 2-1.
- Stanford took the first matchup this year, 86-68 in the Bahamas on Nov. 27. Maryland was without Diamond Miller, Katie Benzan and Faith Masonius in the matchup.
- The Terrapins and the Cardinal met once before in the NCAA Tournament. In 2008 Elite Eight, top-seeded Maryland fell to second-seeded Stanford, 98-87. That matchup was also in Spokane.
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