For the past two years, Maryland women’s basketball has been a top-10 team powered by Brionna Jones and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough.
Now, both players’ jerseys are hanging in the rafters, and rightfully so. Jones ended her Maryland career tied for sixth in points and third in rebounds in program history, and last year her 697 points last year were a single season record. Walker-Kimbrough finished fourth in points and was the most accurate three-point shooter in team history.
Head coach Brenda Frese knew life without Jones and Walker-Kimbrough was coming, but the team’s roster took another hit when the team announced Destiny Slocum, Kiah Gillespie and Jenna Staiti were transferring just 10 days after Maryland’s loss to Oregon in the Sweet Sixteen.