WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Overall: 32-3 • Big Ten: 15-1
NCAA Sweet Sixteen, Tied for first in Regular Season & Big Ten Tournament Title
- The Maryland women’s basketball team continued its dominance in the Big Ten, winning the program’s third straight Big Ten regular season and tournament titles since joining the league in 2014.
- The Terrapins made their 13th NCAA Tournament appearance in head coach Brenda Frese’s 15 seasons and advanced to their eighth Sweet Sixteen under Frese. Their record of 32-3 marked their sixth season with 30 or more wins. They remained ranked in the top five in the country in 16 of 19 weeks during the season.
- Seniors Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and Brionna Jones left their mark on the program. Both of their jerseys were honored in the rafters of XFINITY Center after the Senior Day matchup. Walker-Kimbrough finished fourth in school history in scoring with 2,156 career points and broke the school record for three-point field goal percentage (45.9).
- Jones finished tied for sixth in program history in scoring with 1,928 career points, third in rebound (1,209) and set a Big Ten record for career field goal percentage (65.0) and led the nation for the second straight season in field goal percentage (69.0).
- The Terrapins hosted a sell-out crowd of 17,950 on December 29 with they hosted No. 1 Connecticut at the XFINITY Center. A thrilling, one-possession game throughout resulted in an 87-81 victory for UConn. Destiny Slocum led Maryland with 23 points, Brionna Jones scored 19 and Kaila Charles added 18.
- Jones and Walker-Kimbrough both earned unanimous All-Big Ten First Team selections. Walker-Kimbrough was also voted to the All-Big Ten Defensive Team. Slocum was voted Big Ten Freshman of the Year and along with Charles, was named to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team. Jones earned Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors.
- On a national level, Jones and Walker-Kimbrough racked up the honors, earning All-America nods from the Associated Press, ESPNW, USBWA and Honorable Mention All-America honors from the WBCA. Slocum was named the WBCA National Freshman of the Year.
- Walker-Kimbrough was drafted No. 6 overall by the WNBA’s Washington Mystics. Jones was drafted eighth overall by the Connecticut Sun.
Season Honors
Brionna Jones
- 2017 Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player
- All-Big Ten First Team (2015, 2016, 2017)
- Associated Press All-America First Team (2017)
- Naismith National Player of the Year semifinalist
- Senior CLASS Award finalist
- Played in 142 career games (every game)
- Leading country with FG% of 69.0% for second straight year
- Career FG% of 65.0 % set a Big Ten record
- 58 career double-doubles (record is 60 by Alyssa Thomas)
- 1,928 career points (Tied for No. 6 on Maryland list)
- 1,209 career rebounds (No. 3 on Maryland list)
- Led Big Ten with 24 double-doubles this year
- No. 20 on ESPNW’s ranking of top players in the country
- Big Ten Player of the Week 4X
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough
- Unanimous All-Big Ten First Team
- All-Big Ten Defensive Team
- Associated Press All-America Third Team honors (2016, 2017)
- ESPNW All-American
- Wooden, Wade, Naismith National Player of the Year Watch Lists
- Senior CLASS Award finalist
- Played in 142 career games (every game of her career)
- 2,156 career points (No. 4 on Maryland list)
- 186 career three-pointers (No. 2 on Maryland list)
- Career three-point % of 45.9% (Set Maryland and Big Ten record)
- Season three-point % of 54.5% in 2015-16 set Big Ten record and led NCAA
- 111 career games in double figures
- No. 4 on ESPNW’s ranking of top players in the country
- Big Ten Player of the Week
Kaila Charles
- Big Ten Freshman of the Week
- All-Big Ten Freshman Team
Destiny Slocum
- All-Big Ten Second Team
- Big Ten Freshman of the Year
- Big Ten Freshman of the Week
- All-Big Ten Freshman Team
- All-Big Ten Tournament Team
- WBCA National Freshman of the Year
Kristen Confroy
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- CoSIDA All-District II Academic Team
All-Academic Big Ten
Brionna Jones, Kristen Confroy, Ieshia Small, Kiara Leslie
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