#9/7 Maryland vs. Princeton
November 16, 2025
1:00 PM ET
XFINITY Center (College Park, MD)
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The 9th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (4-0) will host Princeton (2-0) on Sunday, Nov. 16 for a 1 p.m. matchup at the XFINITY Center. For tickets, click
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2025-26 STORYLINES
What's UP
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The Terrapins are coming off an 88-70 win over Towson Thursday in College Park. Freshman Addi Mack led five Terps in double figures with 15 points. Kaylene Smikle added 13 points and 5 rebounds in her return from injury.
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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.
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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 1,154-472 (.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
- Sunday's matchup is the fourth all-time between Maryland and Princeton. The Terps own the series at 3-0.
- Most recently, Maryland won 77-57 in the NCAA First Round on March 16, 2018 in Raleigh, N.C.
milestone and streaks
- Okananwa has scored in double figures in all four games this season.
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Kaylene Smikle has scored in double figures in 31 of her 34 games as a Terrapin and 69 of her 81 career games.
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Maryland has won the rebounding battle in all four games this season. The Terps are 4-0 this year and 27-2 over the last two years when winning the rebounding battle.
- Over the last seven seasons, the Terps are 113-7 (94.2%) when they score 80 points or more.
- Over the last five seasons, the Terrapins are 81-8 when leading at the half. They are 23-3 over the last two years when leading at halftime.
- The Terrapins have won 33 straight games when leading at the start of the fourth quarter. They are 69-1 over the last four seasons and 255-3 since they moved to quarters in 2015-16.
- The Terps are 98-4 over the last five seasons when leading with 5:00 to play.
- Maryland has two 1,000 point scorers (Garzon - 1,238 and Smikle - 1,420). Poffenbarger is at 937 career points.
Frese File
- Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 24th season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 611-169 (.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 668-199 (.771) 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.
