Maryland Welcomes Wisconsin in Home Finale

Maryland (16-11, 8-8) vs. Wisconsin (13-13, 6-10)

February 29, 2024

XFINITY Center (College Park, MD)

6 p.m. ET

Big Ten Network

COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The Maryland women's basketball team (16-11, 8-8 B1G) will host Wisconsin (13-13, 6-10) in the Terps' final home game of the season Wednesday. The Terrapins and the Badgers will tip off at 6 p.m. ET at the XFINITY Center. Click here for tickets. Thursday's game will be televised on the Big Ten Network and fans can listen here.

Parking is available for FREE in lots 9b, 4b, 11b, RDG, and TTG after 4 p.m. Thursday. Please obey all posted parking signage. The vast majority of handicapped parking spaces are located in Terrapin Trail Garage (Lot 6), which also provides the shortest walk to the arena (through Gate E). Click here for a campus parking map.

The Terrapins will celebrate Black History Month prior to Thursday's game. This is also Brinae Alexander Bobblehead Night. Fans can pick up a scratch-off at the door and 350 will win. Thursday's game will have a Motorcycle Mayhem theme and 500 fans will get a Maryland-themed bandana.

What's UP

Maryland has a strength of schedule of No. 7 in the country according to WarrenNolan.com and the Massey ratings.
Maryland is currently ranked No. 32 in the latest NCAA NET rankings (Feb. 27). The Terrapins have wins over No. 31 Penn State, No. 43 Syracuse, No. 51 Green Bay, No. 53 Minnesota and two over No. 45 Illinois.
The Terrapins are No. 10 in the country and lead the Big Ten in free throws made per game (16.04).
Shyanne Sellers' career free throw percentage of 81.6% is tied with Laurin Mincy for No. 2 in Maryland history behind just Kristi Toliver (.866). She is No. 13 in the nation in free throws made (128).
Brinae Alexander has made 134 three-pointers in her two years as a Terrapin, which is No. 12 in the Terps' career record book. She needs to make 10 to pass Laurin Mincy at No. 11 (143).
Bri McDaniel's career three-point percentage is 44.0%, which is currently No. 3 in the Maryland record books behind just Katie Benzan (47.4%) and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (45.9%). Alexander's Maryland career three-point percentage is 41.5%, which is No. 5 in Maryland history. Lavender Briggs' three-point percentage in her Maryland career is 38.6%, which is No. 12.
Sellers was also named to the Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watch List in November.
Maryland was picked to finish fourth in the Big Ten by both the league's head coaches and media panel. Both groups picked Iowa to win the conference. The coaches selected Ohio State to finish second and Indiana to finish third with Illinois rounding out the top five. The media panel selected Indiana to finish second, Ohio State third and Michigan fifth.
Maryland women's basketball is entering its 53rd season and owns a record of 1,122-460 (.709). The Terrapins are No. 11 all-time in NCAA Division I history in winning percentage and No. 9 in all-time victories.
Two-time National Coach of the Year Brenda Frese brings in seven new players this season, including AP All-American honoree Jakia Brown-Turner (NC State).
Last fall, Frese also signed four top recruits in Summer Bostock, Hawa Doumbouya, Emily Fisher and Riley Nelson. This fall, Frese welcomed to walk-ons in Mary Sareen and Zen Nuako.
The Terrapins return four of their top six scorers from last season's Elite Eight squad.
Junior Shyanne Sellers was named to the 10-player Preseason All-Big Ten Team to start the year. She was named to the All-Big Ten First Team by the league's media panel last year and to the Second Team by the head coaches.
Sellers is one of 20 top players in the country on the Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List, an honor by the Basketball Hall of Fame recognizing the top point guard in women's NCAA Division I basketball.
Graduate Jakia Brown-Turner was named to the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List for the nation's top small forward.
Maryland has four 1,000 point scorers (Brown-Turner - 1,626; Briggs - 1,396; Alexander - 1,399; Sellers - 1,134).

2023-24 Maryland Women's Basketball Team

Scouting Report

The Terps are 12-0 vs. the Badgers.
Maryland took last year's meeting 77-64 in Madison on Jan. 29, 2023.
Maryland is 6-0 vs. Wisconsin at the XFINITY Center.
Brenda Frese is 13-1 vs. the Badgers in her career including her time at Minnesota (2002-03).

Center Hawa Doumbouya (20) and Guard/Forward Emily Fisher (34)Maryland Women's Basketball game at Ohio State at Value City Arena in Colubus, OH on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. Chris Lyons/Maryland Terrapins

Hawa Doumbouya and Emily Fisher

Frese File

Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 22nd season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 579-158 (.786), 14 conference titles, 19 NCAA Tournament bids in 21 postseasons, three Final Fours, seven Elite Eights, 11 Sweet Sixteens and the 2006 NCAA Championship.
Frese owns a career record of 636-188 (.772) over her 25 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).

Brenda Frese

Maryland in the B1G

The Terps are 207-62 (.770) all-time against their Big Ten opponents.
Since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15, the Terrapins are 165-32 (.838) vs. their conference opponents, including their 20-4 record in the Big Ten Tournament.
In the 22 years under Frese, the Terps are 176-36 (.831) against their Big Ten opponents.
Frese is 190-41 (.823) all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota and at Ball State.
Since joining the league in 2014, Maryland is 77-9 (.895) against Big Ten teams at home.

home sweet home

The Terps are 606-142 (.810) all time in College Park, dating back to the inaugural 1971-72 season.
Maryland is 312-47 (.869) at home under Brenda Frese, whose first season in College Park was the inaugural season of XFINITY Center. That is among the top 10 toughest places to play in the country.
The Terrapins are 172-12 (.935) all-time in non-conference games in XFINITY Center.
The Terps won 48 straight home games starting Nov. 9, 2007 with a 76-52 season-opening win over Princeton. The streak ended on Jan. 21, 2010 with an 80-77 loss to Miami.