No. 8 Maryland to Host No. 1 UCLA for Black Out Game

#8 Maryland vs. #1 UCLA

January 26, 2025

2 PM ET (College Park, MD)

NBC / Peacock

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COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The No. 8-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (16-3, 6-2 B1G) will host No. 1 UCLA (19-0, 7-0) Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Terps' annual Black Out game at the XFINITY Center. All fans are encouraged to wear BLACK. For tickets, click here. For full game day information and info on the Clear Bag Polcy, click here.

Sunday's game is Christina Dalce Bobblehead Day. Fans can get a scratch-off ticket at the door to win. Gates will open at 12:30 PM.

Due to an event at the Eppley Recreation Center and campus move-in on Jan. 26, traffic around the University of Maryland may be impacted. Fans are encouraged to allow plenty of time to arrive on campus and enter the XFINITY Center.

Parking is available for free in lots 9b, 4b, 11b, Regents Drive Garage, Terrapin Trail Garage, P1, P2, XX1/XVL, and Lot 1. Please obey all posted parking signage. Spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Once lots are full, attendants and traffic control officers will direct fans to the next available lot. Click HERE for a campus parking map.

Handicap parking will be available in Lot UU of XFINITY Center and in the designated handicap spaces in the lots surrounding the XFINITY Center. Handicap placards/plates must be displayed. 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).

To help with gameday traffic flow and decrease confusion, we highly suggest entering campus through the recommended entrances below for each parking lot/garage.

4b - Route 193/Paint Branch Drive
Terrapin Trail Garage - Route 193/Paint Branch Drive or Route 193/Terrapin Trail
P1/P2 - Route 193/Paint Branch Drive
9b - Route 1 Main Gate/Baltimore Ave
XX1/XVL - Route 1 Main Gate/Baltimore Ave
11b - Route 1 Main Gate/Baltimore Ave
Regents Drive Garage - Route 1 Main Gate/Baltimore Ave or Route 193/Stadium Drive

2024-25 STORYLINES

What's UP

No. 8 Maryland is coming off of a hard-fought 74-66 loss at No. 12 Ohio State. Kaylene Smikle led the way with 17 points, Saylor Poffenbarger scored 13 and Allie Kubek scored 12. Sarah Te-Biasu added 11 points. Christina Dalce tied her career-high 18 rebounds with 10 points. The Terrapins were without Shyanne Sellers and Bri McDaniel, due to injury.
Shyanne Sellers was named Big Ten Player of the Week Monday for her fourth career weekly honor. She scored a season-high 27 points with 9 boards and 7 assists in the Terps' win over No. 24 Minnesota.
Maryland is in a stretch of six of seven games against teams ranked in the AP Top 25. No other team in the country has a similar stretch.
Kaylene Smikle has scored in double figures in 18 straight games.
Sellers is currently No. 18 on Maryland's all-time scoring list with 1,486 career points. She needs 27 points to pass Deedee Warley (1,512) at No. 17. Sellers' 481 career assists are No. 7 in the Maryland career record book. She needs 6 to pass Anjale Barrett at No. 6 (486) and 8 to pass Alyssa Thomas at No. 5 (488).
Maryland is currently No. 4 in the country in rebounding margin (+12.3) and leads the country in free throws made per game (18.05). The Terps are No. 17 nationally in scoring (81.3).
Kaylene Smikle is No. 5 in the Big Ten in scoring (17.8). Shyanne Sellers is No. 3 in the Big Ten in assists (4.7). Saylor Poffenbarger is No. 22 in the country and No. 3 in the Big Ten in defensive rebounds (7.2). She is No. 7 in the league in total rebounds (8.7) and Christina Dalce is No. 9 (8.6). Dalce is No. 16 in the nation and No. 3 in the league in offensive rebounds (4.3).
Maryland women's basketball is in its 54th season and owns a record of 1,140-467 (.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. 20 and No. 10 in the USA Today Coaches poll released Jan. 21.
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.
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 18 straight games.
Sellers is currently No. 18 on Maryland's all-time scoring list with 1,486 career points. She needs 27 points to pass Deedee Warley (1,512) at No. 17. Sellers' 481 career assists are No. 7 in the Maryland career record book. She needs 6 to pass Anjale Barrett at No. 6 (486) and 8 to pass Alyssa Thomas at No. 5 (488).
Maryland has won the rebounding battle in 16 of 19 games this season.
Over the last four seasons, the Terrapins are 73-6 when leading at the half. They are 15-1 this year when leading at halftime.
The Terps are 86-2 when leading with 5:00 to play over the last 4 seasons.
The Terrapins have won 22 straight games when leading at the start of the fourth quarter. They are 58-1 over the last 3 seasons and 244-3 since they moved to quarters in 2015-16.
Over the last six seasons, the Terps are 102-7 when they score 80 points or more.
Maryland has four 1,000 point scorers (Te-Biasu - 1,598, Sellers - 1,486, Smikle - 1,153, Kubek - 1,137).

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Frese File

Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 23rd season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 598-164 (.785), 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 655-194 (.771) 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 216-66 (.766) all-time against their Big Ten opponents.
Since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15, the Terrapins are 174-36 (.829) vs. their conference opponents, including their 22-5 record in the Big Ten Tournament.
In the 22 years under Frese, the Terps are 185-40 (.822) against their Big Ten opponents.
Frese is 199-45 (.816) all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota and at Ball State.
Since joining the league in 2014, Maryland is 81-10 (.890) against Big Ten teams at home.

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Series History

Maryland owns the series over UCLA at 5-3.
The Bruins took their most recent matchup, 85-80, in the NCAA Second Round in College Park on March 25, 2019.

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Terps in the Polls

Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country.
Maryland has been ranked for 314 weeks in the last 21 seasons, with 232 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 93 in the AP top 5.
Overall, the Terps have been ranked in 584 AP polls, which puts them at fifth-most poll appearances all-time.
Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 365 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.