#11 Terrapins to Welcome Towson Sunday

#11 Maryland

vs.

Towson

November 17, 2024
11:00 AM ET
XFINITY Center (College Park, MD)
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COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The 11th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (4-0) will host Towson (0-3) Sunday in an 11 a.m. matchup at the XFINITY Center. For tickets, click here. Parking will be open in lots 9B, 4B, 11B and the Terrapin Trail Garage Sunday. Click here for a campus parking map.

Towson head coach Laura Harper played at Maryland from 2005-08. She was the 2006 Final Four Most Outstanding Player and helped lead the Terps to the 2006 NCAA Championship.

The Terps-Tigers game will be streamed on B1G+.

2024-25 STORYLINES

What's UP

Maryland is coming off an 84-73 win at Syracuse Wednesday. The Terrapns trailed by 10 in the first half, then used a 15-0 run in the second quarter to pull ahead. Kaylene Smikle led the way with 22 points for her third straight game with 20+ points. Allie Kubek added 16, Bri McDaniel scored 13 and Christina Dalce added 10 points.
Maryland was named the NCAA Team of the Week Tuesday after its 3-0 start to the season.
Maryland women's basketball is in its 54th season and owns a record of 1,129-463 (.709). 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. 11 in the Associated Press poll released Nov. 11 and No. 14 in the USA Today Coaches poll released Nov. 12.
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.

milestone and streaks

Kaylene Smikle has scored 20+ points in three straight games for the Terrapins - 20 vs. Coppin State, 23 vs. Duke, 22 at Syracuse.
Maryland has won the rebounding battle in all four games this season.
Maryland is 4-0 for the first time since the 2021-22 season when it started 6-0.
Over the last four seasons, the Terrapins are 62-5 when leading at the half. They are 4-0 this year when leading at halftime.
The Terps have won 11 straight games when leading with 5:00 to play. They are 73-1 over the last 4 seasons.
The Terrapins have also won 11 straight games when leading at the start of the fourth quarter. They are 47-1 over the last 3 seasons.
Over the last six seasons, the Terps are 95-7 when they score 80 points or more.
Maryland has two 1,000 point scorers (Te-Biasu - 1,509 and Sellers - 1,274). Kubek currently has 990 career points and Smikle is at 887.

Maryland Women's Basketball vs. Duke at XFINITY Center in College Park, MD on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024.

frese file

Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 23rd season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 586-161 (.785), 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 643-191 (.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

Sunday's matchup is the 25th all-time between Maryland and Towson, with the Terps owning the series at 19-5.
The Terps took last year's meeting, 99-51, on Dec. 12, 2023 in College Park.
Maryland has won 9 straight meetings with Towson, dating back to 2010.
Towson head coach Laura Harper played at Maryland under Brenda Frese from 2005-08. She was the 2006 Final Four MOP and helped the Terps to the 2006 NCAA Championship.

Brenda Frese and Towson head coach Laura Harper (12/12/23)

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.