# 2009–10 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Terps were coached by eighth year head coach Brenda Frese. The Terps are a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

## Offseason

* May 5: Maryland, 31-5 last season, will welcome a Big Ten team to College Park for the first time since hosting Ohio State in the 2007 Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Terrapins upended the Buckeyes, 77-53, and followed that up with a road win at Purdue in the 2008 Challenge for a 2-0 record in the event. On December 3, the Terrapins will host the University of Minnesota.
* May 15: University of Maryland head coach Brenda Frese announced that assistant coach Erica Floyd has decided to step down from her post as assistant coach of the Terrapins women's basketball team and will pursue other opportunities outside of coaching in Louisiana.

## Regular season

* The Terrapins will compete in the Terrapin Classic on December 27 and 29.

### Roster

| Number | Name | Height | Position | Class |
| 10 | Anjale Barrett | 5-10 | G | Sophomore |
| 31 | Lori Bjork | 5-11 | G | Senior |
| 21 | Tianna Hawkins | 6-3 | F | Freshman |
| 12 | Lynetta Kizer | 6-4 | C | Sophomore |
| 3 | Jackie Nared | 6-1 | G | Redshirt Freshman |
| 14 | Yemi Oyefuwa | 6-5 | C | Sophomore |
| 2 | Dara Taylor | 5-7 | G | Freshman |
| 24 | Diandra Tchatchouang | 6-3 | F | Freshman |
| 5 | Essence Townsend | 6-7 | C | Freshman |
| 33 | Emery Wallace | 6-1 | F | Senior |

### Schedule

| Date | Location | Opponent | Time | Score | Record |
| 11/14/09 | vs. North Carolina Central | College Park, Md. | TBA | 88-39 | 1-0 |
| 11/16/09 | vs. New Hampshire | College Park, Md. | 7:00 p.m. ET | 63-43 | 2-0 |
| 11/19/09 | vs. Old Dominion | College Park, Md. | 7:00 p.m. ET | 84-67 | 3-0 |
| 11/22/09 | at Mississippi State | Starkville, Miss. | 3:00 p.m. ET | 55-84 | 3-1 |
| 11/24/09 | vs. Samford | College Park, Md. | 7:00 p.m. ET | 76-49 | 4-1 |
| 11/27/09 | vs. Howard | College Park, Md. | 7:00 p.m. ET | 79-51 | 5-1 |
| 11/29/09 | vs. Drexel | College Park, Md. | 2:00 p.m. ET | 82-65 | 6-1 |
| 12/03/09 | vs. Minnesota | College Park, Md. | 7:00 p.m. ET | 66-45 | 7-1 |
| 12/06/09 | vs. Loyola (Md) | College Park, Md. | 2:00 p.m. ET | 69-56 | 8-1 |
| 12/10/09 | at Towson | Towson, Md. | 7:00 p.m. ET | 67-55 | 8-2 |
| 12/20/09 | at American | Washington, D.C. | TBA | 75-64 | 9-2 |
| 12/27/09 | vs. Stony Brook | College Park, Md. | 4:30 p.m. ET | 76-44 | 10-2 |
| 12/29/09 | vs. UNC-Wilmington | College Park, Md. | 7:00 p.m. ET | 67-61 | 11-2 |
| 01/03/10 | vs. Saint Joseph's | College Park, Md. | 2:00 p.m. ET | 79-69 | 12-2 |
| 01/07/10 | at North Carolina State * | Raleigh, N.C. | 7:00 p.m. ET | 73-45 | 12-3 |
| 01/11/10 | at Virginia * | Charlottesville, Va. | 7:30 p.m. ET | 61-60 | 13-3 |
| 01/14/10 | vs. Boston College | College Park, Md. | 7:00 p.m. ET | 72-65 | 14-3 |
| 01/17/10 | at North Carolina * | Chapel Hill, N.C. | 5:30 p.m. ET | 75-64 | 14-4 |
| 01/21/10 | vs. Miami * | College Park, Md. | 7:00 p.m. ET | 80-77 | 14-5 |
| 01/24/10 | vs. Duke * | College Park, Md. | 8:00 p.m. ET | 58-57 | 14-6 |
| 01/28/10 | at Virginia Tech * | Blacksburg, Va. | 7:00 p.m. ET | 60-44 | 15-6 |
| 01/31/10 | at Longwood | Farmville, Va. | 2:00 p.m. ET | 85-40 | 16-6 |
| 02/05/10 | vs. Georgia Tech * | College Park, Md. | 8:30 p.m. ET | 61-60 | 16-7 |
| 02/08/10 | vs. Virginia * | College Park, Md. | 7:00 p.m. ET | 82-68 | 16-8 |
| 02/11/10 | at Wake Forest * | Winston-Salem, N.C. | 7:00 p.m. ET | 70-65 | 17-8 |
| 02/14/10 | vs. Clemson * | College Park, Md. | 2:00 p.m. ET | 71-51 | 18-8 |
| 02/21/10 | at Duke * | Durham, N.C. 1:00 p.m. ET | TBA | 71-59 | 18-9 |
| 02/25/10 | at Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Mass. | 7:00 p.m. ET | 83-70 | 18-10 |
| 02/28/10 | vs. Florida State | College Park, Md. | 3:00 p.m. ET | 94-61 | 18-11 |

## Atlantic Coast tournament

| Date | Location | Opponent | Terps Points | Opp. Points | Time | Score | Record |
| 03/04/10 | at North Carolina (First Round) | Chapel Hill, N.C. | TBA | TBA | 3:00 p.m. ET | 83-77 | 19-11 |
| 03/05/10 | at Duke (Second Round) | Durham, N.C. | TBA | TBA | 3:00 p.m. ET | 64-66 | 19-12 |

## Player stats

| Player | Games Played | Minutes | Field Goals | Three Pointers | Free Throws | Rebounds | Assists | Blocks | Steals | Points |

## Postseason
### Women's National Invitational Tournament

The Terps were selected for the Women's NIT tournament, and fell to Providence College in the third round after defeating Iona College in round 1 and East Carolina University in round 2.
| Date | Location | Opponent | Terps Points | Opp. Points | Time | Score | Record |
| 03/19/10 | Iona (First Round) | College Park, M.D. | TBA | TBA | 7:00 p.m. ET | 88-53 | 20-12 |
| 03/21/10 | East Carolina (Second Round) | College Park, M.D. | TBA | TBA | 12:00 p.m. ET | 87-52 | 21-12 |
| 03/25/10 | Providence (Third Round) | College Park, M.D. | TBA | TBA | 7:00 p.m. ET | 64-77 | 21-13 |

## Team players drafted into the WNBA

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 1 | 6 | Tianna Hawkins | Seattle Storm |