#7/6 Maryland (14-1, 2-1) vs. Indiana (11-4, 0-3)
January 4, 2026
6 PM ET
XFINITY Center
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The 7th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (14-1, 2-1 B1G) will host Indiana (11-4, 0-3) on Sunday, Jan. 4 with a 6 p.m. matchup at the XFINITY Center. Sunday's game is the Terrapins' annual White Out game with fans encouraged to wear white. Maryland will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the 2006 National Championship at Sunday's game.
Members of the 2006 NCAA Championship team that are confirmed to attend the event are Kristi Toliver, Marissa Coleman, Crystal Langhorne, Laura Harper, Shay Doron, Charmaine Carr, Angel Ross, Ashleigh Newman, Jade Perry, Christie Marrone, as well as members of the coaching and support staff.
The day will begin with a special pregame event inside the Stephen M. Schanwald Pavilion at XFINITY Center from 3:30-5 p.m. The event will be hosted by Maryland alum Pam Ward. The event will include food and beverage as well as a program featuring head coach
Brenda Frese and members of the 2006 championship team. Tickets are $100 per person and do not include a ticket to the game. Click
HERE to reserve your spot. Fans who purchased the pregame event can enter through gates C, D or E at 3:30 p.m. They must present their game ticket and their event confirmation email.
The celebration will continue with a pregame ceremony with Coach Frese and the 2006 team on the main court. Fans are encouraged to be in their seats by 5:30 p.m. for the ceremony, followed by tip-off at 6 p.m. The first 2,000 fans in attendance will get a commemorative T-shirt. Purchase game tickets
HERE.
Fans can also purchase a replica shirt of the celebratory shirt the team received in 2006
here.
Parking is free in lots 9B, 4B, 11B, UU and the Terrapin Trail Garage. Click
here for a campus parking map.
Sunday's game will be televised on the
Big Ten Network and can also be streamed on the Fox Sports app. Fans can listen on the One Maryland app and
here.
2025-26 STORYLINES
What's UP
- Yarden Garzon was named Big Ten Player of the Week on Dec. 22 for her second career weekly honor.
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The Terrapins are No. 2 in the country and No. 1 in the Big Ten in rebounding margin (+16.0). The Terps are 10th in the country in scoring (88.0 ppg), 8th in scoring margin (+33.0) and No. 9 in free throws made per game (17.87).
- Oluchi Okananwa is No. 8 in the Big Ten in field goal percentage (54.7%) and Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu is No. 6 in blocks (20). Yarden Garzon is No. 2 the Big Ten and No. 23 in the country in threes made with 40. Okananwa and Poffenbarger are Nos. 5 and 9 in the league in steals with 31 and 29.
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Maryland is ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press poll released Dec. 22 and No. 6 in the USA Today Sports WBB Coaches Poll released Dec. 30.
- 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 1,164-473 (.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
- Sunday's matchup is the 19th all-time between Maryland and Indiana, with the Terrapins owning the series at 13-5.
- Maryland won their only meeting last year, 74-60, in Bloomington on Feb. 27, 2025.
milestone and streaks
- Maryland has won the rebounding battle in 13 of 15 games this season. The Terps are 12-1 this year and 35-3 over the last two years when winning the rebounding battle.
- Over the last seven seasons, the Terps are 122-7 (94.6%) when they score 80 points or more.
- Over the last five seasons, the Terrapins are 89-9 when leading at the half. They are 31-4 over the last two years when leading at halftime.
- The Terrapins are 78-2 over the last four seasons when leading at the start of the fourth quarter and 264-4 since they moved to quarters in 2015-16.
- The Terps are 107-4 over the last five seasons when leading with 5:00 to play.
- Maryland has won 27 straight non-conference games at home, dating back to Nov. 11, 2022.
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Maryland has three 1,000 point scorers (Kaylene Smikle - 1,499, Yarden Garzon - 1,400, Saylor Poffenbarger - 1,055). Oluchi Okananwa needs 53 points to reach 1,000 in her career (947).
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 621-170 (.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.
- Frese owns a career record of 678-200 (.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.
- Maryland has been ranked for 330 weeks in the last 22 seasons, with 240 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 94 in the AP top 5.
- Overall, the Terps have been ranked in 601 AP polls, which puts them at fifth-most poll appearances all-time.
- Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 382 weeks in her career (374 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.
