COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Second-seeded Maryland (31-3) will take on seventh-seeded Washington (23-10) in the NCAA Tournament Second Round Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the XFINITY Center.
• For tickets to the Terps' NCAA Second Round matchup, call the Terrapin Ticket Office at 1-800-IM-A-TERP or visit online here. Parking will be open in the lots around the XFINITY Center.
• Monday’s game will be televised around the world on ESPN, the WatchESPN app and WatchESPN.com.
• Live Stats will be available for the Terps' game and updates will be available on the Maryland women's basketball Twitter feed here.
• The Terrapins are the No. 2 seed in the Lexington region. Click here for the full NCAA Tournament bracket.
the latest
• Most recently, Maryland topped Iona, 74-58 in the NCAA First Round Saturday. Walker-Kimbrough led five Terps in double figures with 19 points. She went 10-10 from the foul line. Moseley added 15 points, Joned picked up 11 points and 11 rebounds. Howard scored 10 points and Tierney Pfirman added 11 points off the bench. The scrappy Gaels cut it to a seven-point game with nine minutes to play, but the Terps held them without a field goal in the final seven minutes. RECAP | STATS
• Brionna Jones and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough were both named to the All-Big Ten First Teams by the head coaches and the media earlier this month. Redshirt senior Brene Moseley was named Sixth Player of the Year and to the All-Big Ten Second Team by the league's coaches. Walker-Kimbrough was also named to the five-member All-Big Ten Defensive Team. Malina Howard earned a Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
• The Terps are the No. 1 rebounding team in the country (+15.7), on both the men's and the women's side. They are second in the nation in field goal percentage (.498). Maryland is third in scoring margin (+24.0), fourth in scoring (84.0) and three-point field goal percentage (.298). Jones leads the country in FG percentage (67.2%) and Walker-Kimbrough leads the country in three-point FG percentage (54.0%).
• Jones and Walker-Kimbrough were two of 14 players in the country named to the Wooden Award Final Ballot. Walker-Kimbrough is one of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Trophy. Both of them were named to the Wade Watch List and Walker-Kimbrough was named a Third Team All-American by espnW. Moseley is one of five finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award, which goes to the nation's top point guard.
• Maryland has four seniors this year - Malina Howard, Brene Moseley, Chloe Pavlech and Tierney Pfirman. As a group, they've earned a record 150-23 (.867) overall and a record of 82-7 (.921) at home at the XFINITY Center. They helped the Terrapins to the 2012 ACC title, 2012 Elite Eight, 2013 Sweet Sixteen, 2015 and 2016 Big Ten regular season and tournament titles, and back-to-back Final Fours.
• Three of Maryland's incoming players from the top-ranked class of 2016 were named McDonald's All-Americans this week - Kaila Charles, Destiny Slocum and Blair Watson. Frese has brought in 21 McDonald's All-Americans to Maryland in her 14 years in College Park. Current Terrapins Howard, Small, Gillespie and Fraser were all McDonald's All-Americans.
• Maryland was picked to win the Big Ten this year by both the league's coaches and the conference’s media panel. Juniors Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and Brionna Jones were named to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team. Maryland returns three starters and 10 letterwinners from last year’s Big Ten champion squad. The Terrapins also welcome three McDonald’s All-Americans in freshmen Brianna Fraser and Kiah Gillespie, as well as junior Ieshia Small, a transfer from Baylor.
Scouting the Huskies
• Washington is 23-10 overall, after beating the Ivy League champion Penn, 65-53, in the NCAA First Round Saturday. Kelsey Plum is third in the nation in scoring with 26.1 points per game.
• This is the third meeting between Maryland and Washington, with the Huskies winning both previous matchups. They last met in 1993.
terps in the tournament
• This is Maryland’s 24th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Maryland is 42-22 (.656) all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
• Head coach Brenda Frese is 31-11 (.738) in NCAA Tournament games and 30-10 (.750) in NCAA games at Maryland.
• The Terps are 21-3 all-time in NCAA Tournament games played in College Park and 15-2 in NCAA Tournament games in the XFINITY Center. They have hosted the first two rounds in each of the last six seasons.
• Frese has led the Terrapins to 12 NCAA Tournament appearances, including seven Sweet Sixteens, six Elite Eights, three Final Fours, and the 2006 national championship in her 11 previous postseasons.
• Last year, the Terps were the No. 1 seed in the Spokane region. They beat New Mexico State in the First Round, then topped undefeated Princeton to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. They beat Duke in the regional semifinal and second-seeded Tennessee, 58-48, to go to their second straight Final Four.
• For the Terrapins' full postseason history click here.
