ATLANTA - The Women's Basketball Coaches Association named Maryland women's basketball sophomore Lexie Brown an All-Region nominee for the WBCA Division I Coaches' All-America Team Wednesday. Head coach Brenda Frese was named Regional Coach of the Year and is one of eight finalists for the United States Marine Corps/WBCA NCAA Division I National Coach of the Year.
Brown is one of 52 All-Region honorees that are finalists for the 10-member WBCA Division I Coaches' All-America Team.
In just her sophomore campaign, Brown has served as floor general as the Big Ten's best offense and a top-five offense nationally. She led the Terrapins in assists and steals on the year and has been one of the Terps' top scorers. Brown averages 13.7 points and 4.8 assists per game. Brown also averaged 2.3 steals per game on the year.
Brown was named to the All-Big Ten First Team by both the league's head coaches and the media this month, the Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player, as well as the five-member All-Big Ten Defensive Team. Brown was also named one of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Award.
After losing five seniors, including three starters and a three-time All-American, Maryland led the league in scoring with 80.2 points per game. Frese has led the Terrapins to a perfect 18-0 conference record in a new league, the Big Ten Tournament title and a school-record 26-game win streak over the last three months. The Terrapins are the first team to go undefeated in conference play since Purdue went 16-0 in 1998-99 and Ohio State went 18-0 in 1984-85. This is the first Maryland team, men's or women's, to stay perfect in conference play.
Frese was named Big Ten Coach of the Year by both the media and her peers earlier this month for the second time in her career.
The top-seeded Maryland women's basketball team (32-2) used a second-half blitz to knock off previously unbeaten Princeton, 85-70 Monday night and advance to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament in Spokane, Wash.
Maryland will take on fourth-seeded Duke (23-10) Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. Second-seeded Tennessee (29-5) will play 11th-seeded Gonzaga (26-7) at 7 p.m. ET. The winners of Saturday's games will advance to Monday's Regional Final at 9 p.m. ET.
Brown is one of 52 All-Region honorees that are finalists for the 10-member WBCA Division I Coaches' All-America Team.
In just her sophomore campaign, Brown has served as floor general as the Big Ten's best offense and a top-five offense nationally. She led the Terrapins in assists and steals on the year and has been one of the Terps' top scorers. Brown averages 13.7 points and 4.8 assists per game. Brown also averaged 2.3 steals per game on the year.
Brown was named to the All-Big Ten First Team by both the league's head coaches and the media this month, the Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player, as well as the five-member All-Big Ten Defensive Team. Brown was also named one of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Award.
After losing five seniors, including three starters and a three-time All-American, Maryland led the league in scoring with 80.2 points per game. Frese has led the Terrapins to a perfect 18-0 conference record in a new league, the Big Ten Tournament title and a school-record 26-game win streak over the last three months. The Terrapins are the first team to go undefeated in conference play since Purdue went 16-0 in 1998-99 and Ohio State went 18-0 in 1984-85. This is the first Maryland team, men's or women's, to stay perfect in conference play.
Frese was named Big Ten Coach of the Year by both the media and her peers earlier this month for the second time in her career.
The top-seeded Maryland women's basketball team (32-2) used a second-half blitz to knock off previously unbeaten Princeton, 85-70 Monday night and advance to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament in Spokane, Wash.
Maryland will take on fourth-seeded Duke (23-10) Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. Second-seeded Tennessee (29-5) will play 11th-seeded Gonzaga (26-7) at 7 p.m. ET. The winners of Saturday's games will advance to Monday's Regional Final at 9 p.m. ET.
