2016-17 MARYLAND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2016-17 SCHEDULE NOTES 6-0, 0-0 B1G AP: 5/COACHES: 5 #5/5 MARYLAND AT Sun. Nov. 13 UMASS LOWELL BTN Plus W, 100-44 Wed. Nov. 16 MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE BTN Plus W, 106-61 #7/7 LOUISVILLE Fri. Nov. 18 MOUNT ST. MARY'S BTN Plus W, 106-42 Sun. Nov. 20 at Niagara -- W, 96-64 Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 • 7 p.m. ET Game #7 • Road Game #2 South Point Shootout - Las Vegas, Nev. KFC Yum! Center • Louisville, Ky. Fri. Nov. 25 vs. #23 Arizona State -- W, 83-42 Sat. Nov. 26 vs. Washington State -- W, 79-69 ACC Network Extra ACC/Big Ten Challenge - Louisville, Ky. STORYLINE Thurs. Dec. 1 at #7 Louisville ACC Network Extra 7:00 • The No. 5/5 Maryland women's basketball team will travel to No. 7/7 Louisville (6-1) Thursday for a top 10 matchup Sun. Dec. 4 UMBC BTN 6:30 as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Tues. Dec. 6 TOWSON BTN Plus 7:00 Thurs. Dec. 8 SAINT PETER'S BTN Plus 6:30 • The Terrapins held off Washington State, 79-69, Saturday in the South Point Shootout in Las Vegas, Nev. The Mon. Dec. 12 at Loyola -- 7:00 teams were tied at half, the Terps led by one at the end of the third, then outscored the Cougars 26-17 in the fourth Wed. Dec. 21 at Duquesne -- 7:00 quarter to seal the win. Brionna Jones led the way with 20 points and a career-high 20 rebounds. Kaila Charles added Thurs. Dec. 29 #2 CONNECTICUT ESPN2 6:00 19 points, 15 in the second half, Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 15 and Destiny Slocum had 11. Sun. Jan. 1 at Minnesota* BTN Plus 6:00 Wed. Jan. 4 at Nebraska* BTN Plus 8:00 • Brionna Jones was named to the Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll Tuesday for the seventh time in her career. Sat. Jan. 7 NORTHWESTERN* BTN 2:00 Wed. Jan. 11 PENN STATE* BTN Plus 6:30 • This is Maryland's fourth meeting with Louisville. The Terps lead the series, 2-1, after winning the last two Sat. Jan. 14 at Iowa* BTN 4:00 matchups. Most recently, the Terps beat the Cardinals, 76-73, on April 1, 2014 at the KFC Yum! Center to advance Thurs. Jan. 19 MICHIGAN* BTN 6:00 to the Final Four. Sun. Jan. 22 RUTGERS* ESPN2 3:00 Thurs. Jan. 26 at Illinois* BTN Plus 8:00 Sun. Jan. 29 IOWA* ESPN2 2:00 • The Terps are currently leading the country in scoring margin (+41.3) and field goal percentage (52.1%). They are Thurs. Feb. 2 at Purdue* BTN 8:00 second in the nation in scoring (95.0), rebounding margin (+20.0) and third in assists (22.2) and steals (15.0). Sun. Feb. 5 at Indiana* ESPN2 12:00 Thurs. Feb. 9 ILLINOIS* BTN Plus 7:00 • The Terrapins are ranked No. 5 in the Associated Press poll and in the USA Today Division I Coaches poll. Sun. Feb. 12 at Michigan State* ESPN2 2:00 Wed. Feb. 15 WISCONSIN* BTN Plus 7:00 • Walker-Kimbrough needs just 9 points to move into 10th on Maryland's all-time scoring list. She is currently at No. Mon. Feb. 20 at #9 Ohio State* ESPN2 7:00 12 at 1,593 points and trails Tianna Hawkins at No. 11 (1,595) and Jessie Hicks at No. 10 (1,601). Jones is No. 8 Sun. Feb. 26 MINNESOTA* BTN/BTN Plus TBA on Maryland's rebounding list with 887 and needs 13 to reach 900 boards. Kristen Confroy is currently at 99 career March 1-5 Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.) three-pointers. (more page 26) March 17-20 NCAA First and Second Rounds (TBA) March 24-27 NCAA Regionals (TBA) • The Terrapins were picked to win the Big Ten by both the league's head coaches and media panel. Brionna Jones Mar. 31-Apr. 2 NCAA Final Four (Dallas, Texas) and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough were also named to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team. *-B1G game • All times eastern • Maryland welcomes the No. 1 freshman class in the country this season in Kaila Charles, Stephanie Jones, Sarah MEDIA RELATIONS Myers, Destiny Slocum, Jenna Staiti and Blair Watson. All six were McDonald's All-American nominees and Charles, Assistant Director: Rose DiPaula (Maryland ‘09) Slocum and Watson were named McDonald's All-Americans. Office 301-314-7063 Cell 443-417-5266 Email [email protected] Twitter @dipaularose 2016-17 TERRAPINS Website www.umterps.com No. Player Pos Ht Yr Hometown PPG RPG Other Facebook facebook.com/MarylandWBB Twitter @umdwbb 0 Aja Ellison F 6-3 Jr. Voorhees, N.J. -- -- Willl redshirt 2016-17 season Frese Twitter @BrendaFrese 1 Ieshia Small G 6-0 