12/12 Maryland Vs. Purdue
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2020-21 SCHEDULE #12/12 MARYLAND VS. 8-1, 4-0 B1G PURDUE AP: 12/COACHES: 12 Sun, Jan. 10, 2021 • 12 p.m. ET RPI: 3 • SOS: 6 Game #10 • Home Game #4 #BeachBubble - Estero, Fla. XFINITY Center • College Park, Md. Fri, Nov. 27 vs. Davidson FloHoops W, 94-72 Big Ten Network + Sat, Nov. 28 vs. #24 Missouri State FloHoops L, 72-81 Sun, Nov. 29 vs. #14 Arkansas FloHoops W, 115-96 STORYLINES Thurs, Dec. 3 TOWSON Big Ten Network W, 112-78 Sat, Dec. 5 COPPIN STATE BTN+ Canceled • No. 12/12 Maryland (8-1, 4-0) will welcome Purdue (5-3, 2-2) to the XFINITY Center Sunday for a noon tipoff. Tues, Dec. 8 MOUNT ST. MARYS BTN+ Canceled • Maryland held off No. 23/24 Michigan State, 93-87, Thursday night in East Lansing. The Terrapins made 33 of Mon, Dec. 14 at Rutgers* BTN+ W, 91-87 38 free throws, including 8-9 down the stretch, to win their seventh straight. Ashley Owusu led the way with 20 Sat, Dec. 19 JAMES MADISON BTN+ W, 101-59 Wed, Dec. 23 #17 OHIO STATE* Big Ten Network Postponed points, 10 boards and six assists. Chloe Bibby added 20 points, Katie Benzan scored 19, Diamond Miller added Thurs, Dec. 31 at Penn State* Big Ten Network W, 96-82 14 and Mimi Collins scored 13. Mon, Jan. 4 #19 INDIANA* ESPN2 W, 84-80 Thurs, Jan. 7 at #23 Michigan State*Big Ten Network W, 93-87 • The Terrapins welcomed graduate transfer Alaysia Styles to the roster last week. She graduated with her Sun, Jan. 10 PURDUE* BTN+ Noon degree from Cal at the end of the fall 2020 semester. Styles, a 6-3 forward from San Diego, played three sea- Thurs, Jan. 14 at Minnesota* Big Ten Network 6:00 sons at California. In her junior season, she averaged 8.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and started in 30 games for the Sun, Jan. 17 at Wisconsin* BTN+ 3:00 Thurs, Jan. 21 IOWA* Big Ten Network 4:00 Golden Bears. Mon, Jan. 25 at #16 Ohio State* ESPN2 7:00 Thurs, Jan. 28 RUTGERS* • Maryland owns the series over Purdue, 12-2, and has won 10 of the last 11 matchups. The Terrapins took both Thurs, Feb. 4 WISCONSIN* meetings last year. They won 88-45 in College Park on Feb. 25 and 74-62 in the Big Ten Tournment on March 6. Sun, Feb. 7 at #15 Michigan* ESPN/ESPN2 2:00 Wed, Feb. 10 #23 MICHIGAN STATE* Sun, Feb. 14 at Nebraska* • The Terrapins are averaging 95.3 points per game through nine games, which is second in the country to New Wed, Feb. 17 ILLINOIS* Mexico, which is averaging 95.4. The NCAA Division I scoring record is 96.7 points per game by Providence in 1991. Sat, Feb. 20 MINNESOTA* Maryland's team scoring record was 89.6 points per game by the 1977-78 team. No other team in program history Thurs, Feb. 25 at Purdue* averaged over 90 points per game. Sun, Feb. 28 at #22 Northwestern* ESPN2 4:00 March 5 or 6 PENN STATE* • The University of Maryland women's basketball program is celebrating its 50th varsity season in 2020-21, March 9-13 Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.) and will honor the program's rich tradition and history throughout the year. Maryland played its first full varsity March 19-22 NCAA First and Second Rounds (TBA) season in 1971-72, under the leadership of pioneer Dottie McKnight. During its storied history, the program March 26-29 NCAA Regionals (TBA) has won 1,037 games, amassed 43 winning seasons, won 22 conference championships, made 37 postseason April 2-4 NCAA Final Four (San Antonio, Texas) appearances and captured the 2006 National Championship. *-B1G game • All times eastern • Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 19th season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 494-129 (.793), 12 conference titles, 15 NCAA Tournament appearances in 17 postseasons, three Final Fours, six Elite MEDIA RELATIONS Eights, six Sweet Sixteens and the 2006 NCAA Championship. Associate Director: Rose DiPaula (Maryland ‘09) Office 301-314-7063 Cell 443-417-5266 • Frese is closing in on 500 wins at Maryland. With win No. 500, she will become the winningest coach in Maryland Email [email protected] basketball history. Hall of Fame women's basketball head coach Chris Weller won 499 games in her 27 seasons Secondary Contact: Joanna Levantis (1975-02). Cell 301-821-3404 Email [email protected] Website www.umterps.com