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Women's Basketball 11/30/2022 9:53:00 AM

No. 20 Maryland Travels to No. 7 Notre Dame in Challenge

No. 20 Maryland at No. 7 Notre Dame
Dec. 1, 2022
6:30 PM ET
Purcell Pavilion (South Bend, IN)
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COLLEGE PARK, MD -- No. 20 Maryland (6-2) will take on No. 7 Notre Dame (6-0) in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge in the Thursday at 6:30 p.m. ET in the Purcell Pavilion in South Bend, Ind. The Terps-Irish game will be televised on ESPN2.

2022-23 STORYLINES

What's UP

The Terrapins are back in action in ACC/Big Ten Challenge Thursday after a 2-1 weekend at the Fort Myers Tip-Off. The Terrapins beat Pitt, 87-63, Sunday in the finale. Faith Masonius was named to the All-Tournament Team.
Maryland is 12-2 all-time in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, winning five of its last six matchups in the event.
Heading into Thursday's game, Lavender Briggs needs four points to reach the 1,000-career points mark.
Maryland women's basketball is in its 52nd season and owns a record of 1,084-445 (.709). The Terrapins are No. 11 all-time in NCAA Division I history in winning percentage and No. 9 in all-time victories.
Senior Diamond Miller was named to the 10-player Preseason All-Big Ten Team for the second straight season to start the year. She is a two-time All-Big Ten honoree and was the 2021 Big Ten Tournament Co-MOP.
Miller is one of 20 top players in the country on the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List, an honor by the Basketball Hall of Fame recognizing the top shooting guard in women's NCAA Division I basketball. Miller was named to the watch list last year as well.
Miller was also named to the Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Watch List as one of the top 50 players in the country.
Sophomore Shyanne Sellers is one of 20 top players in the country on the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List, an honor by the Basketball Hall of Fame recognizing the top small forward in women's NCAA Division I basketball.
Maryland was picked to finish fourth in the Big Ten by both the league's head coaches and media panel. Both groups picked Iowa to win the conference. The coaches selected Ohio State to finish second, Indiana to finish third with Michigan rounding out the top five. The media panel picked Indiana to finish second, Ohio State third and Michigan fifth.
Two-time National Coach of the Year Brenda Frese brings in nine new players this season, including AP Honorable Mention All-American honoree Abby Meyers (Princeton), All-SEC transfer Lavender Briggs (Florida), All-AAC transfer Elisa Pinzan (USF), SEC graduate transfer Brinae Alexander (Vanderbilt) and All-CAA transfer Allie Kubek (Towson).
All five transfers averaged over 9.0 points per game last year - Meyers (17.9), Alexander (15.2), Briggs (12.5), Kubek (12.2) and Pinzan (9.3).
Last spring, Frese also signed two top-55 incoming freshmen in Gia Cooke and Bri McDaniel. Incoming freshman Ava Sciolla and Mila Reynolds signed with Maryland last November, giving the Terrapins a top 10 recruiting class for the 15th time under Frese.

Womens Basketball Team Photo at Xfinity Center in College Park, MD on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Mackenzie Miles/Maryland Terrapins

Series history

Thursday's matchup is the 10th between Maryland and Notre Dame, with the Irish owning the series at 5-4.
Most recently, Notre Dame won, 92-72, in the Challenge in Fort Wayne on Dec. 3, 2014.

frese file

Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 21st season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 541-142 (.792), 14 conference titles, 18 NCAA Tournament bids in 20 postseasons, three Final Fours, six Elite Eights, 10 Sweet Sixteens and the 2006 NCAA Championship.
Frese owns a career record of 598-172 (.777) over her 24 years as a head coach.
Frese was named National Coach of the Year by the AP, The Athletic and ESPN at the end of the 2020-21 season. In October, Frese was the first woman inducted into the Washington DC Metro Basketball Hall of Fame.
With the Terrapins' win at Nebraska on Feb. 14, 2021, Frese picked up win No. 500 at Maryland, which makes her the winningest coach in Maryland basketball history. Hall of Fame women's basketball head coach Chris Weller won 499 games in her 27 seasons (1975-02).

Maryland in the b1g

The Terps are 183-50 (.785) all-time against their Big Ten opponents.
Since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15, the Terrapins are 141-20 (.876) vs. their conference opponents, including their 19-3 record in the Big Ten Tournament.
In the 21 years under Frese, the Terps are 152-24 (.864) against their Big Ten opponents.
Frese is 165-29 (.851) all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota and at Ball State.
Since joining the league in 2014, Maryland is 64-5 (.928) against Big Ten teams at home.

terps in the polls

Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country. The Terrapins have been ranked in 234 straight Associated Press polls, dating back to the preseason poll of the 2010-11 season. That mark is behind just Baylor (359 weeks) and Connecticut (549 weeks).
Maryland has been ranked for 285 weeks in the last 19 seasons, with 213 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 92 in the AP top 5.
Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 336 weeks in her career. She recently passed former Virginia head coach Debbie Ryan for 13th all time.
Maryland has started the season ranked in the last 13 seasons straight and 18 of head coach Brenda Frese's 21 seasons in College Park. The Terps have been in the AP Preseason Top 10 11 times under Frese and in the top five six times.

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Players Mentioned

#3 Lavender Briggs: G; 6' 1"; Senior

#13 Faith Masonius: G/F; 6' 1"; Senior

#1 Diamond Miller: G; 6' 3"; Senior

#0 Shyanne Sellers: G; 6' 2"; Sophomore

#2 Ava Sciolla: G; 6' 0"; Freshman

#15 Mila Reynolds: G/F; 6' 3"; Freshman

#12 Elisa Pinzan: G; 5' 8"; Graduate Student

#11 Gia Cooke: G; 5' 9"; Freshman

#24 Bri McDaniel: G; 5' 10"; Freshman

#10 Abby Meyers: G; 6' 0"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#3 Lavender Briggs
: 6' 1"; Senior
: G

#13 Faith Masonius
: 6' 1"; Senior
: G/F

#1 Diamond Miller
: 6' 3"; Senior
: G

#0 Shyanne Sellers
: 6' 2"; Sophomore
: G

#2 Ava Sciolla
: 6' 0"; Freshman
: G

#15 Mila Reynolds
: 6' 3"; Freshman
: G/F

#12 Elisa Pinzan
: 5' 8"; Graduate Student
: G

#11 Gia Cooke
: 5' 9"; Freshman
: G

#24 Bri McDaniel
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: G

#10 Abby Meyers
: 6' 0"; Senior
: G