COLLEGE PARK, MD — A full team effort from the No. 7 Terps earned them a 91-21 win over Delaware State (3-8) and their sixth 12-0 start in the
Brenda Frese era. Maryland used a string of hefty runs and a number of breakout performances to start 9-0 at the XFINITY Center for the first time since 2020-21.
After holding Delaware State to 11 first-half points — marking the fifth time in this century that the Terps have limited an opponent to less than a dozen points in a first half — the Terps commanded the floor in the second half to limit the Hornets to 21 total points — Maryland's fewest allowed in program history.
Maryland jumped ahead early. Yarden Garzon led the charge, scoring the game's first eight points — which included a pair of threes — as Maryland opened the game on a 12-0 run. Garzon finished with a Maryland career-high 18 points as she shot 4-of-9 from three-point range.
Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu recorded her first-career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 11 rebounds while Kyndal Walker tied her career high with 13 points.
Maryland was in full control of the contest from start to finish. The Terps went on four different runs of 10+ points and never trailed the Hornets on Wednesday night. Their longest stretch of the night was a 29-0 run (the program's longest since a 42-0 run against Belmont in 2019) that spanned across the third and fourth quarters as Maryland held DSU scoreless for over 14 minutes.
The Terps held their opponent to single-digit scoring in all four quarters to mark the first time in program history that they haven't allowed a 10+ points in any frame of a single game. The Terps also recorded their ninth, 10th, 11th, and 12th single-digit quarters of the season.
Fresh off her career-high 25-point performance in Maryland's double-overtime thriller over Minnesota, Oluchi Okananwa tallied an 18-point, six-rebound night against the Hornets as the Terps hosted their Teddy Bear Toss Night.
How It Happened:
1st Quarter:
- A Garzon layup got the game's scoring started.
- Garzon hit a threes on each of the following possessions as she scored all of the game's first eight points.
- The Terps opened the contest on a 12-0 run.
- Marya Boiko found Okananwa for an easy layup as Maryland went up 18-6.
- Ozzy-Momodu grabbed five rebounds in the first quarter.
- Maryland led 22-6 after 10 minutes of action.
2nd Quarter:
- A 14-0 Maryland run spanned from the end of the first quarter into the start of the second.
- Breanna Williams created a three-point play as she drew a foul on a layup early in the frame.
- Garzon hit her third three of the night to reach double figures for the eighth time in 2025.
- Williams drained her second-career three midway through the quarter.
- The Terps used another 14-0 run to claim a 42-7 lead.
- Garzon hit another three in the closing minutes.
- Maryland took a 51-11 lead into the half.
3rd Quarter:
- Okananwa reached double figures early in the half.
- Garzon reached her new career high in points in the opening minutes.
- A pair of free throws from Walker pushed her into double figures midway through the quarter.
- Maryland used a 18-0 run to expand the lead as DSU was held scoreless for the final nine minutes of the quarter.
- The Terps led 68-16 after three.
4th Quarter:
- Ozzy-Momodu clinched her double-double early in the period.
- DSU scored to snap a 14-minute scoreless span and end the Terps' 29-0 run.
- Mir McLean reached double figures with a free throw late in the game.
- Maryland closed out the 89-21 win.
Record-Setting Defense:
- Maryland allowed a program-low 21 points on Wednesday, erasing the previous record of 22, set against Shippensburg State in 1972 and Morgan State in 1974.
- The Terps didn't allow 10 points in any of the four quarters for the first time since college women's basketball moved to quarters in 2015-16.
- Maryland's 70-point win was the program's largest since a 70-point win over Niagara in 2023.
Double-Digit Dominance:
- Okananwa (18 points) has scored in double figures 10 times this season and 46 times in her career.
- Garzon (18 points) scored 10+ points for the eighth time this season and the 72nd time in her career.
- Walker (13 points) reached double figures for the second time in her career on Wednesday.
- Ozzy-Momodu (11 points) tallied her fifth-career double-digit game.
- McLean (10 points) scored in double figures for the first time this season and the 25th time in her career.
Home Sweet Home:
- Maryland is 9-0 at home for the first time since the 2020-21 season, when the Terps went a perfect 10-0 at home.
- Maryland has won 26 straight non-conference games at home, dating back to Nov. 11, 2022 vs. then-No. 1 South Carolina.
- The Terps are 629-146 (.811) all-time in College Park, dating back to the inaugural 1971-72 season.
- Maryland is 335-51 (.867) 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 189-12 (.940) all-time in non-conference games in XFINITY Center.
- 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.
Defeating Delaware State
- Wednesday's meeting between the Terps and the Hornets was the fifth all-time contest and the first since 2013.
- Maryland is undefeated against Delaware State and a perfect 4-0 at the XFINITY Center.
- The Terps' biggest win in the series was a 108-33 win in 2011.
Brenda's Breakdown:
- "Really, really pleased. To see us go out, coming off of a really emotionally-high game, and just to see the response in our locker room of just 40 really, really hard minutes."
- "The mentality was sensational. 40 great minutes where we went hard. I think it's great."
- "I just thought we set the tone in everything that we did."
- "I thought the leadership that we had from Kyndal and Yarden and Oluchi was really good, but the energy was there throughout the entire team."
- "I think it speaks to the sisterhood and the spirit in the locker room. That's who this team has been."
Isi's Incredible Night:
- "The coaches challenged me today to show up and lead the team. We were a few players down, so just know what the team needs from me. I know the coaches have my back, and I know what they need from me, and that makes everything a little bit easier."
Garzon's Great Game:
- "I just wanted to make a statement that we came to play. We came off an emotional game, but came in and knew that we're gonna need to play hard today, and it's another game to get better. I wanted to make a statement from the start, from the first few minutes, that we're here to play for 40 minutes together."
Up Next:
- Maryland hosts Central Connecticut State on Dec. 19 in the annual Field Trip Day game. Tipoff is set for 11 AM and the game will air on B1G+.
