2025–26 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team

2025–26 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball
2025–26 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 17
Record	24–9 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Brenda Frese (24th season);
Assistant coaches	Carley Kuhns (1st season); Kaitlynn Fratz (8th season); Lindsey Spann (6th season); Jessica Imhof (1st season); Noelle Cobb (1st season);
Home arena	Xfinity Center

2025–26 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 UCLA †	18	–	0	1.000	33	–	1	.971
No. 9 Michigan	15	–	3	.833	27	–	6	.818
No. 7 Iowa	15	–	3	.833	27	–	7	.794
No. 12 Ohio State	13	–	5	.722	27	–	8	.771
No. 18 Minnesota	13	–	5	.722	24	–	8	.750
No. 17 Maryland	11	–	7	.611	24	–	9	.727
No. 20 Michigan State	11	–	7	.611	23	–	9	.719
Washington	10	–	8	.556	22	–	11	.667
USC	9	–	9	.500	18	–	14	.563
Illinois	9	–	9	.500	22	–	12	.647
Oregon	8	–	10	.444	23	–	13	.639
Nebraska	7	–	11	.389	19	–	13	.594
Indiana	6	–	12	.333	18	–	14	.563
Purdue	5	–	13	.278	13	–	17	.433
Wisconsin	5	–	13	.278	15	–	17	.469
Penn State	4	–	14	.222	11	–	18	.379
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	8	–	21	.276
Rutgers	1	–	17	.056	9	–	20	.310

† 2026 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 22, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Terrapins are led by head coach Brenda Frese in her 24th season, and played their home games at the Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Terrapins finished the 2024–25 season 25–8, 13–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to Michigan. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the Birmingham 2 region. They defeated Norfolk State and Alabama in the first and second rounds to advanced to the sweet sixteen where they lost to South Carolina.

Offseason

Departures

Maryland departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Shyanne Sellers	0	G	6'2"	Senior	Aurora, OH	Graduated/2025 WNBA draft; selected 17th overall by Golden State Valkyries
Sarah Te-Biasu	1	G	5'5"	Graduate Student	Montreal, QC	Graduated
Emily Fisher	3	G	6'0"	Sophomore	Libertyville, IL	Transferred to Nebraska
Christina Dalce	15	F	6'2"	Senior	Edison, NJ	Graduated
Emma Chardon	21	F	6'2"	Junior	Geneva, Switzerland	Graduated
Amari DeBerry	42	F	6'6"	Senior	Williamsville, NY	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Maryland transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Oluchi Okananwa	7	G	5'10"	Junior	Boston, MA	Duke
Yarden Garzon	12	G	6'3"	Senior	Ra'anana, Israel	Indiana

Recruiting classes

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Rainey Welson G	Hortonville, WI	Hortonville High School	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A
Rainey Welson G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (95)
Addison Mack PG	Eden Prairie, MN	Minnehaha Academy	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A
Addison Mack PG	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (91)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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: "2025 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on July 30, 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Rainey Welson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Hortonville	Greenville, WI
G	1	Lea Bartelme	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr		Kisovec, Slovenia
G	2	Kaylene Smikle	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Westtown School Rutgers	Bay Shore, NY
G	3	Addi Mack	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Minnehaha Academy	Minneapolis, MN
G/F	5	Ava McKennie	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	McDonogh School	McSherrystown, PA
G	6	Saylor Poffenbarger	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	Middletown Arkansas	Middletown, MD
G	7	Oluchi Okananwa	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Worcester Academy Duke	Boston, MA
G	8	Kyndal Walker	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	St. John's College	Beltsville, MD
F	9	Isimenme Ozzy-Momodou	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Gulf Coast State	London, England
G/F	10	Mir McLean	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	GS	Roland Park Country School Virginia	Baltimore, MD
F	11	Marya Boiko	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr		Minsk, Belarus
G	12	Yarden Garzon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Ostrovsky Indiana	Ra'anana, Israel
F	21	Nicole Fritea	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr		Arad, Romania
G	24	Bri McDaniel	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Kenwood Academy	Chicago, IL
F	40	Breanna Williams	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Skyview	Billings, MT

Head coach

Brenda Frese (Arizona)

Assistant coach(es)

