B1G Game 3: Gophers Host Maryland (1-3-24)

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As head Terrapin, Brenda Frese’s, 12-1 record versus Minnesota is nicely symmetrical. Starting in 2009, her Terps ran off six straight wins including a 110-77 romp in 2016. The Gophers finally broke through with a 93-74 romp of their own in 2018. Unfortunately, that was followed by six more Maryland wins punctuated by last season’s 107-85 beat down in College Park.

Still, in last season’s post-game, Frese gave Gopher fans some future hope while stating who owned the present:

"It was just a great start. You saw a tremendous reset from us coming out of the holiday break, coming back really fresh and I thought we set the tone from the tip. Minnesota's young players are really impressive and are great scorers. The fact that we were able to dictate on the defensive end, our press and our turnovers that we were able to force, 30-2, was a huge piece in the game for us."

The two best Gophers were Alanna Micheaux (22 points and 9 rebounds) and Maggie Czinano (16 points and 8 rebounds). Amaya Battle (8 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists) out shown Braun with 10 points and Heyer with 9. For the Terps, Diamond Miller (whom we don’t have to worry about this season) had 22 points and 5 steals. Among the players we do need to worry about, Shyanne Sellers posted 19 points and 9 rebounds and Lavender Briggs contributed 14 points and 5 rebounds.

Maryland’s season began normally enough with a 98-75 win over Harvard. Then the Terps dropped three of four. They lost at South Carolina 76-114, at UConn 48-80, barely defeated Syracuse 83-81 before being tripped up by Washington State in Cancun 67-83.

The Gamecocks scored 68 points in the second half and were 12-24 from behind the arc as the shorter Terps packed the lane. The Huskies forced 27 Maryland turnovers and a dominant Paige Bueckers (24 points and 5 steals) took over the game. It took Allie Kubek’s 23 points in 29 minutes and Shyanne Sellers’ 19 points, 8 rebounds and 5 steals to finally squeeze the Orange. (Syracuse is now 11-1 after defeating Notre Dame on Sunday). All this combined to knock Maryland out of the AP top 25 for the first time in 13 years. The Terps confirmed the pollsters balloting when Washington State guard Charlisse Leger-Walker (11 point, 15 rebound, 13 assists and a steal) led the Cougars to victory.

Maryland put together a seven-game winning streak before losing at Nebraska on Sunday afternoon. They are a difficult to prepare for enigma sporting a 9-4 (1-1 in the B1G) record and coming to Williams Arena on Wednesday night.

Players of note:

Lavander Briggs: the 6’1” graduate swing player was injured in the loss to Washington State and sat out until the Nebraska game where she came off the bench to release a bevy of pent-up points. In 32 minutes, Briggs scored 25 points (3-6 from three), grabbed 4 rebounds, and dished out 2 assists with no turnovers.

Shyanne Sellers: the touted 6’2” junior guard spent much of the Nebraska game watching from the bench. Silly fouls limited the Terps leading scorer to 21 minutes. 1-7 shooting limited her to 4 points and 7 turnovers limited the Maryland offense. It was a marked contrast to the 13 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists and 5 steals Sellers posted against Nebraska.

Allie Kubek: on a team that lacks usable height at the post it’s the 6’2” red shirt junior forward’s job to step up and play big. She did so versus Northwestern knocking down a team leading 17 points in 31 minutes along with 4 rebounds. Against Nebraska, Kubek’s 10 points and 5 rebounds paled in comparison to Nebraska’s post offense of Alexis Markowski (20 points and 10 rebounds) and Natilie Potts (17 points and 13 rebounds).

Bri McDaniel: the 5’10” junior guard is the Terps second leading scorer (11.2 ppg) and the leading accumulator of fouls. She had 8 points and 5 fouls versus Nebraska and 8 points and 5 rebounds versus Nebraska in 15 minutes.

Jakia Brown-Turner: the 6’0” graduate guard is the Terps third leading scorer at 11.2 ppg. She had 9 points and 5 fouls in 23 minutes at Nebraska.

Brinae Alexander: the 6’0” graduate swing player is the primary three-point threat (33-80). She played 31 minutes at Nebraska and knocked down two threes.

Faith Masonius: the 6’1” graduate swing player averages 21.8 minutes per game and epitomizes Brenda Frese’s interchangeable position players. She had 8 points in 21 minutes at Nebraska and 9 points in 27 minutes versus the Wildcats.
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We need to get off to a better offensive start and resume playing more aggressive D. Hope they have put the IO game behind them n seize this opportunity to beat MD. It’s been years when I felt like if we play our game we can beat MD. Go Gophers !
 

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Maryland, Minnesota to Meet Wednesday in Minneapolis - University of Maryland Athletics

The Maryland women's basketball team (9-4, 1-1 B1G) will open 2024 with a matchup at Minnesota (11-2, 1-1) Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET at the Gophers' Williams Arena
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Coach Brenda Frese has been with Maryland for 21+ years. "Few coaches across any sport can claim the level of consistency and standard of excellence as Brenda Frese can in her 21 years at Maryland. Two-time National Coach of the Year, Frese's high work rate and positive attitude has resulted in 17 top-15 recruiting classes, three Final Fours, 14 conference titles and a National Championship in 2006. Frese has balanced that strong work ethic with a fun and family-friendly environment, also becoming a wife and a mother of twin boys, giving birth to them in the midst of one of the most successful seasons in the program's history."

"Shyanne Sellers is leading the Terrapins in points (16.7), rebounds (6.2), assists (5.2) and steals (1.9) and is the first to lead Maryland in all four stats since Alyssa Thomas in 2012-13. Sellers is No. 9 in the country and leads the Big Ten in free throws made (68). Sellers' career free throw percentage of 80.8% is No. 4 in Maryland history."


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Gopher Round Table: Mara Braun and Amaya Battle - University of Minnesota Athletics

In episode four, Parker Fox of Gopher Men's Basketball is joined by two sophomore guards on the Gopher Women's Basketball team - Mara Braun and Amaya Battle .
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Minnesota Kicks Off 2024 with Maryland on Wednesday Night - University of Minnesota Athletics

The University of Minnesota women's basketball team (11-2, 1-1 B1G) is set to begin the new year with a matchup with Maryland (9-4, 1-1 B1G) on Jan. 3, at 7 ...
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This is the most vulnerable Maryland team since they've joined the B10. I'd love to see them beat Brenda at home and get some momentum early in the conference schedule. Should be a good game!
 

Will be interesting to see how Hart performs. Masonius and Kubek are both challenged in terms of foot speed and quickness. Hart should be able to provide more resistance than she did against Iowa/Stuelke.
 










Wow, Hart is off to a great start, 4-4 shooting for 8 points!
 







The Minnesota Gophers Spirit Squad was amazing at halftime. Like over the top acrobatic group formations.
 



Frese is known for defense and we're seeing some tenacious D.
 

Nobody else getting open or why is battle 3-15 with most shots?
 

Damn it. We're gonna lose by as much as we did to Iowa. Turnovers, missed layups and "lays it up and in" by Maryland every other play.
 


Ouch. 19 turnovers for Minnesota to 7 for Ohio.
19! That's a killer.
 

Aesop70 said:
Damn it. We're gonna lose by as much as we did to Iowa. Turnovers, missed layups and "lays it up and in" by Maryland every other play.
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Terps shoot within 15 seconds. Gophers dance around on the perimeter 15 seconds. Frustrating.
 

In other news, how many Barbie Gopher t-shirts did they give out. 10?
 

That was pretty funny. The ball got stuck in the hoop on a shot. So four girls with the Spirit Squad came out and lifted one up.to get it.
 




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