#7/6 Maryland (12-0) vs. Central Connecticut State (0-10)
December 19, 2025
11 AM ET
XFINITY Center
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The 7th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (12-0, 1-0 B1G) will host Central Connecticut State (0-10) Friday, Dec. 19 for an 11 a.m. sold out Field Trip Day game at the XFINITY Center. The Terrapins will welcome over 13,000 local school children from over 80 local schools for Field Trip Day.
Fans and staff coming to the XFINITY Center are encouraged to enter campus on Terrapin Trail (directly off Rt. 193 EB) and park in the Terrapin Trail Garage. Fans and staff will be able to enter the arena through Gate E. Additional fan parking is available for free in Lot 11b. Parking will not be open in lots 4B and 9B due to the buses for the school children. Lot UU will be reserved for limited ADA Parking only. Vehicles must have a disabled license plate or placard to enter an ADA accessible parking area. The primary location for ADA Parking is available in the Terrapin Trail Garage. Metered spaces and lots are still metered and are not free. Click here for a campus parking map.
Season ticket holders can sit in section 114 and rows 14-18 of section 101.
Maryland Athletics and the University of Maryland offered free admission to local school children, teachers and chaperones for Field Trip Day. Maryland Athletics worked with local educators to provide schools with free lesson plans that correspond with Field Trip Day activities for every grade level.
2025-26 STORYLINES
What's UP
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The Terrapins are coming off of a 91-21 win over Delaware State on Dec. 10 in College Park. Kyndal Walker tied her career high 13 points, Yarden Garzon added her season-high 18 points and Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu picked up her first double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds. The Terps held the Hornets to the lowest point total in Maryland program history at 21 points.
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Maryland is ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press poll released Dec. 15 and No. 6 in the USA Today Sports WBB Coaches Poll released Dec. 16.
- 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.
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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.
- 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 1,162-472 (.711). The Terrapins are No. 11 all-time in NCAA Division I history in winning percentage and No. 9 in all-time victories.
series history
- The Terps own the series vs. Central Connecticut State, 2-0.
- Most recently, Maryland won 86-43 in College Park on Dec. 5, 2015.
milestone and streaks
- Maryland has won the rebounding battle in 10 of 12 games this season. The Terps are 10-0 this year and 33-2 over the last two years when winning the rebounding battle.
- Over the last seven seasons, the Terps are 120-7 (94.5%) when they score 80 points or more.
- Over the last five seasons, the Terrapins are 87-8 when leading at the half. They are 29-3 over the last two years when leading at halftime.
- The Terrapins have won 40 straight games when leading at the start of the fourth quarter. They are 76-1 over the last four seasons and 262-3 since they moved to quarters in 2015-16.
- The Terps are 105-4 over the last five seasons when leading with 5:00 to play.
- Maryland has won 26 straight non-conference games at home, dating back to Nov. 11, 2022.
- Maryland has three 1,000 point scorers (Smikle - 1,499, Garzon - 1,343, Poffenbarger - 1,026).
TERPS IN THE BIG TEN
Frese File
- Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 24th season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 619-169 (.786), 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 676-199 (.773) 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 329 weeks in the last 22 seasons, with 239 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 94 in the AP top 5.
- Overall, the Terps have been ranked in 600 AP polls, which puts them at fifth-most poll appearances all-time.
- Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 381 weeks in her career (373 at Maryland), which is 10th among coaches all-time.
- 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.
