#10 Maryland vs. UMBC
November 6, 2025
6:00Â PM ET
XFINITY Center (College Park, MD)
COLLEGE PARK, MD --Â Â The 10th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (1-0) will host UMBC (1-0) on Thursday, Nov. 6 for a 6 p.m. matchup at the XFINITY Center. For tickets, click
here.
Parking lots open at 4 p.m. and parking is free 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 80s music and style. Fans can also purchase an 80s snack pack,
including a hot dog, small popcorn, medium soda or bottled water for $8. Click
here for the full promotional schedule.
Thursday's game will be streamed on
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2025-26 STORYLINES
What's UP
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The Terrapins are coming off an 80-26 win over Loyola (Md.) in their season opener Monday night in College Park. Oluchi Okananwa led the Terps with 18 points and Saylor Poffenbarger added 11 with 5 rebounds.Â
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Maryland was ranked No. 10 in the Associated Press preseason poll released Oct. 14 and in the USA Today preseason poll released Oct. 23.
- The Terps were picked to finish second in the Big Ten, behind just UCLA. No. 18 USC, No. 13 Michigan and Ohio State rounded out the predicted top five.Â
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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.Â
- The Terps have opened the season ranked in the AP poll the last 16 years straight, dating back to 2010. This is the Terps' highest preseason ranking since they were ranked No. 4 to start the 2021-22 season. Maryland was ranked No. 18 to open the season last year.
- 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 1,151-472 (.709). 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 14th all-time between Maryland and UMBC. The Terps own the series at 13-0.Â
- Most recently, Maryland won 74-32 at UMBC on Nov. 4, 2024.
milestone and streaks
- Smikle scored in double figures in 30 of 33 games last season.
- Over the last seven seasons, the Terps are 110-7 (94.0%) when they score 80 points or more. Â
- Over the last five seasons, the Terrapins are 79-8 when leading at the half. They are 21-3 over the last two years when leading at halftime.
- The Terrapins have won 31 straight games when leading at the start of the fourth quarter. They are 67-1 over the last four seasons and 253-3 since they moved to quarters in 2015-16.Â
- The Terps are 95-4 over the last five seasons when leading with 5:00 to play. Â
- Maryland has two 1,000 point scorers (Garzon - 1,207 and Smikle - 1,407). Poffenbarger is at 912 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 608-169 (.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.Â
- Frese owns a career record of 665-199 (.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.Â
- Maryland has been ranked for 323Â weeks in the last 22Â seasons, with 233Â of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 93Â in the AP top 5.
- Overall, the Terps have been ranked in 593Â AP polls, which puts them at fifth-most poll appearances all-time.
- Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 374Â weeks in her career.Â
- Maryland has started the season ranked in the last 16Â seasons straight and 21Â of head coach Brenda Frese's 24Â 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.