Facebook facebook.com/MarylandWBB 2020-21 TERRAPINS Twitter @TerpsWBB No. Player Pos Ht Yr Hometown PPG RPG Other Instagram @TerpsWBB 1 Diamond Miller G 6-3 2018-19So. Somerset, N.J. TERRAPINS 17.7 6.3 Averaged 8.4 points in Terps' 17 game win streak 2 Mimi Collins F 6-3 R-So. Waldorf, Md. 10.8 7.2 Put up 5.5 points, 3.4 rebounds in 2018-19 3 Channise Lewis G 5-8 R-Jr. Miami, Fla. 5.1 3.4* Named to Lieberman Award Watch List in 2019 5 Alaysia Styles F 6-3 Sr. San Diego, Calif. Graduated from Cal in December 10 Angel Reese F/G 6-3 Fr. Baltimore, Md. 13.3 7.0 No. 2 freshman in the country 11 Katie Benzan G 5-6 Sr. Wellesley, Mass. 15.6 2.0 Three-time All-Ivy League honoree 12 Zoe Young G 5-10 R-Fr. Des Moines, Iowa 2.0 0.0 24.3 pts as a senior; USA Today Iowa POTY 13 Faith Masonius G/F 6-1 So. Spring Lake, N.J. 6.4 4.9 Averaged 20.4 pts, 11.5 rebs, 4.0 asts as a senior 14 Taisiya Kozlova G 6-1 Fr. Moscow, Russia 2.2 1.0 13 points, 2 rebs, 2.3 steals in first year in US 15 Ashley Owusu G 6-0 So. Woodbridge, Va. 18.8 4.4* 2020 Big Ten Freshman of the Year 55 Chloe Bibby F/G 6-1 Sr. Warracknabeal, Aus. 13.7 7.6 Averaged 9.1 points, 4.8 boards last 2 years *assists per game BASKETBALL comes. We’ve preached for many years to our team to control the controllables. 2020-21SEASON OUTLOOK That’s all we can really do. I really have to applaud the discipline that our team has shown. No matter what comes along, we’ll do our best to deal with it. We’ll COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The 2020-21 Maryland women’s basketball team see where it all ends up.” is an exciting mix of a few experienced veterans, sophomores looking to take the next step and new faces to the program. Though the Terrapins have small numbers at just 10 players, the squad is one head coach Brenda Frese calls Team Chemistry her most talented. With a roster filled with hard workers and student-athletes This group of Terrapins came together in a strange situation - one in ready for the opportunity, head coach Brenda Frese and her staff will have 10 which they couldn't actually be together for months. After losing teammates Terrapins ready to make the most of their minutes on the court. to graduation and transfers, Frese and the staff kept the returning Terrapins The Terrapins were picked to finish second in the Big Ten by both the connected through weekly Zoom calls while they were all home. league's head coaches and the media panel. Both groups picked Ashley Owusu, Frese and the staff recruited Chloe Bibby, Katie Benzan and Taisiya Kozlova last year's Big Ten Freshman of the Year, to the All-Big Ten Preseason team. through Zoom calls. Bibby and Kozlova committed without ever stepping foot With eight of 10 Terrapins 6-1 or taller, this is one of Frese's tallest teams. on campus or meeting a teammate or staff member in person. "I’m kind of starting the season with no big picture expectations, just Throughout the summer, the Terps kept up their Zoom calls. They had guest appreciating every day we have together," Frese said. "We saw last year how speakers such as ESPN's Holly Rowe, former Maryland staffers and current things can get shut down real quick. We just have to be grateful for what we NBA assistants David Adkins and Ryan Richman and A'ja Wilson. They played get. We don’t have a lot of players on our roster, but I like the quality. I expect games and even did a virtual escape room. this team to be one of our most competitive teams. Everyone can score. I hope "I never knew Zoom and a pandemic could contribute to chemistry, but so we can grow as the season unfolds. We’ll be counting on some new players to far, this group has been a tight unit," Frese said. "They are highly competitive in hit the ground running. Our sophomores are going to be critical to our success. practice. I like how they look out for each other. We have a nice blend of youth They showed a lot of promise last season so it’s reasonable to expect them to and experience. We have some good voices on the team that understand we continue their upward trend. We have a chance to be a very good team." keep our standards high.” The Terrapins enter every practice, every workout, every game with the same mentality - grateful for another day together and a chance to play.