Maryland Women's Basketball Maryland Combined Team Statistics (As of Jan 03, 2015) All Games
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2014-15 MARYLAND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2014-15 SCHEDULE NOTES 11-2, 2-0 B1G AP: 12/COACHES: 10 #12/10 MARYLAND Fri. Nov. 14 MOUNT ST. MARY’S BTN Plus W, 109-45 Sun. Nov. 16 WAGNER BTN Plus W, 97-24 VS. PURDUE Wed. Nov. 19 #25 SOUTH FLORIDA TerpsTV W, 85-67 Thursday, January 8, 2015 • 6:30 p.m. ET Sat. Nov. 22 at George Washington CSN Plus W, 75-65 Mon. Nov. 24 LOYOLA BTN Plus W, 65-43 Game #14 • Home Game #8 XFINITY Center • College Park, Md. San Juan Shootout - San Juan, Puerto Rico Fri. Nov. 28 vs. #23 James Madison -- W, 80-64 Watch: BTN Sat. Nov. 29 vs. Washington State -- L, 64-70 ACC/Big Ten Challenge - Fort Wayne, Ind. STORYLINE Wed. Dec. 3 at #1 Notre Dame ESPN3 L, 72-92 • No. 12/10 Maryland (11-2, 2-0 B1G) will host Purdue (9-5, 2-1) Thursday at 6:30 p.m. ET at XFINITY Center. The Sun. Dec. 7 TOWSON BTN Plus W, 81-52 game will be televised nationally on the Big Ten Network. Fri. Dec. 12 AMERICAN BTN Plus W, 94-50 Sun. Dec. 21 at Coppin State -- W, 110-51 • This is the sixth all-time meeting between Maryland and Purdue and first since 2010. Maryland won the Mon. Dec. 29 OHIO STATE* BTN W, 87-78 most recent meeting, 56-55 in a thriller in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge at Purdue on Dec. 2, 2010. This marks the Sat. Jan. 3 at #16 Nebraska* CBS W, 75-47 Boilermakers’ first trip to XFINITY Center. Brenda Frese is 3-1 vs. Purdue in her career and 2-0 while at Maryland. Thurs. Jan. 8 PURDUE* BTN 6:30 Sun. Jan. 11 at #23 Minnesota* ESPN2 3:00 • Maryland used a huge second half surge to run past No. 12 Nebraska, 75-47, Saturday in Lincoln. Shatori Thurs. Jan. 15 at #24 Rutgers* BTN 9:00 Walker-Kimbrough scored 24 points, including 18 in the first half to help the Terrapins to a tie game at 27-all at the Sun. Jan. 18 ILLINOIS* BTN Plus 2:00 Thurs. Jan. 22 MICHIGAN STATE* BTN 7:00 break. Laurin Mincy scored 22 points, 20 in the second half, to help lead the charge. Malina Howard added nine Sun. Jan. 25 at Indiana* BTN 3:00 rebounds and Lexie Brown added nine points and six assists. The Terps scored 48 points in the second half as the Thurs. Jan. 29 at Michigan* BTN Plus 7:00 Huskers scored 47 in the game. Sun. Feb. 1 #17 IOWA* ESPN2 4:00 Thurs. Feb. 5 at Penn State* BTN Plus 7:00 • Walker-Kimbrough was named to the Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll for the third time this year Monday Sun. Feb. 8 #19 NEBRASKA* ESPN2 4:00 for her performance in Saturday’s win. Tues. Feb. 10 #24 RUTGERS* BTN 9:00 Mon. Feb. 16 at Michigan State* ESPN2 7:00 Thurs. Feb. 19 at Wisconsin* BTN 9:00 • The Terps lead the Big Ten in scoring offense (84.2), scoring margin (+26.6), field goal percentage (.500), Mon. Feb. 23 PENN STATE* BTN 7:00 free throw percentage (.767), rebounding margin (+12) and offensive rebounds (15.4). Jones, Pfirman and Walker- Thurs. Feb. 26 INDIANA* BTN Plus 7:00 Kimbrough are Nos. 3, 4, 5 in the Big Ten in field goal percentage. In Big Ten play, Walker-Kimbrough is second in Sun. March 1 at Northwestern* BTN/BTN Plus TBA the league in scoring (21.0) and Brown is second in assists (6.5). The Terrapins are second in the country in field goal Mar. 5-8 Big Ten Tournament (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) percentage, behind only UConn. Maryland is also No. 6 in the country in total offense and fifth in scoring margin. Mar. 21-24 NCAA First and Second Rounds (TBA) Mar. 28-31 NCAA Regionals (TBA) • The Terrapins were picked to win the Big Ten in their first year in the league by both the conference’s head Apr. 5-7 NCAA Final Four (Tampa, Fla.) coaches and the media. Lexie Brown was named to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team by the media. *-B1G game • All times eastern • Maryland ended the 2013-14 ranked No. 11 in the final Associated Press poll and No. 4 in the USA Today Top 25 Media Relations Coaches poll. They made a remarkable run to the program’s fourth NCAA Final Four and second under head coach Assitant Director - Media Relations Rose DiPaula (Maryland ‘09) Brenda Frese. Along the way, they handled top-seeded Tennessee, 73-62 and then beat No. 4 Louisville, 