Maryland in the rankings
• Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country. The Terrapins have been ranked in 113 straight Associated Press polls, dating back to the preseason poll of the 2010-11 season.
• Maryland has been ranked for 172 weeks in the last 11 seasons, with 148 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 69 in the AP top 5.
• The Terps appeared in the AP Top 5 on Jan. 26, 2015 for the first time since March 12, 2012.
home sweet home
• The Terps are 499-128 (.796) all time in College Park, dating back to the inaugural 1971-72 season.
• The Terps are also 206-33 (.862) at home under Brenda Frese, whose first season in College Park was the inaugural season of XFINITY Center. That is among the top 10 toughest places to play in the country.
• Maryland is 124-6 (.953) all-time in non-conference games in XFINITY Center.
• Prior to Jan. 2, Maryland had won 28 straight home games since a 94-46 win over Pittsburgh on Feb. 6, 2014. The Terps went 17-0 at home last season.
• The Terps own one of the longest home win streaks in NCAA history. They won 48 straight home games starting Nov. 9, 2007 with a 76-52 season-opening win over Princeton. The streak ended on Jan. 21, 2010 with an 80-77 loss to Miami.
maryland in the b1g
• In its first season in the Big Ten, Maryland won the regular season with a perfect 18-0 record, then finished it off with the Big Ten tournament title. The Terps won the Big Ten regular season in 2016 with a conference record of 16-2 and won their second straight Big Ten Tournament title. The Terrapins won 10 tournament titles and three regular season titles in their 37 years in the ACC.
• The Terps are 84-31 (.730) all-time against their Big Ten opponents. Prior to the Jan. 2 loss to Ohio State, the Terps had won 31 straight games against Big Ten teams, dating back to 2007. The last loss to a Big Ten opponent was when the third-ranked Terps fell at No. 4 Rutgers, 68-60, on Dec. 3, 2007.
• In the 14 years under Frese, the Terps are 52-6 (.897) against their Big Ten conference opponents. Frese is 64-12 (.842) all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota (2001-02) and at Ball State (1999-01).
• Maryland is 22-3 (.880) against Big Ten teams at home in XFINITY Center. All are under Frese. The first two losses were against Penn State on Dec. 4, 2002 and Ohio State in the NCAA Second Round in 2003.
overtime is our time
The phrase, “Overtime is our time!” became one of the catch phrases from the Terps’ 2006 NCAA title run. That 2005-06 team went 6-0 in overtime games and won the national title in extra time vs. Duke.
• Maryland is 15-2 (.882) in overtime games in head coach Brenda Frese’s 12 years.
• In the 2007-08 season, Frese was not on the sidelines for two of the Terps’ overtime games. She missed a 97-86 double overtime loss at North Carolina on Jan. 26, 2008 and a 74-71 win at Virginia Tech on Feb. 4, 2008, due to her pregnancy with her sons.
• The Terps’ only overtime loss with Frese on the sidelines was a 95-91 loss at Florida State on Jan. 16, 2005.
USA! USA! USA!
• Juniors Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and Brionna Jones both played for USA Basketball this summer. Jones was selected to the World University Games Team and Walker-Kimbrough was on the Pan American Games Team.
• Jones and the WWUG Team won gold in Gwangju, South Korea. She averaged 7.7 points, 4.8 rebounds with five steals in the six-game tournament.
• Walker-Kimbrough and the Pan American Team took silver in Toronto. She averaged 10.2 points, 2.6 rebounds with nine steals and seven assists through the five-game the tournament. She started the final three games.
maryland signs no. 1 class
Head coach Brenda Frese and her staff signed the No. 1 recruiting class in the country in November. Kaila Charles (Glendale, Md.), Stephanie Jones (Havre de Grace, Md.), Sarah Myers (Cumming, Ga.), Destiny Slocum (Meridian, Idaho), Jenna Staiti (Cumming, Ga.) and Blair Watson (Nutley, N.J.) make up the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation, as ranked by ESPN, Blue Star Basketball and Collegiate Girls Basketball Report.
• This is the 11th top 10 recruiting class signed by Frese in her 14 years under Maryland. Twice, Frese brought in the No. 2 recruiting class, back in 2007 and 2010.
• Four of the six newest Terrapins are ranked in ESPN's Top 30. Maryland is the only school with more than two players among the Top 50.
• Kaila Charles (Glendale, Md./Riverdale Baptist), a 5-11 forward, was named the No. 25 overall player by both ESPN and the Collegiate Girls Report and No. 21 by the All Star Girls Report. She averaged 22 points and 10 rebounds as a junior.
