#14/13 Maryland (22-6, 10-6) vs. Northwestern (8-19, 2-14)
February 25, 2026
XFINITY Center (College Park, MD)
COLLEGE PARK, MD --Â Â The 14th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team will host Northwestern on Wednesday, Feb. 25 in a 6:30 p.m. matchup at the XFINITY Center. For tickets, click
here.
Maryland will be celebrating Black History Month at Wednesday's game. J Paul, a contestant on
The Voice, will wing Lift Every Voice and Sing and the national anthem prior to tipoff. There will be a Divine Nine strolling presentation during halftime. Wednesday's game is also
Mir McLean bobblehead night. Select fans in attendance will receive a scratch off ticket upon entry into the arena. and 100 lucky fans will take home a bobblehead.
Parking is free after 4 p.m. Wednesday in lots 9B, 4B, 11B, UU and the Terrapin Trail Garage. ClickÂ
here for a campus parking map.Â
Wednesday's game will be streamed on
B1G+. The game can be heard on the Maryland Sports Radio NetworkÂ
here and on the One Maryland app.
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2025-26 STORYLINES
What's UP
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Maryland is coming off of a dominant 99-66 win over Purdue on Senior Day Sunday. Oluchi Okananwa scored 26 points to lead six Terrapins in double figures.
- According to the NET rankings, No. 14 Maryland has wins at No. 8 Minnesota, at No. 13 Michigan State, vs. No. 16 Kentucky, at No. 17 Ohio State, at No. 21 USC and at No. 28 Nebraska. The Terps are 6-5 in Quad 1 games. Maryland has 5 Quad 1 road wins.
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Maryland is ranked No. 14 in the Associated Press poll released Feb. 23 and No. 13 in the USA Today Sports WBB Coaches Poll released Feb. 24.
- The Terps have four freshmen averaging 11 minutes per game or more in Big Ten play in Addi Mack (28.8 mpg), Kyndal Walker (22.2 mpg), Rainey Welson (13.0) and Marya Boiko (11.6 mpg). Redshirt freshman Breanna Williams has each seen action in 12 of 16 conference games.Â
- Over the last five years (including 2020-21), the Terrapins went 23-19 (54.8%) in the month of January. The Terps are 27-5 in February (84.4%).Â
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The Terrapins are currently without four guards due to injury. Lea Bartelme (torn ACL Nov. 13), Kaylene Smikle (out since Dec. 7 with knee injury), Ava McKennie (torn ACL Nov. 27), Bri McDaniel (torn ACL in Jan. 2025) are all out for the season.Â
- The Terrapins are No. 7 in the country and No. 2 in the Big Ten in rebounding margin (+10.5). They also lead the league and are No. 10 nationally in offensive rebounds (15.9). The Terps are 12th in the country in scoring (83.4 ppg), 9th in scoring margin (+21.1). They lead the Big Ten and are No. 13 in the country in free throws made per game (15.86).Â
- Yarden Garzon is leading the Big Ten and No. 14 in the country in threes made (81). Oluchi Okananwa is No. 4 in the Big Ten in steals with 63, No. 11 in the conference in scoring (17.4) and No. 5 in free throws made (101). Okananwa also leads all Big Ten guards in points in the paint (10.1) and leads all Big Ten players in fastbreak points (5.2).
- 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
- Maryland women's basketball is its 55th season and owns a record of 1,172-478Â (.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
- Â Wednesday's matchup is the 17th all-time between Maryland and Northwestern, with the Terps owning the series at 15-1. The Terps have won seven straight in the series.
- The Terps took last year's meeting, 85-79, in Evanston on Feb. 20, 2025.
milestone and streaks
- Maryland has won the rebounding battle in 23 of 28 games this season. The Terps are 20-3 this year and 43-5 over the last two years when winning the rebounding battle.
- Over the last seven seasons, the Terps are 127-8Â (94.1%) when they score 80 points or more. Â
- Over the last five seasons, the Terrapins are 95-12Â when leading at the half. They are 37-7Â over the last two years when leading at halftime.
- The Terrapins are 85-3Â over the last four seasons when leading at the start of the fourth quarter and 271-5Â since they moved to quarters in 2015-16.Â
- The Terps are 114-5Â over the last five seasons when leading with 5:00 to play.Â
- Maryland has won 27 straight non-conference games at home, dating back to Nov. 11, 2022. Â
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Maryland has four 1,000 point scorers (Yarden Garzon - 1,570, Kaylene Smikle - 1,499, Oluchi Okananwa - 1,192, Saylor Poffenbarger - 1,173).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 629-175 (.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.Â
- Frese owns a career record of 686-205 (.770) 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 338Â weeks in the last 22Â seasons, with 241Â of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 94Â in the AP top 5.
- Overall, the Terps have been ranked in 609Â of 901Â AP polls, which puts them at fifth-most poll appearances all-time.
- Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 390 weeks in her career (382 at Maryland), which is ninth 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.
