2025–26 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team

2025–26 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball
2025–26 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 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
Illinois	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Indiana	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Iowa	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Michigan	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Michigan State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Minnesota	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Nebraska	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Northwestern	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Ohio State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Oregon	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Penn State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Purdue	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Rutgers	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UCLA	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
USC	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Washington	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Wisconsin	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner 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 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		G	5'10"	Junior	Boston, MA	Duke
Yarden Garzon		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	2	Kaylene Smikle	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Westtown School Rutgers	Bay Shore, NY
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	8	Kyndal Walker	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	St. John's College	Beltsville, MD
G/F	10	Mir McLean	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	GS	Roland Park Country School Virginia	Baltimore, MD
F	14	Allie Kubek	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	GS	Sanford School Towson	Elkton, MD
F	22	Isimenme Ozzy-Momodou	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Gulf Coast State	London, England
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
G	tbd	Lea Bartelme	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr		Kisovec, Slovenia
F	tbd	Marya Boiko	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr		Minsk, Belarus
F	tbd	Nicole Fritea	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr		Arad, Romania
G	tbd	Yarden Garzon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Ostrovsky Indiana	Ra'anana, Israel
G	tbh	Addi Mack	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Minnehaha Academy	Minneapolis, MN
G	tbd	Oluchi Okananwa	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Worcester Academy Duke	Boston, MA
G	tbh	Rainey Welson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Hortonville	Greenville, WI

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	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 3, 2025* TBA	Loyola (MD)	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
November 6, 2025* TBA	UMBC	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
November 9, 2025* TBA	Georgetown	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
November 13, 2025* TBA	Towson	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
November 16, 2025* TBA	Princeton	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
November 23, 2025* TBA	George Mason	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
November 26, 2025* 6:30 p.m.	vs. Kentucky Puerto Rico Shootout	Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR
November 27, 2025* 4:00 p.m.	vs. Hofstra Puerto Rico Shootout	Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR
December 3, 2025* TBA	Mount St. Mary's	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
December 10, 2025* TBA	Delaware State	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
December 19, 2025* TBA	Central Connecticut State	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
	at Illinois	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
	Indiana	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
	Iowa	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
	at Michigan	Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI
	at Michigan State	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
	at Minnesota	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
	Nebraska	Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE
	Northwestern	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
	Ohio State	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
	at Ohio State	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
	Oregon	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
	Penn State	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
	Purdue	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
	at Rutgers	Jersey Mike's Arena Piscataway, NJ
	at UCLA	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
	at USC	Galen Center Los Angeles, CA
	Washington	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
	Wisconsin	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
Big Ten tournament
March 4–8, 2026 TBA	vs.	Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Sources:^[1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP
Coaches

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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