#11 Maryland vs. Saint Francis
November 24, 2024
1:00 PM ET
XFINITY Center (College Park, MD)
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The 11th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (5-0) will host Saint Francis (1-5) Sunday in a 1 p.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.
Sunday's game is also the Terrapins' Mental Health Awareness game. Fans are encouraged to wear
GREEN in honor of mental health awareness. Mental health resources will be distributed throughout the arena. Fans are encouraged to donate women's professional attire to Dress for Success – an organization supporting local women in need. Fans are also invited to join the team on the main concourse for a postgame autograph session. The first 350 fans in line will receive the 2024-25 Maryland Women's Basketball Autograph Card. Click
here for more information on the Terrapins' game day promotions through the season.
The Terps-Red Flash game will be streamed on
B1G+.
2024-25 STORYLINES
What's UP
- Maryland is coming off a dominant 98-63 win over Towson Sunday in College Park. Kaylene Smikle led six Terps in double figures with 21 points. Christina Dalce grabbed her third double-double of the year with 13 points, 10 rebounds and Shyanne Sellers added 10 points with 10 assists.
- Maryland is 5-0 for the first time since it went 6-0 to start the 2021-22 season. The Terps' best start in school history was when they started 18-0 in 2006-07.
- Maryland women's basketball is in its 54th season and owns a record of 1,130-463 (.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 four straight games for the Terrapins - 20 vs. Coppin State, 23 vs. Duke, 22 at Syracuse, 21 vs. Towson. This streak ties her career-best streak when she scored 20+ in four straight games as a freshman at Rutgers (Jan. 2, 2023-Jan. 15, 2023)
- Maryland has won the rebounding battle in all five games this season.
- Maryland is 5-0 for the first time since the 2021-22 season when it started 6-0.
- Over the last four seasons, the Terrapins are 63-5 when leading at the half. They are 5-0 this year when leading at halftime.
- The Terps have won 12 straight games when leading with 5:00 to play. They are 74-1 over the last 4 seasons.
- The Terrapins have also won 12 straight games when leading at the start of the fourth quarter. They are 47-1 over the last 3 seasons and 233-3 since they moved to quarters in 2015-16.
- Over the last six seasons, the Terps are 96-7 when they score 80 points or more.
- Maryland has three 1,000 point scorers (Te-Biasu - 1,522, Sellers - 1,284, Kubek - 1,001). Smikle is currenlt at 908 career points.
Frese File
- Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 23rd season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 587-161 (.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 644-191 (.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.
Series History
- Sunday's matchup is the second all-time between Maryland and Saint Francis.
- The Terps took their first meeting, 70-48, in the NCAA First Round in College Park on March 20, 2011.
Terps in the Polls
- Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country.
- Maryland has been ranked for 305 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 575 AP polls, which puts them at fifth-most poll appearances all-time.
- Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 356 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.
