Three games, three electric home crowds and three home wins highlight the start for No. 10 Maryland women’s basketball in 2025 as they defeat Georgetown 85-66 in College Park.

Despite the team’s struggles in the second and third quarters, the Terps outscored the Hoyas 34-9 in the fourth to cruise to victory. 

“I thought we really stepped up in a time where you could see where the pressure was and who wanted it. It’s just a huge second half,” head coach Brenda Frese said. 

The freshman class led the way for Maryland, combining to score 50 points. Addi Mack was the main catalyst, scoring an efficient 23 points on 9-for-13 from the field, with 17 coming in the fourth quarter. 

“I just wanted to come in [and] bring the energy… We’re such a close knit group but we all really feed off of each other well,” Mack said. 

The Terps came into this game with two defensive performances to truly remember. Maryland allowed its lowest points against in Brenda Frese’s history with the team, holding the Greyhounds to just 26 points. 

Yarden Garzon aimed to start hot today, coming off a couple of poor offensive shooting performances early this season. After missing her first opportunity, she nailed an early three-pointer to get the Terps going. But Garzon struggled to stay on the floor in the first half with three personal fouls, limiting her to eight minutes. 

On the defensive end, the Terps picked up right where they left off with three early stops. 

Lea Bartelme was all over the floor for the Terps in the first quarter. On an early inbound play with the Hoya defender facing away from her, she threw it right off of her back and laid it up for an easy two. 

Not long after, Bartelme grabbed an offensive rebound and found Mayra Boiko under the basket for easy points. The true freshman is quickly establishing herself as an important piece.

Georgetown shot 1-for-8 from the field with three turnovers out of the gate. The sticky Maryland defense that was on full display in the first two games of the season did exactly what they intended against the Hoyas. 

But the Terps’ offense struggled to retain possession. Maryland suffered nine turnovers in the first quarter alone and eight personal fouls.

The second quarter was all Georgetown. After starting the game 0-for-7 from three-point range, Georgetown’s Khadee Hession drilled their first to give the Hoyas a two-point lead over the Terps. 

The Terps offense went over three minutes late in the second quarter without a field goal. Even though the team committed only three turnovers offensively, their poor shooting percentages had them trailing by 5 points at the end of the first half.

Coming out of the half, Georgetown extended its lead to nine just two and a half minutes into the third quarter. The Hoyas made five straight field goals and forced a Maryland timeout down nine points. 

Maryland cut the deficit back to just six, but Georgetown’s Summer Davis and Khia Miller drilled back-to-back three-pointers to extend their lead back to double digits. 

But it was Lea Barelme again with six seconds remaining in the third quarter with an and-one layup to cut the Maryland deficit to just six going into the fourth quarter. 

Despite all the offensive struggles, the Terps came out of the fourth quarter with something to prove as they went on a quick 7-0 run offensively. 

The Maryland home crowd showed up and showed out for their team. The over 6,200 fans made their presence known, and were rocking after Addi Mack put in a layup and a foul to give the Terps a 58-57 lead with a little over seven minutes remaining. 

The momentum was all Maryland as the team went on a 14-2 run after Oluchi Okananwa drilled a three-pointer to force a Georgetown timeout.

The Terps used the momentum to cruise to a 19-point victory, for their third win of the season.  

“Coach Frese has a really good team. She had people step up,” Georgetown head coach Darnell Haney said. “We were in a situation where we needed to close it out. We didn’t close it out. They were a good team, and they dominated us on the glass.”

The Terps will take on Towson in College Park on Thursday, November 13th.