Carley Kuhns (Valdosta State)
Kaitlynn Fratz (California (PA))
Lindsey Spann (Penn State)
Jessica Imhof (TCNJ)
Noelle Cobb (La Verne)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 26, 2025* 2:00 p.m.	No. 10	vs. No. 9 NC State The Bad Boy Mowers Series Exhibition	L 75–83		21 – Okananwa	13 – Poffenbarger	4 – Mack	First Horizon Coliseum (8,000) Greensboro, NC
October 30, 2025* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 10	Point Park	W 120–35		19 – Okananwa	11 – Ozzy-Momodu	6 – Tied	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
Regular season
November 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 10	Loyola (MD)	W 80–26	1–0	18 – Okananwa	5 – Tied	6 – Garzon	Xfinity Center (5,614) College Park, MD
November 6, 2025* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 10	UMBC	W 87–54	2–0	15 – Tied	7 – Boiko	7 – Bartelme	Xfinity Center (5,462) College Park, MD
November 9, 2025* 1:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 10	Georgetown	W 85–66	3–0	23 – Mack	12 – Poffenbarger	5 – Poffenbarger	Xfinity Center (6,263) College Park, MD
November 13, 2025* 7:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 9	Towson	W 88–70	4–0	15 – Mack	8 – Okananwa	6 – Mack	Xfinity Center (4,940) College Park, MD
November 16, 2025* 1:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 9	Princeton	W 84–68	5–0	20 – Okananwa	7 – Ozzy-Momodu	4 – Tied	Xfinity Center (6,748) College Park, MD
November 20, 2025* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 9	Bethune–Cookman	W 95–59	6–0	13 – Tied	8 – Williams	5 – Garzon	Xfinity Center (4,920) College Park, MD
November 23, 2025* 2:30 p.m., BTN	No. 9	George Mason	W 84–62	7–0	23 – Okananwa	9 – Garzon	5 – Okananwa	Xfinity Center (7,402) College Park, MD
November 26, 2025* 6:30 p.m., FloHoops	No. 7	vs. No. 16 Kentucky Puerto Rico Shootout	W 74–66	8–0	22 – Smikle	6 – Tied	6 – Mack	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
November 27, 2025* 4:00 p.m., FloHoops	No. 7	vs. Hofstra Puerto Rico Shootout	W 95–38	9–0	13 – Smikle	5 – McKennie	4 – Poffenbarger	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
December 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 7	Mount St. Mary's	W 92–44	10–0	17 – Okananwa	7 – Williams	8 – Walker	Xfinity Center (4,872) College Park, MD
December 7, 2025 4:00 p.m., BTN	No. 7	at Minnesota	W 100–99 ^2OT	11–0 (1–0)	30 – Poffenbarger	10 – Poffenbarger	9 – Garzon	Williams Arena (4,854) Minneapolis, MN
December 10, 2025* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 7	Delaware State	W 91–21	12–0	18 – Tied	11 – Ozzy-Momodu	6 – Walker	Xfinity Center (5,340) College Park, MD
December 19, 2025* 11:00 a.m., B1G+	No. 7	Central Connecticut	W 98–30	13–0	25 – Garzon	10 – Okananwa	6 – Tied	Xfinity Center (17,300) College Park, MD
December 29, 2025 4:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 7	Wisconsin	W 97–59	14–0 (2–0)	28 – Okananwa	9 – Ozzy-Momodou	4 – Walker	Xfinity Center (7,580) College Park, MD
January 1, 2026 4:00 p.m., BTN	No. 7	at Illinois	L 70–73	14–1 (2–1)	17 – Garzon	8 – Poffenbarger	6 – Poffenbarger	State Farm Center (5,207) Champaign, IL
January 4, 2026 6:00 p.m., BTN	No. 7	Indiana	W 82–67	15–1 (3–1)	34 – Okananwa	15 – Ozzy-Momodu	6 – Poffenbarger	Xfinity Center (6,600) College Park, MD
January 8, 2026 7:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 8	at Rutgers	W 88–41	16–1 (4–1)	18 – Garzon	12 – Ozzy-Momodu	9 – Garzon	Jersey Mike's Arena (1,687) Piscataway, NJ
