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#11 Maryland Travels to Syracuse Wednesday

#11 Maryland

Syracuse

November 13, 2024
7:00 PM ET
JMA Wireless Dome (Syracuse, NY)
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COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The 11th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (3-0) will play at Syracuse (1-1) Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the JMA Wireless Dome. The Terps-Orange matchup will be televised on the ACC Network. Click here to find your channel number.

2024-25 STORYLINES

What's UP

Maryland is coming off an 85-80 win over then-No. 11 Duke Sunday in College Park. Kaylene Smikle led the way with 23 points, Shyanne Sellers scored 17 and Bri McDaniel chipped in 15. Christina Dalce scored 12 with 14 rebounds.
Maryland women's basketball is in its 54th season and owns a record of 1,128-463 (.708). The Terrapins are No. 11 all-time in NCAA Division I history in winning percentage and No. 9 in all-time victories.
Maryland was picked to finish fourth in the 18-team Big Ten Conference by both the league's head coaches and media panel. The Terrapins were behind just USC, UCLA and Ohio State and Indiana was picked to finish fifth.
The Terrapins are ranked No. 18 in the Associated Press preseason poll and in the USA Today Coaches Preseason poll.
Two-time National Coach of the Year Brenda Frese brings in 10 new players, including seven transfers, to the squad this season. The Terrapins welcome Big East Co-Defensive Player of the Year Christina Dalce, Atlantic 10 Player of the Year Sarah Te-Biasu, All-Big Ten First Team honoree Kaylene Smikle, All-SEC Freshman Team honoree Saylor Poffenbarger, as well as Mir McLean, Amari DeBerry and Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu.
Maryland also welcomes three freshmen in Ava McKennie, Kyndal Walker and Breanna Williams. All three won championships in high school.
The Terrapins return All-Big Ten honorees Shyanne Sellers and Bri McDaniel, as well as Emily Fisher, Emma Chardon and Allie Kubek for the 2024-25 season.
Sellers was named to the 10-player All-Big Ten Preseason Team for the second straight season. Sellers earned All-Big Ten First Team honors last year after averaging 15.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game.
Sellers was named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List for the nation's top shooting guard. Poffenbarger was named to the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List for the nation's top small forward.

frese file

Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 23rd season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 585-161 (.784), 14 conference titles, 20 NCAA Tournament bids in 22 postseasons, three Final Fours, seven Elite Eights, 11 Sweet Sixteens and the 2006 NCAA Championship.
Frese owns a career record of 642-191 (.771) over her 26 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 210-64 (.766) all-time against their Big Ten opponents.
Since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15, the Terrapins are 168-34 (.832) vs. their conference opponents, including their 22-5 record in the Big Ten Tournament.
In the 22 years under Frese, the Terps are 179-38 (.829) against their Big Ten opponents.
Frese is 193-43 (.818) all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota and at Ball State.
Since joining the league in 2014, Maryland is 78-9 (.897) against Big Ten teams at home.

Guard Shyanne Sellers (0)Maryland Women's Basketball B1G Tournament Semifinal vs. Nebraska at Target Center in Minneapolis, MN on Saturday, Mar. 9, 2024. Chris Lyons/Maryland Terrapins

series history

Wednesday's matchup is the seventh all-time between Maryland and Syracuse. Maryland is 6-0.
Most recently, Maryland won 83-81 in College Park on Nov. 19, 2023.
Frese is 4-0 vs. Syracuse.

terps in the polls

Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country.
Maryland has been ranked for 304 weeks in the last 21 seasons, with 223 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 93 in the AP top 5.
Overall, the Terps have been ranked in 574 AP polls, which puts them at fifth-most poll appearances all-time.
Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 355 weeks in her career.
Maryland has started the season ranked in the last 15 seasons straight and 20 of head coach Brenda Frese's 23 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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Players Mentioned

#21 Emma Chardon: F; 6' 2"; Redshirt Junior

#3 Emily Fisher: G/F; 6' 0"; Sophomore

#14 Allie Kubek: F; 6' 2"; Graduate Student

#24 Bri McDaniel: G; 5' 10"; Junior

#0 Shyanne Sellers: G; 6' 2"; Senior

#8 Kyndal Walker: G; 5' 9"; Freshman

#5 Ava McKennie: G/F; 6' 2"; Freshman

#40 Breanna Williams: F; 6' 2"; Freshman

#2 Kaylene Smikle: G; 6' 0"; Junior

#1 Sarah Te-Biasu: G; 5' 5"; Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

#21 Emma Chardon
: 6' 2"; Redshirt Junior
: F

#3 Emily Fisher
: 6' 0"; Sophomore
: G/F

#14 Allie Kubek
: 6' 2"; Graduate Student
: F

#24 Bri McDaniel
: 5' 10"; Junior
: G

#0 Shyanne Sellers
: 6' 2"; Senior
: G

#8 Kyndal Walker
: 5' 9"; Freshman
: G

#5 Ava McKennie
: 6' 2"; Freshman
: G/F

#40 Breanna Williams
: 6' 2"; Freshman
: F

#2 Kaylene Smikle
: 6' 0"; Junior
: G

#1 Sarah Te-Biasu
: 5' 5"; Graduate Student
: G