#7/6 Maryland (11-0) vs. Delaware State (3-7)
December 10, 2025
6 PM ET
XFINITY CenterÂ
COLLEGE PARK, MD --Â Â The 7th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (11-0, 1-0 B1G) will host Delaware State (3-7) Wednesday, Dec. 10 in a 6 p.m. matchup at the XFINITY Center. For tickets, click
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Parking is free after 4 p.m. in lots 9B, 4B, 11B, UU and the Terrapin Trail Garage. ClickÂ
here for a campus parking map.
Wednesday will be the Terrapins' annual Holiday and Teddy Bear Toss game. Fans are encouraged to bring a stuffed animal to toss onto the court during halftime. All stuffed animals collected will be donated to Toys for Tots. Fans will have the chance to win prizes if they register their stuffed animals at the marketing table before the game and their stuffed animal lands on a target on the court. Fans can take photos with Santa Testudo on the concourse. ClickÂ
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Wednesday's game will be streamed onÂ
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2025-26 STORYLINES
What's UP
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The Terrapins are coming off of comeback, double overtime 100-99 win at Minnesota Sunday to open Big Ten play. Saylor Poffenbarger scored a career-high 30 points with 10 rebounds and Oluchi Okananwa scored a career-high 25 points. The Terps were down 14 at halftime, then came back to force extra time. They were down 9 with 54 seconds left and ended the game on a 10-0 run, scoring 8 points in 9 seconds to pull off the win.Â
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Maryland is ranked No. 7Â in the Associated Press poll released Dec. 8Â and No. 6 in the USA Today Sports WBB Coaches Poll released Dec. 2.
- 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.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
- 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 1,161-472 (.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
- TThe Terps own the series vs. Delaware State, 4-0.Â
- Most recently, Maryland won 93-44 on Dec. 14, 2013 in College Park.
milestone and streaks
- Maryland has won the rebounding battle in nine of 11Â games this season. The Terps are 9-0 this year and 32-2 over the last two years when winning the rebounding battle.
- Over the last seven seasons, the Terps are 119-7 (94.4%) when they score 80 points or more. Â
- Over the last five seasons, the Terrapins are 86-8 when leading at the half. They are 28-3 over the last two years when leading at halftime.
- The Terrapins have won 39Â straight games when leading at the start of the fourth quarter. They are 75-1 over the last four seasons and 261-3 since they moved to quarters in 2015-16.Â
- The Terps are 104-4 over the last five seasons when leading with 5:00 to play.Â
- Maryland has won 25 straight non-conference games at home, dating back to Nov. 11, 2022. Â
- Maryland has three 1,000 point scorers (Smikle - 1,499, Garzon - 1,325, Poffenbarger - 1,026).Â
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 618-169 (.785), 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 675-199 (.772) 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 328Â weeks in the last 22Â seasons, with 238Â of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 94Â in the AP top 5.
- Overall, the Terps have been ranked in 599Â AP polls, which puts them at fifth-most poll appearances all-time.
- Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 380 weeks in her career (372 at Maryland), which is tied with Jim Foster for 10th among coaches all-time.
- 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.
