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Maryland Terrapins Women's Basketball vs Bethune-Cookman Wildcats at Xfinity Center in College Park, MD on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. Grayson Belanger/Maryland Terrapins
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49
Bethune-Cookman BCU 1-4,0-0 SWAC
95
Winner Maryland MD 6-0,0-0 Big Ten
Bethune-Cookman BCU
1-4,0-0 SWAC
49
Final
95
Maryland MD
6-0,0-0 Big Ten
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Bethune-Cookman BCU 5 11 17 16 49
Maryland MD 24 22 29 20 95

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

No. 9 Terps Stay Unbeaten With 95–49 Win Over Bethune-Cookman

Five Terps recorded double figures as Maryland made history with its 95-point performance.

COLLEGE PARK, MD — The No. 9 Terps used a monstrous first quarter to propel themselves to a 95-49 win over Bethune-Cookman (1-4) on Thursday night at the XFINITY Center.

Oluchi Okananwa continued her hot start to the season with 13 points, four rebounds and four steals. Both she and Kaylene Smikle (11 points) have tallied double-digit scoring in every game they've played in this season. Maryland forced eight BCU turnovers before the Wildcats got on the board as the Terps opened the game on a 20-0 run and never looked back to improve to 6-0 for a second straight season and the 10th time in the Brenda Frese era.  Yarden Garzon picked up 10 points in the first half as Maryland finished the second quarter on an 18-2 run and took a 46-16 lead into the break. Garzon finished with 12 points and five assists in her 67th-career double-figure performance. Breanna Williams pitched in a career-high 12 points as she sank six free throws.  Maryland's offense is off to a historic start. The Terps have scored at least 80 points in each of their first six games for the first time this century. Maryland scored 80+ points 16 times last season and already has half a dozen such games in 2025. 

The Terps grabbed 15 total steals as Maryland utilized 36 points off turnovers in the win. Kyndal Walker made her first-career start and logged a career-high 13 points on Thursday as her Terps hosted their Mental Health Awareness Night. 
How it Happened:
1st Quarter:
  • Okananwa snagged a steal and took it the distance for a layup and the first points of the night.
  • Smikle drained a three to put Maryland up 14-0.
  • Saylor Poffenbarger added her first three to the early barrage. 
  • Garzon hit a three to extend the lead. 
  • Maryland kept BCU off the board for the first six minutes of play as the Terps opened a 20-0 lead, marking the program's first 20-0 run since Dec. 19, 2024 against William & Mary. 
  • The Terps took a 24-5 lead into the second quarter. 
2nd Quarter:
  • Smikle rolled a layup in to extend the lead. 
  • Kyndal Walker's second basket of the night put Maryland back up by 20.
  • The Terps took a 41-14 lead on a 13-0 run across three minutes midway through the quarter. 
  • Garzon ripped a three to reach double figures in the closing seconds. 
  • Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu scored six points on 3/3 shooting in the second quarter as the Terps led 46-16 at the half. 
3rd Quarter:
  • Smikle, Poffenbarger and Garzon added layups to build the lead. 
  • Smikle reached double figures midway through the game. 
  • The Terps went on a 10-0 run late in the quarter. 
  • Maryland led 75-33 after three quarters. 
4th Quarter:
  • Walker reached double figures early in the quarter. 
  • Nicole Fritea hit her first three of the season midway through the frame. 
  • Ava McKennie added a basket late in the night. 
  • Walker put the Terps over 90 points with a layup.
  • Williams reached double figures with a late three-point play.
  • Maryland snatched the 95-49 final.
Starting Hot:
  • Maryland is 6-0 to start a season for a second straight season and for the 10th time under Frese.
  • The Terps are 6-0 in their first six home games for a third straight season.
  • Maryland has scored at least 80 points in its first six games of the season for the first time this century.
Double-Digit Dominance:
  • Smikle (13 points) has reached double figures in all three games she's played in this season and 71 times in her career. 
  • Okananwa (13 points) has scored at least 10 points in all six games for the Terps this season and 42 times in her career. 
  • Walker recorded her first-career double-digit game with a career-high 13 points in the first start of her collegiate career.
  • Garzon (12 points) reached double figures for the third time this season and the 67th time in her career. 
  • Williams tallied her second-career double-digit game with a career-high 12 points.
Home Sweet Home:
  • The Terps are 626-146 (.810) all-time in College Park, dating back to the inaugural 1971-72 season.
  • Maryland is 332-51 (.866) at home under Brenda Frese, whose first season in College Park was the inaugural season of XFINITY Center. That makes the Terps' home among the top 10 toughest places to play in the country.
  • The Terrapins are 186-12 (.939) all-time in non-conference games in XFINITY Center.
  • Maryland is 6-0 in its first six home games for a third straight season.
  • 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.
Numbers to Know:
  • 1: Maryland picked up its first-ever win against Bethune-Cookman in the first meeting between the two squads.
  • 5: The Terps had five players in double-figure scoring on Thursday. 
  • 5: Maryland's defense posted its fifth quarter this season allowing single digits in BCU's five-point first frame. 
  • 6: The Terps are 6-0 for a second straight season and for the 10th time under Frese.
  • 6: Maryland has won its first six home games for the third straight year. 
  • 11: All 11 players that logged minutes scored 
  • 15: The Terps grabbed 15 steals and forced 26 turnovers. 
  • 16: Maryland's 16 points allowed in the first half were the program's fewest since holding Saint Francis to nine last season.
  • 20: The Terps' early 20-point run was their first since Dec. 19, 2024 against William & Mary.
  • 58.7: Maryland shot 58.7% (37/63) from the floor on Thursday.
  • 80: Maryland has scored at least 80 points in each of its first six games to start a season for the first time since at least 2000.
Brenda's Breakdown:
  • "I really love to be able to see the relentless pressure and intensity that I thought we played with from the tip. We really wanted to go into this game consistently defending and rebounding, and I thought in those two areas we did really, really well."
  • "We had a goal of holding them under 50 points, which we were able to do."
  • "I love that everybody that got in was able to score and contribute."
  • I thought Kyndal did a phenomenal job coming in and having her career-best, and that's what we know she's capable of doing. She did a great job overseeing the team. I'm just really, really proud of her and our team and watching that growth as we continue to keep getting better."
  • "I thought tonight started with our defense. We held them scoreless for quite a while in that first quarter, so that was really encouraging."
  • "It's a coach's dream to see every player score in your box score."
Walker's First Start:
  • "We're unselfish. I think you can see with our team that everybody can score and what everyone's capable of. It's just making our defense our offense, getting stops and getting out running. You see our transition game's improving by the day, then getting KK and other players back has been helpful."
  • "We're getting that unity together, coming together as a team and making things happen."
  • "Tonight was just a matter of my coaches pushing me to be the best, and my team trusting me. I just went out there and played free. Shout out to my teammates."
Up Next:
  • Maryland heads to Puerto Rico for the Discover Puerto Rico Classic. The Terps will first face No. 20 Kentucky on Nov. 26. The game will start at 5:30 PM and air on FLO Hoops.
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