The 2026–27 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team will represent the University of Maryland, College Park during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Terrapins, led by head coach Brenda Frese in her 25th season, will play their home games at the Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
Previous season
The Terrapins finished the 2025–26 season 24–9 overall and 11–7 in Big Ten play, to finish sixth in the conference. As the No. 6 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were upset 68–73 in the second round to No. 11 Oregon.
Following the loss, the Terrapins earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, being seeded No. 5 in the Fort Worth #1 Regional. They defeated No. 12 Murray State in the first round, but lost in the second round to No. 4 North Carolina to end their season.
Offseason Departures Maryland Departures Kaylene Smikle 2 Guard 6'0" Senior Bay Shore, NY Transferred to Tennessee Saylor Poffenbarger 6 Guard 6'2" Senior Middletown, MD Graduated; went undrafted in the 2026 WNBA draft, signed training camp contract with the Minnesota Lynx Kyndal Walker 8 Guard 5'9" Freshman Beltsville, MD Transferred to Georgia Tech Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu 9 Forward 6'3" Junior London, England Transferred to Oklahoma Mir McLean 10 Guard-Forward 5'11" Graduate Student Baltimore, MD Graduated Yarden Garzon 12 Guard 6'3" Senior Ra'anana, Israel Graduated; went undrafted in the 2026 WNBA draft, signed training camp contract with the Phoenix Mercury Nicole Fritea 21 Forward 6'2" Freshman Arad, Romania Transferred to Eastern Kentucky Breanna Williams 40 Forward 6'2" Freshman Billings, MT Transferred to Arizona
Incoming transfers Maryland incoming transfers Sunaja 'Nunu' Agara 9 Forward 6'2" Senior Minneapolis, MN Stanford Chloe Sotell 22 Guard 6'0" Junior Stamford, CT Missouri
Recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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