UConn women’s basketball to play at Maryland on Dec. 11

UConn ladies’s basketball will journey to tackle the Maryland Terrapins in Faculty Park on Dec. 11, the group introduced on Tuesday. The sport will kick off a home-and-home sequence that was initially slated to start throughout the 2020-21 season however obtained delayed resulting from COVID-19. The Terrapins will journey to Connecticut in 2023-24.

The 2 colleges have met seven occasions — all of which have been victories for the Huskies. The newest contest got here again on Nov. 19, 2017 on the XL Middle, a 97-72 win for UConn. The Huskies additionally defeated Maryland within the 2013 Candy Sixteen and 2015 Ultimate 4.

The Terrapins are coming off a 23-9 marketing campaign during which they reached the Candy Sixteen. Nevertheless, they misplaced stars Angel Reese (17.2 factors, 10.6 rebounds per recreation) and Ashley Owusu (14.2 factors, 3.7 assists per recreation) to the switch portal in addition to Katie Benzan (10.3 factors, 3.8 assists per recreation) and Chloe Bibby (11.9 factors, 5.4 rebounds per recreation) to commencement.

Head coach Brenda Frese turned the switch portal for reinforcements, including Lavender Briggs and her 19.5 ppg from Florida, Brinae Alexander and her 15.2 ppg from Vanderbilt, Ivy League Participant of the Yr Abby Meyers from Princeton and USF level guard Elisa Pinzan. Maryland may even return Diamond Miller, who solely performed in 22 of 32 contests final season however averaged 13.1 factors and a pair of.8 assists per recreation.

The Terrapins are the second date on UConn’s 2022-23 schedule together with Florida State on Dec. 18 within the Basketball Corridor of Fame Showcase at Mohegan Solar. The Huskies may even face South Carolina and NC State at house, Notre Dame and Tennessee on the street and can journey to Portland for PK85 which includes a discipline of Iowa, Duke and Oregon State.