Maryland to Host Northwestern in Big Ten Opener Sunday

Maryland (6-3) vs. Northwestern (3-5)

December 10, 2023

XFINITY Center (College Park, MD)

1 p.m.

B1G+

COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The Maryland women's basketball team (6-3) will host Northwestern (3-5) in both teams' Big Ten opener Sunday. The Terrapins and the Wildcats will tip off at 1 p.m. at the XFINITY Center.

For tickets, click HERE. Parking will be open in lots 4B, 9B, 11B and the Terrapin Trail Garage all day Sunday. Click here for a campus parking map.

Fans are encouraged to bring a stuffed animal to toss onto the court during halftime. All stuffed animals collected will be donated to Toys for Tots. Fans will have the chance to win prizes if they register their stuffed animals at the marketing table at Gate B and their stuffed animal lands on a target on the floor.

What's UP

Maryland women's basketball is entering its 53rd season and owns a record of 1,112-453 (.711). The Terrapins are No. 11 all-time in NCAA Division I history in winning percentage and No. 9 in all-time victories.
Sellers was named to the Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll Monday for the second time this season. She averaged 18.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 8.0 assists in two wins.
Sellers is leading the country in free throws made (55) and free throws attempted (66).
Sellers' career free throw percentage of 80.1% is No. 5 in Maryland history.
Faith Masonius enters Sunday's game with 490 career rebounds.
Brinae Alexander has made 140 three-pointers in her two years as a Terrapin, which is No. 12 in the Terps' career record book. She needs to make four to pass Laurin Mincy (2011-15) at No. 11. Alexander's Maryland career three-point percentage is 43.5%, which is third in Maryland history, behind just Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (45.9%) and Katie Benzan (47.4%).
Sellers was also named to the Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watch List in November.
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 and Indiana to finish third with Illinois rounding out the top five. The media panel selected Indiana to finish second, Ohio State third and Michigan fifth.
Two-time National Coach of the Year Brenda Frese brings in seven new players this season, including AP All-American honoree Jakia Brown-Turner (NC State).
Last fall, Frese also signed four top recruits in Summer Bostock, Hawa Doumbouya, Emily Fisher and Riley Nelson. This fall, Frese welcomed to walk-ons in Mary Sareen and Zen Nuako.
The Terrapins return four of their top six scorers from last season's Elite Eight squad.
Junior Shyanne Sellers was named to the 10-player Preseason All-Big Ten Team to start the year. She was named to the All-Big Ten First Team by the league's media panel last year and to the Second Team by the head coaches.
Sellers is one of 20 top players in the country on the Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List, an honor by the Basketball Hall of Fame recognizing the top point guard in women's NCAA Division I basketball.
Graduate Jakia Brown-Turner was named to the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List for the nation's top small forward.
Maryland has three 1,000 point scorers (Brown-Turner - 1,369; Briggs - 1,256; Alexander - 1,254).

2023-24 Maryland Women's Basketball Team

Scouting Report

Sunday's matchup is the 15th all-time between Maryland and Northwestern, with the Terps owning the series at 13-1.
The Terps took last year's meeting, 79-54 in Evanston on Feb. 9, 2023.
Brenda Frese is 14-1 vs. the Wildcats.

Bri McDaniel score 14 points with 4 steals and 3 rebounds at Northwestern on Feb. 9, 2023.

Frese File

Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 22nd season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 569-150 (.791), 14 conference titles, 19 NCAA Tournament bids in 21 postseasons, three Final Fours, seven Elite Eights, 11 Sweet Sixteens and the 2006 NCAA Championship.
Frese owns a career record of 626-180 (.777) over her 25 years as a head coach.
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 2021, 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).

Brenda Frese

Maryland in the B1G

The Terps are 199-54 (.787) all-time against their Big Ten opponents.
Since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15, the Terrapins are 157-24 (.867) vs. their conference opponents, including their 20-4 record in the Big Ten Tournament.
In the 21 years under Frese, the Terps are 168-28 (.857) against their Big Ten opponents.
Frese is 182-33 (.847) all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota and at Ball State.
Since joining the league in 2014, Maryland is 72-6 (.923) against Big Ten teams at home.

Maryland Women's Basketball vs. Iowa at Xfinity Center in College Park, MD on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. Maryland Terrapins

home sweet home

Maryland has won 15 straight home games, dating back to a Dec. 11, 2022 win over UConn.
The Terps are 599-139 (.812) all time in College Park, dating back to the inaugural 1971-72 season.
Maryland is 305-44 (.874) at home under Brenda Frese, whose first season in College Park was the inaugural season of XFINITY Center. That is among the top 10 toughest places to play in the country.
The Terrapins are 170-12 (.934) all-time in non-conference games in XFINITY Center.
The Terps won 48 straight home games starting Nov. 9, 2007 with a 76-52 season-opening win over Princeton. The streak ended on Jan. 21, 2010 with an 80-77 loss to Miami.