2018–19 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team

2018–19 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball
2018–19 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball
Big Ten regular season champions
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 9
Record	29–5 (15–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Brenda Frese (17th season);
Assistant coaches	Shay Robinson; Karen Blair; Kaitlynn Fratz;
Home arena	Xfinity Center
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Terrapins, led by seventeenth year head coach Brenda Frese, played their home games at the Xfinity Center as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 29–4, 15–3 in Big Ten play to win the Big Ten regular season championship. They advanced to the championship of the Big Ten women's tournament where they lost to Iowa State. They received an at-large to the NCAA women's basketball tournament as the No. 4 seed in the Albany region. There they defeated Radford before losing to UCLA in the Second Round.

2018–19 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Maryland	15	–	3	.833	29	–	5	.853
No. 8 Iowa †	14	–	4	.778	29	–	7	.806
Rutgers	13	–	5	.722	22	–	10	.688
Michigan	11	–	7	.611	22	–	12	.647
Ohio State	10	–	8	.556	14	–	15	.483
Minnesota	9	–	9	.500	21	–	11	.656
Michigan State	9	–	9	.500	21	–	12	.636
Northwestern	9	–	9	.500	21	–	15	.583
Nebraska	9	–	9	.500	14	–	16	.467
Indiana	8	–	10	.444	21	–	13	.618
Purdue	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Penn State	5	–	13	.278	12	–	18	.400
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	15	–	18	.455
Illinois	2	–	16	.111	10	–	20	.333

† 2019 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2018–19 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Shakira Austin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Riverdale Baptist	Fredericksburg, VA
G	3	Channise Lewis	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Miami Country Day	Miami, FL
G	5	Kaila Charles	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Riverdale Baptist	Glenn Dale, MD
G	11	Taylor Mikesell	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Jackson	Massillon, OH
G	21	Sarah Myers	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	West Forsyth	Cumming, GA
G	22	Blair Watson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Nutley	Nutley, NJ
F	24	Stephanie Jones	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Aberdeen	Havre de Grace, MD
G	32	Sara Vujacic	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Walters State CC	Maribor, Slovenia
F	34	Brianna Fraser	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	South Shore	Brooklyn, NY
C	35	Olivia Owens	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Niskayuna	Niskayuna, NY

Head coach

Brenda Frese (Arizona)

Assistant coach(es)

Shay Robinson (Central Florida)
Karen Blair (SMU)
Kaitlynn Fratz (California (PA))

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Faith Masonius W	Spring Lake, New Jersey	Manasquan High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A	Jan 22, 2018
Faith Masonius W	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 96
Diamond Miller G	Somerset, New Jersey	Franklin High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A	Mar 10, 2018
Diamond Miller G	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98
Ashley Owusu PG	Woodbridge, Virginia	Paul VI High School	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A	Aug 10, 2017
Ashley Owusu PG	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98
Zoe Young G	Urbandale, Iowa	Valley High School	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	N/A	Aug 14, 2017
Zoe Young G	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97
Overall recruiting rankings: ESPN: 3
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Awards and honors

Preseason

Kaila Charles

Coached Preseason All-Big Ten team

Media Preseason All-Big Ten team

Individual awards

Brenda Frese

All-Big Ten Coach of the Year (coaches/media)

Taylor Mikesell

Unanimous All-Big Ten Freshman of the Year

First Team All-Big Ten (media)

Second Team All-Big Ten (coaches)

Big Ten All-Freshman Team

Kaila Charles

Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten (coaches/media)

Honorable Mention All-American (AP)

Stephanie Jones

Second Team All-Big Ten (Big Ten Media)

Honorable Mention All-Big Ten

Shakira Austin

Big Ten All-Freshman Team

Big Ten All-Defensive Team

Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Big Ten Media)