• Stephanie Jones (Havre de Grace, Md./Aberdeen HS), a 6-2 forward, is the younger sister of current Terrapin, Brionna Jones. She was named the No. 51 overall player by both ESPN and the Collegiate Girls Report and No. 35 by the All Star Girls Report. Jones averaged 17 points and 9.3 rebounds as a junior last year.
• Sarah Myers (Cumming, Ga./South Forsyth HS), a 5-10 guard, was the No. 92 overall player by the All Star Girls Report and a four-year starter at South Forsyth. She averaged 21.0 points per game as a junior last season.
• Destiny Slocum (Meridian, Idaho/Mountain View HS), a 5-7 point guard, is the No. 7 overall player by both ESPN, All Star Girls Report and the Collegiate Girls Report. She averaged 25.1 points, 5.6 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 2.9 steals as a junior. This summer, she was the point guard for the U.S. Under-19 team and helped lead Team USA to a gold medal in Moscow in the FIBA World Championships.
• Jenna Staiti (Cumming, Ga./West Forsyth HS), a 6-6 center, was named the No. 17 overall player by both ESPN and the Collegiate Girls Report and the No. 1 player in the state of Georgia. Staiti averaged 29 points, 16 rebounds, while shooting 71 percent from the field in her junior season.
• Blair Watson (Nutley, N.J./Nutley HS), a 6-0 wing, was named the No. 28 overall player by both ESPN and the Collegiate Girls Report and No. 24 by the All Star Girls Report. Watson averages over 23.0 points and four three-pointers a game.
family ties
• Head coach Brenda Frese and her younger sister, Marsha, are the only two sister head coaches in Division I. Marsha is in her fourth season as head coach at UMKC and was an assistant under Brenda at Ball State, Minnesota and for two years at Maryland.
• Aja Ellison’s dad is 1989 No. 1 overall draft pick Pervis Ellison, who also won a national championship at Louisville. Her mother, Timi, ran track at Maryland.
• Kiara Leslie’s older brother, C.J., played at NC State from 2010-13 and now plays professionally in Korea.
• Malina Howard’s younger sister, Marisa, is a sophomore post player at Division II Goldey-Beacom.
• Brionna Jones’ older brother, Jarred, plays at Loyola (Md.).
Terps in the pros
• Fourteen Terrapins have been drafted since the start of the WNBA in 1997, including 10 under Brenda Frese.
• Six of Frese’s players have gone on to be drafted in the top 10, including: Crystal Langhorne (2008, 6th overall), Laura Harper (2008, 10th overall), Marissa Coleman (2009, 2nd overall), Kristi Toliver (2009, 3rd overall), Tianna Hawkins (2013, 6th overall) and Alyssa Thomas (2014, 4th overall).
• Four former Terps have been named WNBA All-Stars - Vicky Bullett (1999), Crystal Langhorne (2011, 2013), Kristi Toliver (2013) and Marissa Coleman (2015).
fRESE COACHING TREE
• Head coach Brenda Frese has quite the extensive coaching tree, having been in the women's basketball collegiate circuit for over 16 years. She's worked with some of the best basketball minds in the country and has helped them achieve great things.
Marsha Frese (Head Coach at UMKC) - Assistant at Ball State, Minnesota, Maryland
Tina Langley (Head Coach at Rice) - Associate Head Coach at Maryland
Jeff Walz (Head Coach at Louisville) - Assistant at Minnesota, Maryland
Joanna Bernabei-McNamee (Head Coach at Pikesville) - Assistant at Minnesota, Maryland
Daron Park (Head Coach at Cal State-Fullerton) - Assistant at Maryland
Stephanie Stevens (Head Coach at Gallaudet) - Staff at Maryland
Danielle Hemerka (Assistant at American, Saint Francis) - Staff at Maryland
Rhet Wierzba (Assistant at Indiana) - Director of Operations at Maryland
Billy Fennelly (Assistant at Iowa State) - Staff at Maryland
Zach Kancher (Assistant at George Washington) - Staff at Maryland
Laura Harper (Assistant at High Point) - Player at Maryland
Jade Perry (Assistant at Albright) - Player at Maryland
Mike Bowden (Video Director for Louisville Men) - Staff at Maryland
David Adkins (Player Development for Wizards) - Assistant at Maryland
Winston Gandy (Player Development Asst. for Wizards) - Staff at Maryland
Ryan Richman (Video Director for Wizards) - Intern at Maryland
Kyle Tarp (Director of Basketball Performance at MD) - Staff at Maryland
Chris Campbell (Head Coach at Sherwood High School) - Director of Operations at Maryland
Sean Ehlbeck (Director of Video at Rice) - Staff at Maryland
Sydney Durrah (Director of Video at FIU) - Staff at Maryland
Christian Blanks (Director of Video at UCLA) - Staff at Maryland
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