76-73, on Office 301-314-7063 its home court in front of a sellout crowd to go to the Final Four. Cell 443-417-5266 Email [email protected] Twitter @dipaularose Website www.umterps.com Facebook facebook.com/marylandterrapinsofficialpage 2014-15 TERRAPINS Twitter @umdwbb No. Player Pos Ht Yr Hometown PPG RPG Other Frese Twitter @BrendaFrese 0 Aja Ellison F 6-3 Fr. Voorhees, N.J. 2.1 1.6 Missed senior season due to foot injury 1 Laurin Mincy G 6-0 R-Sr. Newark, N.J. 14.2 3.8 No. 28 on Maryland’s all-time scoring list (1,064) 2 Kiara Leslie G 6-0 Fr. Holly Spring, N.C. 5.6 3.7 No. 52 overall player by ESPN 3 Brene Moseley G 5-7 R-Jr. Burtonsville, Md. 5.5 1.9* Missed 2012-13 due to torn left ACL 4 Lexie Brown G 5-9 So. Suwanee, Ga. 11.1 3.9* Named to Wooden, Naismith Watch Lists 5 Malina Howard C 6-4 Jr. Twinsburg, Ohio 5.7 5.4 Named to Coaches’ All-ACC Freshmen Team 12 Kristen Confroy G 5-8 Fr. Solon, Ohio 5.6 1.8 Three-sport star in basketball, soccer, softball 15 Chloe Pavlech G 5-9 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio 2.8 1.7* Named to BRP All-ACC Freshmen Team 22 Tierney Pfirman F 6-2 Jr. Williamsport, Pa. 6.5 3.6 Scored over 2,309 points in high school 32 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough G 5-11 So. Aliquippa, Pa. 13.6 5.9 Named ACC Rookie of the Week (12/30, 1/6) 33 A’Lexus Harrison F 6-0 R-Fr. Baltimore, Md. 3.3 4.6 Redshirted 2013-14 season 42 Brionna Jones C 6-3 Fr. Havre de Grace, Md. 11.5 6.7 Tore ACL senior year and lost 30 lbs as a Fr. *assists per game 2006 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 2014 Final Four • 13 Elite Eights • 5 Final Fours 2014-15 Maryland Women’s Basketball played minutes similar to a starter. Then you look at a player like Laurin Mincy, who 2014-15SEASON OUTLOOK will be a fifth year senior who has shown the ability to assert herself in big games. Brene Moseley has done that as well for us. We do have players that can score COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The 2013-14 Terrapins experienced the thrill of the the ball, which is what we’ve always built our best teams around.” lifetime - a magical run to the NCAA Final Four. The Terps committed to each other before the NCAA Tournament and banded together to make one of the most special Terps Go B1G runs in school history. After 37 years in the ACC, the Terrapins will now compete in another strong A year later, the Terps will be faced with losing arguably the most valuable conference - the Big Ten. While there are many unknowns as the Terps head into player in program history and a senior class that was more than dependable, all a new era, Frese knows they will face them together. while changing conferences to the Big Ten. “The other question that will come up is ‘What will it be like playing in the Big “The first things that will probably come to people’s minds are that Alyssa Ten?’ The answer to that one is ‘We’ll all find out together’. I think the conference Thomas graduated and we lost two other senior starters as well,” head coach race will be pretty competitive. I’ll be surprised if any one team dominates the league. Brenda Frese said. “How do we make up for that? How do we grow as a team, so I think there will be a lot of teams that on a given night can get a win. What’s going we can sustain the standard we’ve set? The answers to those questions will reveal to be a lot of fun for our players is that we’ll be going into road arenas that have themselves as the season unfolds. better fan support that what we’re used to seeing.” My mind goes back a little to the year after Kristi Toliver and Marissa Coleman graduated. We had a very raw group of players who weren’t ready yet for the re- New Faces sponsibility of helping us win every time we took the floor. That’s because we had The Terrapins will welcome three freshmen - Kristen Confroy (Solon, Ohio), just spent a lot of years watching great players carry us in all kinds of situations.” Aja Ellison (Voorhees, N.J.) and Kiara Leslie (Holly Springs, N.C.) - to the lineup. The difference now is that the 2014-15 Terrapins have played on the nation’s “Our three true freshmen are each at different points in their progression right biggest stage and made huge contributions to get Maryland back to the Final Four.