MM 10.22: Maryland women’s basketball racks up preseason honors

While Maryland men’s basketball got all the attention today due to its placement at the No. 7 spot in the preseason AP Preseason Top 25, the Maryland women’s basketball team is also obtained some preseason recognition on Monday.

The Terps were picked by both the league’s media and the Big Ten head coaches, unanimously, to win the regular season conference title this season. Senior guard Kaila Charles was also voted Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year by both parties.

Maryland won the conference title last year, finishing the season with an 29-5 record, and have accomplished the feat four of the last five years since joining the conference.

Charles, a three-year starter under head coach Brenda Frese, returns for her final season in College Park as the 2018-19 top scorer for the Terps, averaging 17 points, a career best 2.3 assists and 6.7 rebounds per contest. Last season, the Glenn Dale, Maryland, native was a unanimous All-Big Ten First Team selection and an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press.

Charles was also one of two players, including Michigan’s Naz Hillmon, that were unanimously selected to the coaches and media preseason All-Big Ten teams.

Joining Charles on the preseason All-Big Ten team is sophomore guard Taylor Mikesell, who is coming off a season where she set a school record of 95 three pointers in a single season. Mikesell started every game for Maryland in 2018-19, averaging 13.4 points and 3.3 assists per game.

The Terps join Purdue as the only teams to have two players on the coaches and media All-Big Ten teams.

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