COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The seventh-ranked Maryland women's basketball team finished tied for second in the Big Ten and through a tiebreaker, will be the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten Tournament this weekend at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn.
 
Maryland (24-5, 15-3) finished tied with Iowa (23-6, 15-3) for second. With the Hawkeyes' win over top-seeded Indiana Sunday, the Hawkeyes held the tiebreaker for the No. 2 seed. Maryland will play in the Quarterfinals at 9 p.m. ET on Friday. The Terrapins will take on either No. 6-seeded Illinois (21-8, 11-7) or the winner of Wednesday's Rutgers/Northwestern game. Friday's game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. For the full tournament schedule and more information, click here.

The Terps' 24 wins surpass last season's win total of 23 and the 15-3 mark is Maryland's best since 2020-21, when Maryland went 17-1.

Maryland is 7-3 against ranked teams with four wins over top 10 teams. Most recently, Maryland beat No. 16 Ohio State, 76-74, Friday for the second time this season as the Terps blew out the then-No. 10 Buckeyes, 90-54, on Feb. 5 in College Park. The win by 36 points was the largest over a Top-10 team in Maryland program history.

Maryland's other wins over ranked teams include No. 6 Iowa, No. 6 UConn, No. 7 Notre Dame, No. 10 Ohio State, No. 13 Michigan, and No. 17 Baylor. The wins over Notre Dame and Baylor and the most recent win over Ohio State all came on the road.

Maryland is 19-3 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament, winning the 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2021 titles. The Terrapins made seven straight Big Ten Tournament title game appearances from their first year in the league in 2015 through 2021. The Terrapins have finished third or better in the conference in 18 of head coach Brenda Frese's 21 seasons in College Park.