Women's Basketball Opens 2025-26 Season at #10 Maryland

Game Information
Opponent	at #10 Maryland Terrapins
Date	Monday, November 3, 2025
Time	7:00 p.m.
Location	College Park, MD \| XFINITY Center
Watch Online	BigTen+ \| International Video Stream
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Game Notes	Loyola Maryland Women's Basketball Game Notes (PDF)

The Matchup

The Greyhounds open the 2025–26 campaign on Monday evening, traveling to face in-state foe Maryland.
This will be the 18th matchup between the two programs, with the Terrapins having won all 17 previous meetings.
The last matchup came in 2019 when Maryland won 105–45.

Quick Hits

Loyola features an experienced squad this year, as Loyola features nine upperclassmen on the roster, combining to play over 500 career games.
Lex Therien, Cristina Garcia, and Kimmie Hicks all return to the team this year after suffering season-ending injuries last season.
The Greyhounds will face all but two Division I teams in the state of Maryland this season, starting with #10 Maryland.

Non-Conference Outlook

Non-conference play opens with a matchup against Big Ten foe Maryland on November 3.
Loyola will then host La Salle on November 6 for its home opener, followed by a two-game trip to Virginia to face Virginia Tech and Radford.
The Greyhounds will remain on the road to take on Drexel in Philadelphia before returning home to face Mount St. Mary's on November 20.
Loyola then travels to Yale on November 23 and heads into Thanksgiving with a home matchup against Delaware on November 26.
The Greyhounds wrap up non-conference play with a trio of local opponents: Towson on December 4, UMBC on December 9, and Morgan State at home on December 21.

Scouting Maryland

Maryland enters the 2025–26 season ranked No. 10 in the AP Poll and was picked to finish second in the Big Ten Preseason Poll.
The Terrapins are coming off a 2024–25 campaign in which they finished 25–8 (13–5) and reached the Sweet Sixteen before falling to South Carolina.
They return their leading scorer, Kaylene Smikle (17.9 ppg), along with Bri McDaniel (10.6 ppg) and Saylor Poffenbarger (9.1 ppg, 7.2 rpg).
Maryland also added Yarden Garzon from Indiana (14.4 ppg) and Oluchi Okananwa from Duke (10.1 ppg) via the transfer portal.
The Terrapins have won their last 16 season openers, with their most recent opening loss coming against TCU in 2008.

On The Mend

Lex Therien, Cristina Garcia, and Kimmie Hicks all return to the Greyhounds this season after missing most of last year due to injuries.
Therien enters her fifth year with Loyola after appearing in just three games last season. A four-time Patriot League Preseason All-League nominee, she has averaged 14.6 points and 10.8 rebounds per game on 49.9% shooting over her career.
Garcia played in 10 games last season, starting nine, before missing the remainder of the year. She has appeared in 62 career games and looks to take on a larger role in her final season with Loyola.
Hicks was enjoying a breakout sophomore campaign, averaging 14.6 points and 5.0 rebounds per game over nine appearances.

Worth Noting

Last season, Lex Therien became the fifth player in program history to record 1,000 career rebounds. She is also one of just five players in program history to reach both 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.
Therien enters this season ranked seventh in career points (1,356), second in field goals made (567), and fifth in total rebounds (1,001), while holding the program record for rebounds per game (10.8). She also owns three of the top five single-season rebounding marks in program history.
Koi Sims posted the fourth-best single-season rebounding total last year, collecting 307 boards. She finished just three offensive rebounds shy of breaking the program's single-season record.

By The Numbers

Last season, all but one of the Greyhounds' wins came when they led at halftime. Similarly, they won all but five games when shooting a higher field goal percentage than their opponent.
When scoring at least 60 points, the Greyhounds went 7–2 last season. Dating back to the start of the 2023–24 season, Loyola is 18–4 when scoring at least 60 points.
When scoring fewer than 60 points last season, the Greyhounds were 1–18.
Loyola posted a 5–9 record at home and went 4–12 on the road.
Following a loss, Loyola went 7–12 on the season.
The Greyhounds played just ten games decided by single digits last season, going 3–7 in those contests, with three games decided by one possession.

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