No. 8 Maryland Travels to Wisconsin For Saturday Meeting

Saturday, January 11

Madison, WI

2:30 PM

Maryland

Wisconsin

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No. 8 Maryland Travels to Wisconsin For Saturday Meeting

1/10/2025 8:51:00 AM | Women's Basketball

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#8 Maryland at Wisconsin

January 11, 2025

2:30 PM ET (Madison, WI)

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COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The No. 8-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (14-1, 4-1 B1G) will play at Wisconsin (10-6, 1-4) Saturday at the Kohl Center in Madison. The Terps and the Badgers will tip off at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Saturday's game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. Fans can also watch on the Fox Sports app.

2024-25 STORYLINES

What's UP

Maryland is coming off a close 79-74 loss to No. 4 USC Wednesday in College Park. The game was tied with under 2:00 to play, then a late run by the Trojans sealed the win. Shyanne Sellers led the Terps with a season-high 26 points, Kaylene Smikle added 16 and Christina Dalce scored 15 with 12 boards. Saylor Poffenbarger grabbed 17 rebounds.
Kaylene Smikle was named Co-Big Ten Player of the Week Monday for her fourth career weekly honor. She averaged 19.3 points, 4.0 rebounds with 11 steals in three wins.
Kaylene Smikle has scored in double figures in 14 straight games and Shyanne Sellers has scored in double figures in 11 straight.
Maryland is currently No. 4 in the country in rebounding margin (+13.3) and No. 3 in free throws made per game (17.80). The Terps are No. 15 nationally in scoring (83.1).
Kaylene Smikle is No. 7 in the Big Ten in scoring (17.9). Shyanne Sellers is No. 2 in the Big Ten in assists (5.1). Saylor Poffenbarger is No. 10 in the country and No. 3 in the Big Ten in defensive rebounds (8.0). She is No. 4 in the league in total rebounds (9.8). Christina Dalce is No. 26 in the nation and No. 5 in the league in offensive rebounds (4.1).
Maryland women's basketball is in its 54th season and owns a record of 1,139-464 (.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. 8 in the Associated Press poll released Jan. 6 and No. 7 in the USA Today Coaches poll released Dec. 31.
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 14 straight games and Shyanne Sellers has scored in double figures in 11 straight.
Maryland has won the rebounding battle in 13 of 15 games this season.
Over the last four seasons, the Terrapins are 71-5 when leading at the half. They are 13-0 this year when leading at halftime.
The Terps are 84-2 when leading with 5:00 to play over the last 4 seasons.
The Terrapins have won 20 straight games when leading at the start of the fourth quarter. They are 56-1 over the last 3 seasons and 242-3 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 - 1,575, Sellers - 1,437, Kubek - 1,098, Smikle - 1,084).

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 596-162 (.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 653-192 (.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 214-65 (.767) all-time against their Big Ten opponents.
Since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15, the Terrapins are 172-35 (.831) vs. their conference opponents, including their 22-5 record in the Big Ten Tournament.
In the 22 years under Frese, the Terps are 183-39 (.824) against their Big Ten opponents.
Frese is 197-44 (.817) all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota and at Ball State.
Since joining the league in 2014, Maryland is 80-10 (.889) against Big Ten teams at home.

Maryland Women's Basketball vs. Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Jan 5, 2024

Series History

The Terps are 13-0 vs. the Badgers. Maryland is 6-0 at the Kohl Center.
Maryland took last year's meeting 79-63 in Colege Park on Feb. 29, 2024.

Maryland Women's Basketball vs. Rutgers at Xfinity Center Arena in College Park, MD on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. Maryland Athletics

Terps in the Polls

Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country.
Maryland has been ranked for 312 weeks in the last 21 seasons, with 230 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 93 in the AP top 5.
Overall, the Terps have been ranked in 582 AP polls, which puts them at fifth-most poll appearances all-time.
Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 363 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.