Wednesday, November 26
Carolina, Puerto Rico
5:30 PM
Maryland
8-0,0-0Big Ten
74
vs
66
Kentucky
7-1,0-0SEC
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 12 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 66 |
| Maryland | 21 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 74 |
No. 7 Terps Earn Statement 74-66 Win Over No. 16 Kentucky
11/26/2025 4:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Maryland tamed the unbeaten Wildcats as Kaylene Smikle recorded a season-high 22 points.
CAROLINA, PR — The No. 7 Terps got their time in the Discover Puerto Rico Classic started with a dominant 74-66 win over No. 16 Kentucky (7-1) on Wednesday evening. Maryland led by as much as 20 points and held off a late Kentucky push for its eighth win of the young season.
Kaylene Smikle led Maryland with a season-high 22 points, with nine of them coming from her strong day from the charity stripe. She recorded her 35th-career 20+ point game as her Terps made a statement south of the border.
Yarden Garzon had a monster first half as the Terps claimed an early advantage. She scored 12 first-half points on 4-of-4 shooting from three-point range to give the Terps an 11-point lead at the half. She finished with a season-high 17 points in the win.
The Terps used a 10-0 run in the first quarter to build a lead and never looked back as Addi Mack recorded a 15-point day — her fifth straight double-digit game. Saylor Poffenbarger added 10 second-half points to keep Maryland fully in charge of the ranked clash.
Maryland held a previously unbeaten Wildcats team that entered averaging 82 points to 66 as the Terps improved to 8-0 for the eighth time under Brenda Frese.
How It Happened:
1st Quarter:
Kaylene Smikle led Maryland with a season-high 22 points, with nine of them coming from her strong day from the charity stripe. She recorded her 35th-career 20+ point game as her Terps made a statement south of the border.
Yarden Garzon had a monster first half as the Terps claimed an early advantage. She scored 12 first-half points on 4-of-4 shooting from three-point range to give the Terps an 11-point lead at the half. She finished with a season-high 17 points in the win.
The Terps used a 10-0 run in the first quarter to build a lead and never looked back as Addi Mack recorded a 15-point day — her fifth straight double-digit game. Saylor Poffenbarger added 10 second-half points to keep Maryland fully in charge of the ranked clash.
Maryland held a previously unbeaten Wildcats team that entered averaging 82 points to 66 as the Terps improved to 8-0 for the eighth time under Brenda Frese.
🎥 Highlights from tonight's win over No. 16 Kentucky!@FloCollegeHoops x #faMily 🐢 pic.twitter.com/28D8xCmTIB
— Maryland Women's Basketball (@TerpsWBB) November 27, 2025
How It Happened:
1st Quarter:
- Smikle scored the Terps' first four points with a pair of layups.
- Garzon sank her first three in the opening minutes.
- Maryland went on a 10-0 run to take an early 10-2 lead.
- Garzon drained her second three in the closing minutes to expand the lead.
- The Terps led 21-12 after 10 minutes of action.
- A Mack jumper gave Maryland its first points of the frame.
- Poffenbarger knocked down a jumper for her first points of the day.
- Smikle hit a pair of free throws to put Maryland up 29-21 midway through the quarter.
- Garzon added two more three-pointers as she started 4-of-4 from range.
- Maryland led 39-28 at the half.
- Mack hit an early three to extend the lead.
- A Smikle three-pointer put Maryland ahead by 20.
- Poffenbarger hit a three as the Terps gained separation.
- Garzon hit her fifth three to create a 58-43 lead.
- Maryland led 60-45 entering the final quarter.
- Mir McLean found her first points early in the quarter.
- Smikle created a three-point play midway through the frame.
- Poffenbarger added a late three.
- Maryland held on for the 74-66 win.
- Smikle (22 points) earned her fourth double-digit game of the season and the 72nd of her career.
- Garzon (17 points) scored in double figures for a third straight game, the fifth time this season and a 69th time in her career.
- Mack (15 points) has posted five straight double-digit games in her freshman season.
- Poffenbarger (12 points) recorded her fourth 10+ point performance of the season and the 43rd of her career.
History Of The Matchup:THE BANK IS OPEN 🤑#faMily 🐢 pic.twitter.com/l97fP65WPy
— Maryland Women's Basketball (@TerpsWBB) November 27, 2025
- Wednesday's meeting between the Terps and Wildcats was just the second all-time clash between the two programs.
- Maryland grabbed an 83-82 win over Kentucky in the previous meeting in 1981.
- 1: Maryland picked up its first ranked win of the season.'
- 8: The Terps are 8-0 for the eighth time under Frese.
- 21: Maryland was 21-for-23 (91.3%) from the free-throw line in the win.
- 50: Garzon was 5-of-10 (50%) from three-point range.
- 66: Maryland held a Kentucky team averaging 82 points per game to 66 on Wednesday.
- Maryland wraps up its week in Puerto Rico with a Thanksgiving meeting with Hofstra on Nov. 27. The game will start at 3 PM and air on FLO Hoops.
Team Stats
UK
MD
FG%
.431
.355
3FG%
.357
.375
FT%
.750
.913
RB
38
36
TO
20
13
STL
5
11
Game Leaders
Pts
22
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
9
Pts
17
FGM
6
3FGM
5
FTM
0
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
12
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
4
Players Mentioned
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