No. 9 Maryland Welcomes Towson Thursday

Thursday, November 13

College Park, MD

7 PM

Maryland

Towson

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#9/7 Maryland vs. Towson

November 13, 2025

7:00 PM ET

XFINITY Center (College Park, MD)

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COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The 9th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (3-0) will host Towson (1-1) on Thursday, Nov. 13 for a 7 p.m. matchup at the XFINITY Center. For tickets, click here.

Parking is free after 4 p.m. in lots 9B, 4B, 11B, UU and the Terrapin Trail Garage. Click here for a campus parking map.

Thursday's game is a Throwback Thursday game with a 90's theme. The first 250 fans through the doors will score a classic 90s friendship bracelet, the perfect accessory to show your Terp pride and relive a little nostalgia from the decade of neon, pop hits, and besties for life. Click here for the full promotional schedule.

Thursday's game will be streamed on B1G+.

2025-26 STORYLINES

What's UP

The Terrapins are coming off an 85-66 win over Georgetown Sunday in College Park. The Terps trailed by 10 in the third quarter, then went on an 18-2 run to seal the win. Freshman Addi Mack scored 17 of her 23 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Terps.
Maryland is ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press poll released Nov. 10 and No. 7 in the USA Today Sports WBB Coaches Poll released Nov. 11.
The Terps were picked to finish second in the Big Ten, behind just UCLA. USC, Michigan and Ohio State rounded out the predicted top five.
Seniors Yarden Garzon and Kaylene Smikle were named to the 10-player All-Big Ten Preseason Team by both the league's head coaches and media panel.
Head coach Brenda Frese and her staff signed two transfers in All-Big Ten honoree Yarden Garzon (Indiana) and 2025 ACC Tournament Most Outstanding Player Oluchi Okananwa (Duke). The Terrapins also welcome freshmen Lea Bartelme, Addi Mack, Rainey Welson, Nicole Fritea and Marya Boiko to the roster.
Maryland will play six teams ranked in the AP preseason poll - No. 3 UCLA, No. 13 Michigan, No. 18 USC, No. 21 Iowa, No. 23 Michigan State and No. 24 Kentucky. The Terps will also play six teams receiving votes in Washington, Ohio State, Princeton, Minnesota, Illinois and Nebraska.
Maryland women's basketball is its 55th season and owns a record of 1,153-472 (.710). The Terrapins are No. 11 all-time in NCAA Division I history in winning percentage and No. 9 in all-time victories.

series history

Thursday's matchup is the 26th all-time between Maryland and Towson, with the Terps owning the series at 20-5.
The Terps took last year's meeting, 98-63, on Nov. 17, 2024 in College Park.
Towson head coach Laura Harper played at Maryland under Brenda Frese from 2005-08. She was the 2006 Final Four MOP and helped the Terps to the 2006 NCAA Championship.

Brenda Frese and Towson head coach Laura Harper (12/12/23)

milestone and streaks

Okananwa has scored in double figures in all three games this season.
Maryland has won the rebounding battle in all three games this season. The Terps are 3-0 this year and 26-2 over the last two years when winning the rebounding battle.
Over the last seven seasons, the Terps are 112-7 (94.1%) when they score 80 points or more.
Over the last five seasons, the Terrapins are 80-8 when leading at the half. They are 22-3 over the last two years when leading at halftime.
The Terrapins have won 32 straight games when leading at the start of the fourth quarter. They are 68-1 over the last four seasons and 254-3 since they moved to quarters in 2015-16.
The Terps are 97-4 over the last five seasons when leading with 5:00 to play.
Maryland has two 1,000 point scorers (Garzon - 1,228 and Smikle - 1,407). Poffenbarger is at 929 career points.

Maryland Women's Basketball TeamMaryland Terrapins Women's Basketball vs Georgetown Hoyas at Xfinity Center in College Park, MD on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. Grayson Belanger/Maryland Terrapins

Frese File

Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 24th season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 610-169 (.783), 14 conference titles, 21 NCAA Tournament bids in 23 postseasons, three Final Fours, seven Elite Eights, 12 Sweet Sixteens and the 2006 NCAA Championship.
Frese owns a career record of 667-199 (.770) over her 27 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).

Terps in the Polls

Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country.
Maryland has been ranked for 324 weeks in the last 22 seasons, with 234 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 93 in the AP top 5.
Overall, the Terps have been ranked in 594 AP polls, which puts them at fifth-most poll appearances all-time.
Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 375 weeks in her career.
Maryland has started the season ranked in the last 16 seasons straight and 21 of head coach Brenda Frese's 24 seasons in College Park. The Terps have been in the AP Preseason Top 10 12 times under Frese and in the top five six times.