#8 Maryland vs. Rutgers
January 2, 2025
7:00 PM ET
XFINITY Center (College Park, MD)
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The No. 8-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (12-0, 2-0 B1G) will host Rutgers (8-5, 0-2) Thursday, Jan. 2 in a 7 p.m. game at the XFINITY Center. For tickets, click
here. Parking is free in lots 9B, 4B, 11B and the Terrapin Trail Garage after 4 p.m. Thursday.
Thursday's game will be streamed on
B1G+. Thursday's game is also the Terrapins' LGBTQ+ Pride Night.
2024-25 STORYLINES
What's UP
milestone and streaks
- Kaylene Smikle has scored in double figures in 11 straight games and Shyanne Sellers has scored in double figures in eight straight.
- Maryland has won the rebounding battle in all 12 games this season.
- Maryland is 12-0 for the first time since it went 12-0 to start the 2018-19 season. The Terrapins went 16-0 to start the 2011-12 and 1982-83 seasons. The Terps' best start in school history was when they started 18-0 in 2006-07. The Terps are one of eight teams in the country that have not lost.
- Over the last four seasons, the Terrapins are 69-5 when leading at the half. They are 11-0 this year when leading at halftime.
- The Terps have won 19 straight games when leading with 5:00 to play. They are 82-1 over the last 4 seasons.
- The Terrapins have won 18 straight games when leading at the start of the fourth quarter. They are 54-1 over the last 3 seasons and 240-3 since they moved to quarters in 2015-16.
- Over the last six seasons, the Terps are 100-7 when they score 80 points or more.
- Maryland has four 1,000 point scorers (Te-Biasu - 1,565, Sellers - 1,372, Kubek - 1,077, Smikle - 1,029).
Frese File
- Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 23rd season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 594-161 (.787), 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 651-191 (.773) 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 212-64 (.767) all-time against their Big Ten opponents.
- Since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15, the Terrapins are 170-34 (.833) vs. their conference opponents, including their 22-5 record in the Big Ten Tournament.
- In the 22 years under Frese, the Terps are 181-38 (.826) against their Big Ten opponents.
- Frese is 195-43 (.819) all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota and at Ball State.
- Since joining the league in 2014, Maryland is 79-9 (.897) against Big Ten teams at home.
Series History
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Maryland owns the series, 34-12, over Rutgers and has won 15 of 16 meetings since joining the league in the 2014-15 season. The Terps have won 9 straight matchups, dating back to 2019.
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The Terrapins won both matchups last year, 67-59 at Rutgers on Feb. 6 and 81-62 in College Park on Feb. 21.
Terps in the Polls
- Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country.
- Maryland has been ranked for 311 weeks in the last 21 seasons, with 229 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 93 in the AP top 5.
- Overall, the Terps have been ranked in 581 AP polls, which puts them at fifth-most poll appearances all-time.
- Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 362 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.
