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Women's Basketball 12/5/2024 3:30:00 PM

No. 7 Maryland Heads to Purdue for Big Ten Opener

#7 Maryland at Purdue

December 7, 2024

2:00 PM ET

Mackey Arena (West Lafayette, IN)

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COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The No. 7-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (9-0) will open Big Ten play Saturday with a matchup at Purdue (4-4). The Terps and the Boilermakers will tip off at 2 p.m. ET at Mackey Arena. Saturday's game will be streamed on B1G+.

2024-25 STORYLINES

What's UP

Maryland is coming off an 87-52 win over Mount St. Mary's Tuesday night in College Park. Christina Dalce led five Terps in double figures with 13 points. Allie Kubek, Shyanne Sellers, Kaylene Smikle and Saylor Poffenbarger also hit double figures.
Maryland is 9-0 for the first time since it went 12-0 to start the 2018-19 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 1,134-463 (.710). 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. 7 in the Associated Press poll released Dec. 2 and No. 8 in the USA Today Coaches poll released Dec. 3.
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 in double figures in eight straight games and Shyanne Sellers has scored in double figures in five straight.
Maryland has won the rebounding battle in all nine games this season.
Maryland is 9-0 for the first time since the 2018-19 season when it started 12-0. The Terrapins' best start in school history was 18-0 in 2006-07.
Over the last four seasons, the Terrapins are 67-5 when leading at the half. They are 9-0 this year when leading at halftime.
The Terps have won 16 straight games when leading with 5:00 to play. They are 79-1 over the last 4 seasons.
The Terrapins have won 15 straight games when leading at the start of the fourth quarter. They are 51-1 over the last 3 seasons and 237-3 since they moved to quarters in 2015-16.
Over the last six seasons, the Terps are 99-7 when they score 80 points or more.
Maryland has three 1,000 point scorers (Te-Biasu - 1,543, Sellers - 1,336, Kubek - 1,049). Smikle is currently at 976 career points.

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 591-161 (.786), 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 648-191 (.772) 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

Saturday's matchup is the 20th all-time meeting between Maryland and Purdue. Maryland owns the series, 17-2, and has won 15 of the last 16 matchups and eight straight.
The Terrapins took last year's meeting, 88-66, in College Park on Jan. 14.

Terps in the Polls

Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country.
Maryland has been ranked for 308 weeks in the last 21 seasons, with 226 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 93 in the AP top 5.
Overall, the Terps have been ranked in 578 AP polls, which puts them at fifth-most poll appearances all-time.
Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 359 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