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Oluchi Okananwa’s season may have ended earlier than she hoped, and perhaps in a more viral way than she anticipated, but her rise as a leader has become an important story for Maryland women’s basketball. “I love pressure,” Okananwa said. “I think pressure is a privilege.”
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Maryland women’s basketball will face Murray State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. “This is a group that’s really, really resilient,” head coach Brenda Frese said of her team. ” … It’s a group that just comes ready to work, wants to be as good as they can possibly be.”
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After weathering a midseason slump, Maryland women’s basketball is now 21-6 overall and 9-6 in the Big Ten, and redshirt senior Saylor Poffenbarger says the experience has made the team stronger. “It taught us a lot about ourselves at the right time.”
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Maryland women’s basketball will play a home-and-home series with Ohio State. The Terps will also host NCAA Tournament teams Indiana, Iowa, Northwestern, Washington and Oregon, as well as Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin.
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Brenda Frese likes how the Terps finished the regular season and is hopeful her squad can keep it rolling in the NCAA Tournament. “Our conference prepares us,” Frese said. “We get to play the best of the best every single night.”
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Maryland women’s basketball lost its first game of the 2024-25 season when it dropped a 79-74 decision to No. 4 USC on Jan. 8, part of a challenging schedule that head coach Brenda Frese hopes prepares the Terps for March.
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Maryland women’s basketball head coach Brenda Frese has skillfully adapted to the evolving basketball landscape. “We’re really deep, we’re really talented,” Frese said. “As long as we can continue to stay unselfish, great things will be in store for this team.”
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Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark delivered a 38-point, 12-assist performance in front of a sellout crowd at Xfinity Center on Feb. 3, while Maryland pushed the Hawkeyes for much of the second half before falling, 93-85.
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The No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft, former Maryland star Diamond Miller compares herself to a “sponge,” soaking up lessons in her first pro season. “I know I’m going to make mistakes,” Miller said, “I know I still have a lot to learn.”
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Maryland women’s basketball’s season ended with a 86-75 loss to South Carolina in the Elite Eight, but ESPN college hoops analyst Debbie Antonelli was particularly impressed with head coach Brenda Frese’s work considering how much she lost last offseason.
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