On Thursday, Maryland women’s basketball head coach Brenda Frese went out and landed a key prospect in the form of 6-foot-1 shooting guard Trinity Jones, who 247Sports’ composite rankings have as the seventh-best prospect in the class of 2026 — ahead of soon-to-be Terp Jordyn Jackson.
Jones was initially committed to Clemson, but she was granted a release from her National Letter of Intent on April
9. According to ESPN, the shooting guard picked Maryland over teams including Ohio State, LSU and UCLA.
During her senior year in Illinois, Jones averaged 28.5 points and 8.2 rebounds and was named a McDonald’s All-American — she scored 10 points for the West team in the game.
Five players have departed Maryland women’s basketball via the transfer portal this offseason, leaving Frese with two more spots to fill on her roster following Jones’ commitment.
In other news
Maryland women’s lacrosse’s Big Ten Tournament game against Johns Hopkins was moved from 6 p.m. to 2 p.m. Friday. Jude Wilkenfeld wrote a preview of that game here.
Maryland women’s tennis won its first-round matchup in the Big Ten Tournament against Northwestern and now will face No. 2-seed USC at 2 p.m. on Friday.
Maryland track and field is competing at the prestigious Penn Relays, and hurdler Mehdi Guerrah got the Terps off to a solid start.
Maryland baseball released most of its weekend rotation.
Maryland football is among the finalists for three-star class of 2027 wide receiver Kyren Caldwell.
In case you were feeling young, Taulia Tagovailoa has a son.
