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- 8 Maryland Terrapins welcome the Buckeyes to College Park, Maryland for the first of two games between the ranked Big Ten rivals. For the Terps, they hope to continue to grow a team devastated by injury and the Scarlet and Gray get a chance to do something it has only one twice in the past 10 years — defeat the Terrapins on their home court. Meet the TerpsLook at the projected starting lineup for the Maryland Terrapins and only one suited up for head coach Brenda Frese last season.
- Guard Kaylene Smikle, the two-time All-Big Ten selection, attempted to play through knee pain this year but decided to undergo season-ending surgery after seven games. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementFellow guard Bri McDaniel, who tore her ACL last season, and was slated to return at the start of the 2026 calendar year decided to go redshirt to play one more full season of college basketball. Those are two of four examples where a Maryland player suffered a season ending injury, or is not going to play anymore minutes during the 2025-26 campaign.
- Promising Slovenian freshman guard Lea Bartelme and guard Ava McKennie joined the two role players this season, but that does not make the Terps a team to overlook.
- Anything but.