R-Jr. Miami, Fla. 7.5 4.2* McDonald’s All-American; Baylor transfer 2 Kiara Leslie G 6-0 Jr. Holly Springs, N.C. -- -- Willl redshirt 2016-17 season 3 Kaila Charles G 6-1 Fr. Glenn Dale, Md. 12.2 5.7 2016 McDonald's All-American 5 Destiny Slocum G 5-7 Fr. Meridian, Idaho 13.2 3.8* 2016 McDonald's All-American 12 Kristen Confroy G 5-9 Jr. Solon, Ohio 1.8 2.8 CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree 14 Jenna Staiti C 6-6 Fr. Cumming, Ga. 5.3 4.7 Gatorade State Player of the Year 15 Kiah Gillespie F 6-2 So. Meriden, Conn. 5.2 4.5 2015 McDonald’s All-American 21 Sarah Myers G 6-0 Fr. Cumming, Ga. 3.8 2.4* Averaged 20.5 points in her career 22 Blair Watson G 6-0 Fr. Nutley, N.J. 3.0 3.8 2016 McDonald's All-American 24 Stephanie Jones F 6-2 Fr. Havre de Grace, Md. 5.8 2.2 Averaged 28.4 points, 12 rebs as a senior 32 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough G 5-11 Sr. Aliquippa, Pa. 15.7 2.8 All-Big Ten Team; Wooden, Naismith Lists 34 Brianna Fraser C 6-3 So. Brooklyn, N.Y. 7.3 3.5 2015 McDonald’s All-American 42 Brionna Jones C 6-3 Sr. Havre de Grace, Md. 14.8 9.7 All-Big Ten Team; Wooden, Naismith Lists *assists per game 2006 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 2014, 2015 Final Four • 2015, 2016 Big Ten Champions 2016-17 Maryland Women’s Basketball Hannover and one against a team in the Italian National Team system. Against 2016-17SEASON OUTLOOK TK Hannover, the Terrapins lost by two in a physical matchup in Tuscany. Against the Italian Select Team, the Terps won by more than 40 points with COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The 2015-16 Terrapins enjoyed the experience of many young players contributing. veteran leadership, led by a pair of juniors with Final Four experience and four Because of the Italian trip, Maryland was able to practice 10 times over the stellar seniors with success on and off the court. summer to prepare for the matchups. This was extremely valuable with helping A year later, the Terps enter a season with seven new faces to the lineup the new players learn the Terps’ sets, terminology and overall chemistry. and endless possibilities with how the season may unfold. “I don’t think we can really explain how much the Italy trip helped us for “This is going to be an exciting season for our program,” head coach Brenda this year, “ Frese said. “First off, from the generosity of our donors in helping Frese said. “We have some very good returning players who have worked very us give our players and staff an experience like this…it’s just amazing. Then, hard and helped us maintain a high standard. It’s kind of hard to believe that this the 10 practices were absolutely invaluable with getting all of our players up to will be the senior seasons for Brionna and Shatori. It seems like just yesterday date with learning our system. We are light years ahead of where we should be they were finishing up high school and entering Maryland. I’m tremendously before the season starts. The experience in Italy helped us all come together proud of both of them, because they have truly earned everything they’ve and really grow true team chemistry. That is so important to us.” achieved. They’ve also been very loyal to our program. I want them to go out in a great way. To do that, we’re going to have to help other players grow and New Faces be able to step up. That includes what we think is a terrific freshman class The Terrapins welcome the No. 1 recruiting class in the country with that has a lot of potential. Our schedule is such that we’ll be tested and have six stellar freshmen including Kaila Charles, Stephanie Jones, Sarah Myers, lots of great opportunities to keep getting better.” Destiny Slocum, Jenna Staiti and Blair Watson. Heading into this season, Maryland fans will see two mainstays in the “The biggest compliment I can give is that these freshmen aren’t acting Terrapins’ lineup in All-Big Ten honorees and All-Americans Brionna Jones and like freshmen,” Frese said. “The 10 extra practices this summer helped Shatori Walker-Kimbrough. They led the Big Ten champion Terps in scoring tremendously, but they are all mature, hard-workers and are so driven.” and rebounding last season and will look to continue. All six were named McDonald’s All-American nominees and Charles, Slocum Thanks to generous donations and supporters of the program, the Terrapins and Watson were all named McDonald’s All-Americans.