Sarah Myers

Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/28/2018* 12:00 pm	No. 9	Kutztown	W 90–63		Xfinity Center College Park, MD
11/02/2018* 6:00 pm	No. 9	Clarion	W 127–41		Xfinity Center College Park, MD
Non-conference regular season
11/09/2018* 7:00 pm	No. 9	Coppin State	W 93–36	1–0	Xfinity Center (4,432) College Park, MD
11/11/2018* 2:00 pm	No. 9	Dayton	W 82–71	2–0	Xfinity Center (4,631) College Park, MD
11/14/2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 9	at George Washington	W 69–30	3–0	Charles E. Smith Center (1,170) Washington, D.C.
11/18/2018* 5:30 pm, ESPN	No. 9	at No. 10 South Carolina	W 85–61	4–0	Colonial Life Arena (11,240) Columbia, SC
11/23/2018* 12:00 pm	No. 7	vs. Morgan State Puerto Rico Classic	W 68–44	5–0	Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez (60) San Juan, PR
11/24/2018* 12:00 pm	No. 7	vs. Georgia Puerto Rico Classic	W 58–51	6–0	Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez (188) San Juan, PR
11/29/2018* 6:30 pm, BTN	No. 7	Georgia Tech ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 67–54	7–0	Xfinity Center (4,108) College Park, MD
12/02/2018* 1:00 pm	No. 7	UMBC	W 92–61	8–0	Xfinity Center (4,226) College Park, MD
12/08/2018* 12:00 pm	No. 7	James Madison	W 87–63	9–0	Xfinity Center (4,357) College Park, MD
12/10/2018* 11:00 am	No. 6	Loyola (MD)	W 83–48	10–0	Xfinity Center (9,736) College Park, MD
12/20/2018* 3:00 pm	No. 5	at Delaware	W 77–53	11–0	Bob Carpenter Center (1,423) Newark, DE
Big Ten regular season
12/28/2018 7:00 pm	No. 4	at Penn State	W 77–61	12–0 (1–0)	Bryce Jordan Center (2,259) University Park, PA
12/31/2018 12:00 pm	No. 4	Rutgers	L 65–73	12–1 (1–1)	Xfinity Center (5,892) College Park, MD
01/05/2019 4:00 pm, BTN	No. 4	Ohio State	W 75–69	13–1 (2–1)	Xfinity Center (6,731) College Park, MD
01/08/2019 8:00 pm	No. 9	at Nebraska	W 81–63	14–1 (3–1)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,796) Lincoln, NE
01/12/2019 4:30 pm, BTN	No. 9	Michigan	W 83–69	15–1 (4–1)	Xfinity Center (6,218) College Park, MD
01/17/2019 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 9	at No. 17 Michigan State	L 60–77	15–2 (4–2)	Breslin Center (5,651) East Lansing, MI
01/20/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 9	Penn State	W 79–67	16–2 (5–2)	Xfinity Center (7,684) College Park, MD
01/24/2019 8:00 pm, BTN	No. 11	at Ohio State	W 70–57	17–2 (6–2)	Value City Arena (3,962) Columbus, OH
01/27/2019 12:00 pm, BTN	No. 11	at Indiana	W 76–56	18–2 (7–2)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (4,555) Bloomington, IN
01/31/2019 7:00 pm	No. 11	Wisconsin	W 75–57	19–2 (8–2)	Xfinity Center (4,594) College Park, MD
02/04/2019 7:30 pm, BTN	No. 10	at Illinois	W 80–66	20–2 (9–2)	State Farm Center (1,088) Champaign, IL
02/07/2019 6:30 pm	No. 10	Northwestern	W 72–57	21–2 (10–2)	Xfinity Center (4,933) College Park, MD
02/10/2019 2:00 pm	No. 10	at No. 20 Rutgers	W 62–48	22–2 (11–2)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (4,573) Piscataway, NJ
02/14/2019 8:00 pm, BTN	No. 7	Nebraska	W 89–63	23–2 (12–2)	Xfinity Center (4,467) College Park, MD
02/17/2019 1:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 7	at No. 14 Iowa	L 73–86	23–3 (12–3)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (10,716) Iowa City, IA
02/21/2019 7:00 pm, BTN	No. 8	Minnesota	W 71–69	24–3 (13–3)	Xfinity Center (5,116) College Park, MD
02/25/2019 6:30 pm, BTN	No. 8	at Purdue	W 58–55	25–3 (14–3)	Mackey Arena (6,009) West Lafayette, IN
03/02/2019 2:00 pm	No. 8	Illinois	W 71–62	26–3 (15–3)	Xfinity Center (8,638) College Park, MD
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/08/2019 12:00 pm, BTN	(1) No. 8	vs. (9) Michigan State Quarterfinals	W 71–55	27–3	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
03/09/2019 5:00 pm, BTN	(1) No. 8	vs. (4) Michigan Semifinals	W 73–72	28–3	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
03/10/2019 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(1) No. 8	vs. (2) No. 10 Iowa Championship Game	L 76–90	28–4	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (4,427) Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/23/2019* 11:00 am, ESPN2	(4 A) No. 9	(13 A) Radford First Round	W 73–51	29–4	Xfinity Center (5,072) College Park, MD
03/25/2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN	(4 A) No. 9	(6 A) No. 20 UCLA Second Round	L 80–85	29–5	Xfinity Center (3,941) College Park, MD
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[1]

Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	9	9	7	7	7	6	5	4	4	9	9	11	11	10	7	8	8	8	9	N/A
Coaches	10	10^	10	8	7	6	5	4	4	9	9	10	10	8	8	9	9	8	9	11

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

References

^ "Women's Basketball - Schedule - Maryland Terrapins Athletics - University of Maryland Terps Official Athletic Site". Umterps.com.

External links

Official Team Website

[1] "Women's Basketball - Schedule - Maryland Terrapins Athletics - University of Maryland Terps Official Athletic Site". Umterps.com.

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2018–19 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team

Contents

Roster

Recruits

Awards and honors

Preseason

Individual awards

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References

External links