#16/16 Maryland (17-5, 5-5) vs. Oregon (16-7, 4-6)
January 31, 2026
5 PM ET
XFINITY Center (College Park, MD)
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The 16th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (17-5, 5-5 B1G) will host Oregon (16-7, 4-6) on Saturday, Jan. 31 in a 5 p.m. matchup at the XFINITY Center. Saturday is the Terps' annual Red Out game with all fans encouraged to wear
RED. For tickets, click
here.
Parking is free in lots 9B, 4B, 11B, UU and the Terrapin Trail Garage. Click
here for a campus parking map.
The first 500 fans at the game will receive a Wizard of College Park themed Red Out t-shirt. The Terrapins will host the Vicki Brick-Zupancic Ovarian Cancer Awareness Game Saturday to honor the legacy of former Terrapin Vicki Brick-Zupancic at the Jan. 31 game. Vicki played on the women's basketball team at Maryland from 1999-2004. As team captain during her senior year of 2003-2004, she helped lead the Terps to the NCAA Tournament and head coach Brenda Frese's first Tournament victory at Maryland. She was also a four-time first team member of the All-ACC Academic Team. Vicki tragically passed away in April 2025 at the age of 43 after a long and courageous battle with ovarian cancer. For more on Vicki Brick-Zupancic and how you can support, click here.
Saturday's game will be televised on the
Big Ten Network and fans can watch on the Fox Sports app. Fans can listen on the One Maryland app and
here.
2025-26 STORYLINES
What's UP
- According to the NET rankings, No. 17 Maryland has wins over No. 13 Minnesota, No. 15 Kentucky and No. 22 USC.
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Maryland is ranked No. 16 in the Associated Press poll released Jan. 26 and in the USA Today Sports WBB Coaches Poll released Jan. 27.
- 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 1,167-477 (.710). The Terrapins are No. 11 all-time in NCAA Division I history in winning percentage and No. 9 in all-time victories.
series history
- Oregon owns the series at 2-1.
- Most recently, the Terps won 79-61 in Eugene on Feb. 6, 2025.
milestone and streaks
- Maryland has won the rebounding battle in 18 of 22 games this season. The Terps are 15-3 this year and 38-5 over the last two years when winning the rebounding battle.
- Over the last seven seasons, the Terps are 124-8 (93.9 %) when they score 80 points or more.
- Over the last five seasons, the Terrapins are 91-11 when leading at the half. They are 33-6 over the last two years when leading at halftime.
- The Terrapins are 81-2 over the last four seasons when leading at the start of the fourth quarter and 267-4 since they moved to quarters in 2015-16.
- The Terps are 109-4 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 four 1,000 point scorers (Kaylene Smikle - 1,499, Yarden Garzon - 1,498, Saylor Poffenbarger - 1,116, Oluchi Okananwa - 1,070).
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 624-174 (.782), 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 681-204 (.769) 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 335 weeks in the last 22 seasons, with 241 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 94 in the AP top 5.
- Overall, the Terps have been ranked in 606 of 898 AP polls, which puts them at fifth-most poll appearances all-time.
- Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 387 weeks in her career (379 at Maryland), which is ninth 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.
