ROSEMONT, IL – Senior Diamond Miller of the fifth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (24-5, 15-3 B1G) was a unanimous First Team All-Big Ten selection by the league’s head coaches and media panel Tuesday.
Sophomore Shyanne Sellers earned First Team honors from the media and Second Team from the coaches and was named to the All-Defensive Team. Graduate student Abby Meyers was named to the Second Team by both groups. Senior Faith Masonius earned a Sportsmanship Award.
This is Miller’s third All-Big Ten honor, as she was named to the First Team as a sophomore (2021) and Second Team as a junior (2022). She leads the Terrapins with 19.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. Her 19.9 scoring average is the most by a Terrapin since Brionna Jones averaged 19.9 in 2016-17. Miller is third in the Big Ten and 22nd in the country in scoring.
The 2021 Big Ten Tournament Co-MVP has scored in double figures in 27 of 28 games played this season and the last 20 straight. Miller has led the Terps to seven wins over top-25 teams, four over top 10 teams.
Miller has four three double-doubles on the year, including in wins at No. 17 Baylor, at No. 7 Notre Dame and vs. No. 10 Ohio State. Against ranked teams, Miller is averaging 23.3 points and 6.9 rebounds in eight games. She scored a career-high 32 points over Baylor and hit a buzzer-beating jumper to clinch the win over the Irish.
Sellers was one of the conference’s most improved players, improving her scoring to 14.3 points per game from 7.7 last year as a freshman. She also averaged 5.0 rebounds and led the Terrapins in assists with 3.2 per contest. Sellers was 16th in the league in scoring.
Sellers scored in double figures in 23 of 29 games and earned her third Big Ten weekly honor as Player of the Week earlier this season. Last year, she was named to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team and was named Big Ten Sixth Player of the Year.
Meyers averaged 14.3 points per game in her lone season as a Terrapin. She grabbed 5.4 rebounds per game and was 15th in the league in scoring. Meyers shot 38 percent from outside the arc (55-145) with 2.5 assists and 1.8 steals.
Meyers scored in double figures in 23 of 29 games and was named to the Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll on Dec. 12, 2022.
Maryland finished tied for second in the Big Ten and through a tiebreaker, will be the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten Tournament this weekend at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn.
Maryland finished tied with Iowa (23-6, 15-3) for second. With the Hawkeyes' win over top-seeded Indiana Sunday, the Hawkeyes held the tiebreaker for the No. 2 seed. Maryland will play in the Quarterfinals at 9 p.m. ET on Friday. The Terrapins will take on either No. 6-seeded Illinois (21-8, 11-7) or the winner of Wednesday's Rutgers/Northwestern game. Friday's game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. For the full tournament schedule and more information, click here.
Sophomore Shyanne Sellers earned First Team honors from the media and Second Team from the coaches and was named to the All-Defensive Team. Graduate student Abby Meyers was named to the Second Team by both groups. Senior Faith Masonius earned a Sportsmanship Award.
This is Miller’s third All-Big Ten honor, as she was named to the First Team as a sophomore (2021) and Second Team as a junior (2022). She leads the Terrapins with 19.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. Her 19.9 scoring average is the most by a Terrapin since Brionna Jones averaged 19.9 in 2016-17. Miller is third in the Big Ten and 22nd in the country in scoring.
The 2021 Big Ten Tournament Co-MVP has scored in double figures in 27 of 28 games played this season and the last 20 straight. Miller has led the Terps to seven wins over top-25 teams, four over top 10 teams.
Miller has four three double-doubles on the year, including in wins at No. 17 Baylor, at No. 7 Notre Dame and vs. No. 10 Ohio State. Against ranked teams, Miller is averaging 23.3 points and 6.9 rebounds in eight games. She scored a career-high 32 points over Baylor and hit a buzzer-beating jumper to clinch the win over the Irish.
Sellers was one of the conference’s most improved players, improving her scoring to 14.3 points per game from 7.7 last year as a freshman. She also averaged 5.0 rebounds and led the Terrapins in assists with 3.2 per contest. Sellers was 16th in the league in scoring.
Sellers scored in double figures in 23 of 29 games and earned her third Big Ten weekly honor as Player of the Week earlier this season. Last year, she was named to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team and was named Big Ten Sixth Player of the Year.
Meyers averaged 14.3 points per game in her lone season as a Terrapin. She grabbed 5.4 rebounds per game and was 15th in the league in scoring. Meyers shot 38 percent from outside the arc (55-145) with 2.5 assists and 1.8 steals.
Meyers scored in double figures in 23 of 29 games and was named to the Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll on Dec. 12, 2022.
Maryland finished tied for second in the Big Ten and through a tiebreaker, will be the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten Tournament this weekend at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn.
Maryland finished tied with Iowa (23-6, 15-3) for second. With the Hawkeyes' win over top-seeded Indiana Sunday, the Hawkeyes held the tiebreaker for the No. 2 seed. Maryland will play in the Quarterfinals at 9 p.m. ET on Friday. The Terrapins will take on either No. 6-seeded Illinois (21-8, 11-7) or the winner of Wednesday's Rutgers/Northwestern game. Friday's game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. For the full tournament schedule and more information, click here.
