#3-Seed Maryland (25-5, 15-3 B1G)
vs.
#2-Seed Iowa (24-6, 15-3 B1G)
Big Ten Tournament Semifinals
March 4, 2023
5:00 PM ET
Target Center (Minneapolis, MN)
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Game Notes
MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- The fifth-ranked and No. 3-seeded Maryland women's basketball team (25-5) will take on No. 2-seeded Iowa (24-6) in the Big Ten Tournament Semifinals Saturday at 5 p.m. ET at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn.
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2022-23 STORYLINES
What's UP
- Maryland beat Illinois, 73-58, in the Quarterfinals Friday to win its seventh straight game and 12th of 13. Abby Meyers and Diamond Miller scored 14 points each and Lavender Briggs added 11 points off the bench.
- Brinae Alexander was named to the Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll Monday after averaging 20.0 points, 55.6% (10-18) from outside the arc and 54% (13-24) from the floor in two wins.
- The Terrapins are 7-3 vs. ranked teams this season and are tied with Indiana to lead the nation with four wins over top 10 teams. Maryland and Indiana are the only teams in the country with four top 10 wins.
- Miller broke the program's single season free throw record of 176 set by Alyssa Thomas (2012-13). She has made 177 free throws this season.
- Miller moved to 13th all-time in career scoring with 1,606points, passing Tianna Hawkins (2010-13) with 1,595 career points and Jessie Hicks, who scored 1,601 from 1990-03. Next up is Lynetta Kizer (2008-12) with 1,621 career points.
- Diamond Miller was named a unanimous All-Big Ten First Team selection by the league's head coaches and media panel. Shyanne Sellers was voted to the First Team by the media, Second Team by the coaches and earned All-Defensive Team honors. Abby Meyers was named to the Second Team by both groups and Faith Masonius earned a Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
- Diamond Miller is one of 25 top players in the country named to the Wooden Award Midseason Watch List. She was also named a finalist for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, as well as the Wade Watch and Naismith Midseason lists.
- Shyanne Sellers was named to the Cheryl Miller Award Final 10 list for the nation's top small forward.
- Maryland has five 1,000 point scorers (Miller - 1,606; Meyers - 1,377; Briggs - 1,173; Alexander - 1,104; Pinzan - 1,021).
- Maryland women's basketball is in its 52nd season and owns a record of 1,103-448 (.711). 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.
- 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 brought 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).
Series history
- Maryland is 20-3 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament and head coach Brenda Frese is 20-4.
- The Terrapins have won five Big Ten Tournament titles (2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021) and have made seven appearances in the Big Ten title game.
- The Terrapins are 7-0 all-time in the Big Ten Semifinals.
- Maryland is 11-5 all-time vs. Iowa and 2-1 vs. the Hawkeyes in the Big Ten Tournament.
frese file
- Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 21st season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 560-145 (.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.
- Frese owns a career record of 617-175 (.780) over her 24 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).
Maryland in the b1g
- The Terps are 199-53 (.790) all-time against their Big Ten opponents.
- Since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15, the Terrapins are 157-23 (.872) vs. their conference opponents, including their 20-3 record in the Big Ten Tournament.
- In the 21 years under Frese, the Terps are 168-27 (.862) against their Big Ten opponents.
- Frese is 182-32 (.850) 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.
terps in the polls
- Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country. The Terrapins have been ranked in 247 straight Associated Press polls, dating back to the preseason poll of the 2010-11 season. That streak is behind just Connecticut (562 weeks).
- Maryland has been ranked for 297 weeks in the last 19 seasons, with 220 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 93 in the AP top 5.
- Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 349 weeks in her career.
- 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.
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