2021–22 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team

2021–22 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball
2021–22 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 13
Record	23–9 (13–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Brenda Frese (20th season);
Assistant coaches	Karen Blair (4th season); Kaitlynn Fratz (4th season); Lindsey Spann (2nd season);
Home arena	Xfinity Center
	Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 Ohio State	14	–	4	.778	25	–	7	.781
No. 8 Iowa †	14	–	4	.778	24	–	8	.750
No. 12 Michigan	13	–	4	.765	25	–	7	.781
No. 13 Maryland	13	–	4	.765	23	–	9	.719
No. 11 Indiana	11	–	5	.688	24	–	9	.727
Nebraska	11	–	7	.611	24	–	9	.727
Northwestern	8	–	8	.500	17	–	12	.586
Michigan State	8	–	9	.471	15	–	15	.500
Purdue	7	–	11	.389	17	–	15	.531
Minnesota	7	–	11	.389	15	–	18	.455
Penn State	5	–	13	.278	11	–	18	.379
Wisconsin	5	–	13	.278	8	–	21	.276
Rutgers	3	–	14	.176	11	–	20	.355
Illinois	1	–	13	.071	7	–	20	.259

† 2022 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2021–22 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Terrapins were led by head coach Brenda Frese in her twentieth season, and played their home games at the Xfinity Center as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season[edit]

The Terrapins finished the 2020–21 season with a 26–3 record, including 17–1 in Big Ten play to finish in first place and capturing their sixth Big Ten title. They also won the 2021 Big Ten women's basketball tournament title for the fifth time in school history, and received an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.^[1]^[2]

Offseason[edit]

On May 25, 2021, Maryland signed Brenda Frese to a six-year contract extension through the 2026–27 season.^[3]

Roster[edit]

2021–22 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Shyanne Sellers	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Aurora	Aurora, OH
G	1	Diamond Miller	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Franklin	Somerset, NJ
F	2	Mimi Collins	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Jr	Paul VI Catholic HS Tennessee	Waldorf, MD
G	3	Channise Lewis	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	GS	Miami Country Day	Miami, FL
F	10	Angel Reese	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	St. Frances Academy	Baltimore, MD
G	11	Katie Benzan	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	GS	Noble and Greenough School Harvard	Wellesley, MA
F	13	Faith Masonius	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Manasquan	Spring Lake, NJ
G	14	Taisiya Kozlova	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Elevation Prep Academy	Moscow, Russia
G	15	Ashley Owusu	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Paul VI Catholic HS	Woodbridge, VA
F	21	Emma Chardon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	CEC André-Chavanne	Geneva, Switzerland
F	55	Chloe Bibby	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Rowville Secondary College Mississippi State	Warracknabeal, Australia
G	--	Zoe Young	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS So	West Des Moines Valley	Des Moines, IA

Head coach

Brenda Frese (Arizona)

Assistant coach(es)

