#14/13 Maryland (23-6, 10-6) at No. 8/8 Michigan (23-5, 14-3)
February 28, 2026
Crisler Center (Ann Arbor, MI)
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The 14th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team will close the regular season with a matchup at No. 8 Michigan Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Saturday's game will be televised on
FOX and streamed on the FOX Sports app.
2025-26 STORYLINES
What's UP
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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. 22 USC and at No. 27 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 (22.4 mpg), Rainey Welson (13.6) and Marya Boiko (11.0 mpg). Redshirt freshman Breanna Williams has each seen action in 13 of 17 conference games.
- Over the last five years (including 2020-21), the Terrapins went 23-19 (54.8%) in the month of January. The Terps are 28-5 in February (84.8%).
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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.
- Yarden Garzon is leading the Big Ten and No. 13 in the country in threes made (82). Oluchi Okananwa is No. 2 in the Big Ten in steals with 67, No. 10 in the conference in scoring (17.7) and No. 4 in free throws made (104). Okananwa also leads all Big Ten guards in points in the paint (10.4) and leads all Big Ten players in fastbreak points (5.2).
- Yarden Garzon is leading the Big Ten and No. 13 in the country in threes made (82). Oluchi Okananwa is No. 2 in the Big Ten in steals with 67, No. 10 in the conference in scoring (17.7) and No. 4 in free throws made (104). 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.
- Maryland women's basketball is its 55th season and owns a record of 1,173-478 (.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
- Saturday's matchup is the 18th all-time between Maryland and Michigan. The Terps own the series 12-5.
- They split their meetings last year. Maryland won, 85-77, in College Park on Feb. 17, 2025, then the Wolverines won 98-71 in the Big Ten Quarterfinals on March 7, 2025.
milestone and streaks
- Maryland has won the rebounding battle in 24 of 29 games this season. The Terps are 21-3 this year and 44-5 over the last two years when winning the rebounding battle.
- Over the last seven seasons, the Terps are 127-8 (94.1%) when they score 80 points or more.
- Over the last five seasons, the Terrapins are 96-12 when leading at the half. They are 38-7 over the last two years when leading at halftime.
- The Terrapins are 86-3 over the last four seasons when leading at the start of the fourth quarter and 272-5 since they moved to quarters in 2015-16.
- The Terps are 115-5 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 (Yarden Garzon - 1,581, Kaylene Smikle - 1,499, Oluchi Okananwa - 1,217, Saylor Poffenbarger - 1,178).
- Saylor Poffenbarger reached 1,000 career rebounds vs. Northwestern Wednesday night. Only five other Terrapins have grabbed 1,000 rebounds - Alyssa Thomas (1,235), Crystal Langhorne (1,229), Brionna Jones (1,209), Marissa Coleman (1,139) and Tianna Hawkins (1,086).
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 630-175 (.783), 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 687-205 (.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.
- Maryland has been ranked for 338 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 609 of 901 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 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.