January 11, 2026 4:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 8	No. 19 Ohio State	L 76–89	16–2 (4–2)	27 – Okananwa	9 – Okananwa	6 – Poffenbarger	Xfinity Center (8,623) College Park, MD
January 15, 2026 9:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 12	at USC	W 62–55	17–2 (5–2)	12 – Mack	9 – Ozzy-Momodu	4 – Garzon	Galen Center (4,645) Los Angeles, CA
January 18, 2026 4:00 p.m., NBC	No. 12	at No. 3 UCLA	L 67–97	17–3 (5–3)	25 – Okananwa	5 – Tied	4 – Walker	Pauley Pavilion (8,721) Los Angeles, CA
January 22, 2026 6:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 15	No. 10 Iowa	L 78–85 ^OT	17–4 (5–4)	18 – Ozzy-Momodu	12 – Tied	5 – Mack	Xfinity Center (6,514) College Park, MD
January 28, 2026 7:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 16	No. 25 Washington	L 80–83 ^2OT	17–5 (5–5)	24 – Garzon	16 – Ozzy-Momodu	4 – Poffenbarger	Xfinity Center (6,425) College Park, MD
January 31, 2026 5:00 p.m., BTN	No. 16	Oregon	L 61–68	17–6 (5–6)	27 – Okananwa	8 – Poffenbarger	2 – Tied	Xfinity Center (9,364) College Park, MD
February 4, 2026 6:30 p.m., B1G+	No. 22	at No. 12 Michigan State	W 86–70	18–6 (6–6)	23 – Okananwa	8 – Poffenbarger	5 – Okananwa	Breslin Center (3,423) East Lansing, MI
February 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., BTN	No. 22	at Nebraska	W 78–60	19–6 (7–6)	16 – Ozzy-Momodu	9 – Tied	6 – Garzon	Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,113) Lincoln, NE
February 12, 2026 7:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 20	Penn State	W 81–62	20–6 (8–6)	19 – Garzon	11 – Poffenbarger	6 – Okananwa	Xfinity Center (7,015) College Park, MD
February 15, 2026 2:00 p.m., FS1	No. 20	at No. 8 Ohio State	W 76–75	21–6 (9–6)	17 – Tied	11 – Poffenbarger	4 – Tied	Value City Arena (7,504) Columbus, OH
February 22, 2026 1:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 14	Purdue	W 99–66	22–6 (10–6)	26 – Okananwa	9 – Poffenbarger	7 – Garzon	Xfinity Center (9,032) College Park, MD
February 25, 2026 6:30 p.m., B1G+	No. 14	Northwestern	W 79–57	23–6 (11–6)	25 – Okananwa	13 – Poffenbarger	4 – Poffenbarger	Xfinity Center (7,025) College Park, MD
February 28, 2026 2:30 p.m., FOX	No. 14	at No. 8 Michigan	L 69–87	23–7 (11–7)	19 – Okananwa	5 – Ozzy-Momodu	3 – Tied	Crisler Center (5,212) Ann Arbor, MI
Big Ten tournament
March 5, 2026 9:00 p.m., BTN	(6) No. 14	vs. (11) Oregon Second Round	L 68–73	23–8	27 – Okananwa	6 – Poffenbarger	6 – Garzon	Gainbridge Fieldhouse (5,149) Indianapolis, IN
NCAA tournament
March 20, 2026* 3:00 p.m., ESPNU	(5 FW1) No. 17	vs. (12 FW1) Murray State First Round	W 99–67	24–8	20 – Walker	14 – McLean	5 – Poffenbarger	Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
March 22, 2026* 12:00 p.m., ESPN	(5 FW1) No. 17	at (4 FW1) No. 15 North Carolina Second Round	L 66–74	24–9	21 – Okananwa	14 – McLean	1 – Tied	Carmichael Arena (2,470) Chapel Hill, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. Fort Worth 1=FW1. All times are in Eastern Time.

Sources:^[1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	10	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7*	8	12	15	16	22	20	14	14	14	17	17
Coaches	10	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	11	13	16	19	17	15	13	13	16	16

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

References

^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". umterps.com. Retrieved July 30, 2025.

[1] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". umterps.com. Retrieved July 30, 2025.

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