#8 Maryland (18-12) vs. #1 Ohio State (25-4)
March 8, 2024
Target Center (Minneapolis, MN)
12:30 p.m. ET
Big Ten Network
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The Maryland women's basketball team (18-12) will play top-seeded Illinois (25-4) Friday at 12:30 p.m. ET in the 2024 TIAA Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn.
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Maryland finished in a three-way tie for sixth in the Big Ten and will be the No. 8 seed in the 2024 TIAA Big Ten Tournament this week at the Target Center in Minneapolis. The Terrapins tied with Michigan and Penn State in the final league standings.
What's UP
- Junior Shyanne Sellers was named to the All-Big Ten First Team by the league's head coaches and media. Graduate Jakia Brown-Turner was named to the Second Team (coaches) and First Team (media) and sophomore Bri McDaniel earned Honorable Mention honors from both groups. Freshman Riley Nelson earned a Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
- Maryland has a strength of schedule of No. 7 in the country according to WarrenNolan.com and No. 8 in the Massey ratings.
- Maryland is currently ranked No. 35 in the latest NCAA NET rankings (March 4). The Terrapins have wins over No. 26 Penn State, No. 42 Syracuse, No. 54 Green Bay and two over No. 48 Illinois.
- The Terrapins are No. 8 in the country and lead the Big Ten in free throws made per game (16.14).
- Shyanne Sellers' career free throw percentage of 81.6% is tied for No. 2 in Maryland history with Laurin Mincy and is behind Kristi Toliver (.866). She is No. 12 in the nation in free throws made (139).
- Brinae Alexander has made 140 three-pointers in her two years as a Terrapin, which is No. 12 in the Terps' career record book. She needs to make 4 to pass Laurin Mincy at No. 11 (143).
- Bri McDaniel's career three-point percentage is 43.4%, 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 40.8%, which is tied with Kristi Toliver for 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 1,124-462 (.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 - 1,673; Alexander - 1,424; Briggs - 1,396; Sellers - 1,172).
2023-24 Maryland Women's Basketball Team
big ten tournament history
- Maryland is 21-4 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament. The Terrapins won the 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2021 Tournament championships.
- The Terps are 2-1 in Big Ten Tournament games at the Target Center.
- Head coach Brenda Frese is 21-5 all-time in the Big
Allie Kubek vs. Illinois (Big Ten Second Round, March 7, 2024)
series history
- Friday's matchup is the 25th all-time between Maryland and Ohio State.
- The Terps have the edge in the series at 14-10.
- Ohio State won both meetings this year, 84-76, in College Park on Jan. 17 and 79-66 in Columbus on Feb. 25.
- Maryland is 2-1 vs. the Buckeyes in the Big Ten Tournament.
Frese File
- Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 22nd season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 581-159 (.785), 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 638-189 (.771) 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).
Maryland in the B1G
- The Terps are 209-63 (.768) all-time against their Big Ten opponents.
- Since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15, the Terrapins are 167-33 (.835) vs. their conference opponents, including their 21-4 record in the Big Ten Tournament.
- In the 22 years under Frese, the Terps are 178-37 (.828) against their Big Ten opponents.
- Frese is 192-42 (.821) 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.
home sweet home
- The Terps are 607-142 (.810) all time in College Park, dating back to the inaugural 1971-72 season.
- Maryland is 313-47 (.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.
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