Karen Blair (SMU)
Kaitlynn Fratz (California (PA))
Lindsey Spann (Penn State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2021* 6:00 pm	No. 4	Fairmont State	W 120–67		Xfinity Center College Park, MD
November 4, 2021* 6:00 pm	No. 4	Georgian Court	W 125–33		Xfinity Center College Park, MD
Regular Season
November 9, 2021* 11:00 am, BTN+	No. 4	Longwood	W 97–67	1–0	Xfinity Center (4,613) College Park, MD
November 12, 2021* 7:00 pm, BTN+	No. 4	Villanova	W 88—67	2–0	Xfinity Center (5,150) College Park, MD
November 14, 2021* 2:00 pm	No. 4	at James Madison	W 81–45	3–0	Atlantic Union Bank Center (2,887) Harrisonburg, VA
November 16, 2021* 7:00 pm, BTN+	No. 3	Mount St. Mary's	W 98–57	4–0	Xfinity Center (3,683) College Park, MD
November 18, 2021* 6:00 pm, BTN+	No. 3	UNC Wilmington	W 108–66	5–0	Xfinity Center (3,695) College Park, MD
November 21, 2021* 1:00 pm, BTN	No. 3	No. 6 Baylor	W 79–76	6–0	Xfinity Center (8,395) College Park, MD
November 25, 2021* 11:00 am	No. 2	vs. No. 5 NC State Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship	L 60–78	6–1	Baha Mar Convention Center Nassau, Bahamas
November 27, 2021* 3:00 pm	No. 2	vs. No. 7 Stanford Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship	L 68–86	6–2	Baha Mar Convention Center Nassau, Bahamas
December 2, 2021* 8:00 pm, BTN	No. 8	Miami ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 82–74	7–2	Xfinity Center (4,367) College Park, MD
December 5, 2021 2:00 pm, BTN	No. 8	at Rutgers	W 73–59	8–2 (1–0)	Rutgers Athletic Center (860) Piscataway, NJ
December 8, 2021 7:00 pm, BTN+	No. 8	Purdue	W 86–71	9–2 (2–0)	Xfinity Center (4,254) College Park, MD
December 12, 2021* 3:00 pm, ESPN	No. 8	at No. 1 South Carolina Women's Jimmy V Classic	L 59–66	9–3	Colonial Life Arena (12,862) Columbia, SC
December 21, 2021* 11:00 am	No. 6	at Coppin State	W 98–52	10–3	Physical Education Complex (500) Baltimore, MD
December 30, 2021 8:00 pm, BTN+	No. 6	at Illinois	Postponed due to COVID-19 protocols from Illinois		State Farm Center Champaign, IL
January 2, 2022 3:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 6	at No. 8 Indiana	L 63–70 ^OT	10–4 (2–1)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (5,572) Bloomington, IN
January 6, 2022 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 10	Penn State	W 106–78	11–4 (3–1)	Xfinity Center (4,174) College Park, MD
January 9, 2022 3:00 pm, BTN+	No. 10	at Minnesota	W 87–73	12–4 (4–1)	Williams Arena (3,447) Minneapolis, MN
January 16, 2022 5:00 pm, ESPN	No. 8	No. 11 Michigan	L 49–69	12–5 (4–2)	Xfinity Center (4,189) College Park, MD
January 20, 2022 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 12	at Ohio State	L 89–95	12–6 (4–3)	Value City Arena (3,319) Columbus, OH
January 23, 2022 1:00 pm, BTN+	No. 12	Northwestern	W 87–59	13–6 (5–3)	Xfinity Center (4,940) College Park, MD
January 27, 2022 6:00 pm, BTN+	No. 17	Rutgers	W 72–55	14–6 (6–3)	Xfinity Center (3,987) College Park, MD
January 30, 2022 2:00 pm, BTN+	No. 17	at Penn State	W 82–71	15–6 (7–3)	Bryce Jordan Center (2,678) University Park, PA
February 3, 2022 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 17	at Michigan State	W 67–62	16–6 (8–3)	Breslin Center (2,563) East Lansing, MI
February 6, 2022 1:00 pm, BTN+	No. 17	Nebraska	W 80–65	17–6 (9–3)	Xfinity Center (6,047) College Park, MD
February 9, 2022 6:00 pm, BTN+	No. 15	Wisconsin	W 70–43	18–6 (10–3)	Xfinity Center (4,123) College Park, MD
February 14, 2022 9:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 13	at No. 22 Iowa	W 81–69	19–6 (11–3)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (9,820) Iowa City, IA
February 17, 2022 8:00 pm, BTN	No. 13	No. 18 Ohio State	W 77–72	20–6 (12–3)	Xfinity Center (4,987) College Park, MD
February 20, 2022 3:00 pm, BTN	No. 13	at No. 9 Michigan	L 59–71	20–7 (12–4)	Crisler Center (4,987) Ann Arbor, MI
February 25, 2022 8:00 pm, BTN	No. 13	No. 10 Indiana	W 67–64	21–7 (13–4)	Xfinity Center (7,532) College Park, MD
Big Ten tournament
March 4, 2022 2:00 pm, BTN	(4) No. 11	vs. (5) No. 14 Indiana Quarterfinals	L 51–62	21–8	Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Tournament
March 18, 2022 5:00 pm, ESPNU	(4 S) No. 13	(13 S) Delaware First Round	W 102–71	22–8	Xfinity Center (4,776) College Park, MD
March 20, 2022 3:00 pm, ESPN	(4 S) No. 13	(12 S) No. 23 Florida Gulf Coast Second Round	W 89–65	23–8	Xfinity Center (4,575) College Park, MD
March 25, 2022 9:30 pm, ESPN	(4 S) No. 13	vs. (1 S) No. 2 Stanford Sweet Sixteen	L 66–72	23–9	Spokane Arena (7,142) Spokane, WA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. Source:^[4]^[5]

Rankings[edit]

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	4	3	2	8	8	9	6	6	10	8	12
Coaches	5	5*	3	8	7	10	8	8	9	8	11

*Coaches did not release a week 1 poll.

References[edit]

^ "Terps Dominate Iowa To Win 5th B1G Tourney Title, 104-84". umterps.com. March 13, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
^ "Terrapins Take on Longhorns in Sweet Sixteen Sunday". umterps.com. March 26, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
^ "Maryland Announces Contract Extension For Brenda Frese". umterps.com. May 25, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule". umterps.com. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
^ "Women's Hoops Conference Schedule Announced". umterps.com. September 8, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.

External links[edit]

Official Team Website

[1] "Terps Dominate Iowa To Win 5th B1G Tourney Title, 104-84". umterps.com. March 13, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.

[2] "Terrapins Take on Longhorns in Sweet Sixteen Sunday". umterps.com. March 26, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.

[3] "Maryland Announces Contract Extension For Brenda Frese". umterps.com. May 25, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.

[4] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule". umterps.com. Retrieved October 28, 2021.

[5] "Women's Hoops Conference Schedule Announced". umterps.com. September 8, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.

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