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Oluchi Okananwa, Addi Mack, Yarden Garden and Saylor Poffenbarger Big Ten Awards Graphic

Women's Basketball

Terrapins Earn All-Big Ten Honors

ROSEMONT, IL --  Three members of the Maryland women's basketball team (23-7) earned All-Big Ten honors from the league's media panel and head coaches Tuesday.
 
Junior guard Oluchi Okananwa was named to the All-Big Ten First Team by the league's head coaches and media panel. Senior guard Yarden Garzon was named to the Third Team by the coaches and earned Honorable Mention honors from the media. Guard Addi Mack was named to the All-Freshman Team by both groups and Saylor Poffenbarger earned a Sportsmanship Award.
 
Okananwa leads the Terrapins and is 10th in the league in scoring with 17.7 points per game, 19.7 in Big Ten games. She also leads the league in fastbreak points (5.2), is second in steals (2.3) and is fourth in free throws made (81). She was named to the Big Ten Player of the Week honor roll twice and was named to the Naismith Trophy Late Season Watch List.
 
Okananwa has scored in double figures in 26 of 30 games and has scored 20 or more points in 12 games. She set her career-high in scoring four times this year.
 
Garzon averaged 13.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 39% from outside the arc. She leads the Big Ten and is No. 12 in the country in three-pointers made (86). Garzon was named to the Naismith Trophy Watch List, the Cheryl Miller Award Final 10 and earned Preseason All-Big Ten honors.
 
Garzon has scored in double figures in 22 of 30 games this season and in 14 of 18 games in Big Ten play.
 
Mack started in 23 of 28 games played this year, averaging 11.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 85% from the free throw line. Mack has scored in double figures in 19 games, including the last five straight and 12 of 18 conference games.
 
Maryland is the No. 6 seed and earned a bye in this week's Allstate Big Ten Tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. Click here for the full bracket and tournament information.
 
The Terrapins will play either 11th-seeded Oregon (20-11) or 14th-seeded Purdue (13-16) in the fourth game Thursday, March 5 at approximately 9 p.m. ET.  The game will tip off 25 minutes after the third game, which tips off at 6:30 p.m. ET.
 
Thursday's game will be televised on the Big Ten Network and streamed on the FOX Sports app.
 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Saylor Poffenbarger

#6 Saylor Poffenbarger

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6' 2"
Redshirt Senior
Addi Mack

#3 Addi Mack

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5' 9"
Freshman
Yarden Garzon

#12 Yarden Garzon

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6' 3"
Senior
Oluchi Okananwa

#7 Oluchi Okananwa

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5' 10"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Saylor Poffenbarger

#6 Saylor Poffenbarger

6' 2"
Redshirt Senior
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Addi Mack

#3 Addi Mack

5' 9"
Freshman
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Yarden Garzon

#12 Yarden Garzon

6' 3"
Senior
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Oluchi Okananwa

#7 Oluchi Okananwa

5' 10"
Junior
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