University of Maryland Athletics

Women's Basketball 11/24/2025 8:36:00 PM

No. 7 Terps to Play in Discover Puerto Rico Classic

#7 Maryland (7-0)

vs.

#16 Kentucky (7-0)

November 26, 2025

Coliseo Guillermo Angulo (Carolina, PR)

5:30 p.m. ET

FloHoops

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#7 Maryland (7-0)

vs.

Hofstra (1-3)

November 27, 2025

Coliseo Guillermo Angulo (Carolina, PR)

3 p.m. ET

FloHoops

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Game Notes

COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The 7th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (7-0) will play in the Discover Puerto Rico Classic this week at the Coliseo Guillermo Angulo in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Maryland will play No. 16 Kentucky (7-0) Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. ET and Hofstra (1-3) Thursday at 3 p.m. ET. Both games will be streamed on FloHoops.

2025-26 STORYLINES

What's UP

The Terrapins are coming off an 84-62 win over George Mason Sunday in College Park. Oluchi Okananwa led the way with a career-high 23 points and 5 assists. Yarden Garzon added 16 points and Addi Mack scored 12.
Maryland is ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press poll released Nov. 24 and No. 6 in the USA Today Sports WBB Coaches Poll released Nov. 18.
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 1,157-472 (.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

SWednesday's matchup is the second between Maryland and Kentucky. Maryland took their only meeting, 83-82, in the AIAW First Round on March 21, 1981 in Knoxville, Tenn.
MThis is the first matchup between Maryland and Hofstra.

Maryland Terrapins Women's Basketball vs Towson Tigers at Xfinity Center in College Park, MD on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. Austin DeSisto/Maryland Terrapins

milestone and streaks

Okananwa has scored in double figures in all seven games this season.
Kaylene Smikle has scored in double figures in 33 of her 37 games as a Terrapin and 71 of her 84 career games.
Maryland has won the rebounding battle in all seven games this season. The Terps are 7-0 this year and 30-2 over the last two years when winning the rebounding battle.
Over the last seven seasons, the Terps are 116-7 (94.3%) when they score 80 points or more.
Over the last five seasons, the Terrapins are 83-8 when leading at the half. They are 25-3 over the last two years when leading at halftime.
The Terrapins have won 36 straight games when leading at the start of the fourth quarter. They are 72-1 over the last four seasons and 258-3 since they moved to quarters in 2015-16.
The Terps are 101-4 over the last five seasons when leading with 5:00 to play.
Maryland has two 1,000 point scorers (Smikle - 1,454 and Garzon - 1,275). Saylor Poffenbarger is at 970 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 614-169 (.784), 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 671-199 (.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 326 weeks in the last 22 seasons, with 236 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 93 in the AP top 5.
Overall, the Terps have been ranked in 596 AP polls, which puts them at fifth-most poll appearances all-time.
Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 377 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.

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Players Mentioned

#6 Saylor Poffenbarger: G; 6' 2"; Redshirt Senior

#2 Kaylene Smikle: G; 6' 0"; Senior

#3 Addi Mack: G; 5' 9"; Freshman

#0 Rainey Welson: G; 5' 10"; Freshman

#12 Yarden Garzon: G; 6' 3"; Senior

#1 Lea Bartelme: G; 5' 8"; Freshman

#7 Oluchi Okananwa: G; 5' 10"; Junior

#21 Nicole Fritea: F; 6' 2"; Freshman

#11 Marya Boiko: F; 6' 4"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#6 Saylor Poffenbarger
: 6' 2"; Redshirt Senior
: G

#2 Kaylene Smikle
: 6' 0"; Senior
: G

#3 Addi Mack
: 5' 9"; Freshman
: G

#0 Rainey Welson
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: G

#12 Yarden Garzon
: 6' 3"; Senior
: G

#1 Lea Bartelme
: 5' 8"; Freshman
: G

#7 Oluchi Okananwa
: 5' 10"; Junior
: G

#21 Nicole Fritea
: 6' 2"; Freshman
: F

#11 Marya Boiko
: 6' 4"; Freshman
: F