# 2018–19 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Terrapins, led by seventeenth year head coach Brenda Frese, played their home games at the Xfinity Center as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 29–4, 15–3 in Big Ten play to win the Big Ten regular season championship. They advanced to the championship of the Big Ten women's tournament where they lost to Iowa State. They received an at-large to the NCAA women's basketball tournament as the No. 4 seed in the Albany region. There they defeated Radford before losing to UCLA in the Second Round.

## Roster
### Recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Faith Masonius W | Spring Lake, New Jersey | Manasquan High School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | N/A | Jan 22, 2018 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 96 ||||||
| Diamond Miller G | Somerset, New Jersey | Franklin High School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | N/A | Mar 10, 2018 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98 ||||||
| Ashley Owusu PG | Woodbridge, Virginia | Paul VI High School | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | N/A | Aug 10, 2017 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98 ||||||
| Zoe Young G | Urbandale, Iowa | Valley High School | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | N/A | Aug 14, 2017 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ESPN: 3 ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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: ||||||

## Awards and honors
### Preseason

* Kaila Charles
       Coached Preseason All-Big Ten team
       Media Preseason All-Big Ten team

### Individual awards

* Brenda Frese
       All-Big Ten Coach of the Year (coaches/media)
* Taylor Mikesell
       Unanimous All-Big Ten Freshman of the Year
       First Team All-Big Ten (media)
       Second Team All-Big Ten (coaches)
       Big Ten All-Freshman Team
* Kaila Charles
       Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten (coaches/media)
       Honorable Mention All-American (AP)
* Stephanie Jones
       Second Team All-Big Ten (Big Ten Media)
       Honorable Mention All-Big Ten
* Shakira Austin
       Big Ten All-Freshman Team
       Big Ten All-Defensive Team
       Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Big Ten Media)
* Sarah Myers
       Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/28/2018* 12:00 pm | No. 9 | Kutztown | W 90–63 | | Xfinity Center College Park, MD |
| 11/02/2018* 6:00 pm | No. 9 | Clarion | W 127–41 | | Xfinity Center College Park, MD |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/09/2018* 7:00 pm | No. 9 | Coppin State | W 93–36 | 1–0 | Xfinity Center (4,432) College Park, MD |
| 11/11/2018* 2:00 pm | No. 9 | Dayton | W 82–71 | 2–0 | Xfinity Center (4,631) College Park, MD |
| 11/14/2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | No. 9 | at George Washington | W 69–30 | 3–0 | Charles E. Smith Center (1,170) Washington, D.C. |
| 11/18/2018* 5:30 pm, ESPN | No. 9 | at No. 10 South Carolina | W 85–61 | 4–0 | Colonial Life Arena (11,240) Columbia, SC |
| 11/23/2018* 12:00 pm | No. 7 | vs. Morgan State Puerto Rico Classic | W 68–44 | 5–0 | Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez (60) San Juan, PR |
| 11/24/2018* 12:00 pm | No. 7 | vs. Georgia Puerto Rico Classic | W 58–51 | 6–0 | Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez (188) San Juan, PR |
| 11/29/2018* 6:30 pm, BTN | No. 7 | Georgia Tech ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 67–54 | 7–0 | Xfinity Center (4,108) College Park, MD |
| 12/02/2018* 1:00 pm | No. 7 | UMBC | W 92–61 | 8–0 | Xfinity Center (4,226) College Park, MD |
| 12/08/2018* 12:00 pm | No. 7 | James Madison | W 87–63 | 9–0 | Xfinity Center (4,357) College Park, MD |
| 12/10/2018* 11:00 am | No. 6 | Loyola (MD) | W 83–48 | 10–0 | Xfinity Center (9,736) College Park, MD |
| 12/20/2018* 3:00 pm | No. 5 | at Delaware | W 77–53 | 11–0 | Bob Carpenter Center (1,423) Newark, DE |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 12/28/2018 7:00 pm | No. 4 | at Penn State | W 77–61 | 12–0 (1–0) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,259) University Park, PA |
| 12/31/2018 12:00 pm | No. 4 | Rutgers | L 65–73 | 12–1 (1–1) | Xfinity Center (5,892) College Park, MD |
| 01/05/2019 4:00 pm, BTN | No. 4 | Ohio State | W 75–69 | 13–1 (2–1) | Xfinity Center (6,731) College Park, MD |
| 01/08/2019 8:00 pm | No. 9 | at Nebraska | W 81–63 | 14–1 (3–1) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,796) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/12/2019 4:30 pm, BTN | No. 9 | Michigan | W 83–69 | 15–1 (4–1) | Xfinity Center (6,218) College Park, MD |
| 01/17/2019 6:00 pm, BTN | No. 9 | at No. 17 Michigan State | L 60–77 | 15–2 (4–2) | Breslin Center (5,651) East Lansing, MI |
| 01/20/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 9 | Penn State | W 79–67 | 16–2 (5–2) | Xfinity Center (7,684) College Park, MD |
| 01/24/2019 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 11 | at Ohio State | W 70–57 | 17–2 (6–2) | Value City Arena (3,962) Columbus, OH |
| 01/27/2019 12:00 pm, BTN | No. 11 | at Indiana | W 76–56 | 18–2 (7–2) | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (4,555) Bloomington, IN |
| 01/31/2019 7:00 pm | No. 11 | Wisconsin | W 75–57 | 19–2 (8–2) | Xfinity Center (4,594) College Park, MD |
| 02/04/2019 7:30 pm, BTN | No. 10 | at Illinois | W 80–66 | 20–2 (9–2) | State Farm Center (1,088) Champaign, IL |
| 02/07/2019 6:30 pm | No. 10 | Northwestern | W 72–57 | 21–2 (10–2) | Xfinity Center (4,933) College Park, MD |
| 02/10/2019 2:00 pm | No. 10 | at No. 20 Rutgers | W 62–48 | 22–2 (11–2) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (4,573) Piscataway, NJ |
| 02/14/2019 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 7 | Nebraska | W 89–63 | 23–2 (12–2) | Xfinity Center (4,467) College Park, MD |
| 02/17/2019 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 7 | at No. 14 Iowa | L 73–86 | 23–3 (12–3) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (10,716) Iowa City, IA |
| 02/21/2019 7:00 pm, BTN | No. 8 | Minnesota | W 71–69 | 24–3 (13–3) | Xfinity Center (5,116) College Park, MD |
| 02/25/2019 6:30 pm, BTN | No. 8 | at Purdue | W 58–55 | 25–3 (14–3) | Mackey Arena (6,009) West Lafayette, IN |
| 03/02/2019 2:00 pm | No. 8 | Illinois | W 71–62 | 26–3 (15–3) | Xfinity Center (8,638) College Park, MD |
| Big Ten Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2019 12:00 pm, BTN | (1) No. 8 | vs. (9) Michigan State Quarterfinals | W 71–55 | 27–3 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| 03/09/2019 5:00 pm, BTN | (1) No. 8 | vs. (4) Michigan Semifinals | W 73–72 | 28–3 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| 03/10/2019 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | (1) No. 8 | vs. (2) No. 10 Iowa Championship Game | L 76–90 | 28–4 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (4,427) Indianapolis, IN |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/23/2019* 11:00 am, ESPN2 | (4 A) No. 9 | (13 A) Radford First Round | W 73–51 | 29–4 | Xfinity Center (5,072) College Park, MD |
| 03/25/2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN | (4 A) No. 9 | (6 A) No. 20 UCLA Second Round | L 80–85 | 29–5 | Xfinity Center (3,941) College Park, MD |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
Source

## Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.