This is the Maryland Minute, a short story followed by a roundup of Terps-related news.
Maryland women’s basketball team will play in the Cancun Challenge from Nov. 23-25, 2023, it was announced Wednesday.
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Maryland will play in the 2023 @CancunChallenge this November
https://t.co/MIXmfoAK4K#FTT x #LegUSy pic.twitter.com/ZxPFnquUbt
— Maryland Women’s Basketball (@TerpsWBB) May 17, 2023
The Terps will play Washington State, Green Bay and UMass in consecutive days of their time in Mexico. Their game against Washington State will be on Nov. 23 at 11 a.m. ET, and then they will play Green Bay on Nov. 24 at 1:30 p.m. and UMass on Nov. 25 at 11 a.m. All games will be played at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya.
Maryland went 4–3 on neutral courts last season, highlighted by two victories over Pittsburgh and Towson in the Fort Myers Tip-Off.
In other news
Former Terps Brandon Lowe hit a home run for the Tampa Bay Rays Wednesday night.
B-Lowe gives the @RaysBaseball the lead right back! #RaysUp pic.twitter.com/7r6zDeujq6
— Bally Sports Sun: Rays (@BallyRays) May 18, 2023
Maryland baseball’s Nigel Belgrave joined Perfect Game’s Amateur Hour podcast.
We’ve got a BRAND NEW Amateur Hour!@DaniWex & @lifeisgreatsut talk with
⚾ @NSchanuel (@FAUBaseball)
⚾ @Nigel_Belgrave (@TerpsBaseball)iTunes: https://t.co/GE74D4tBiw
Spotify: https://t.co/hvTJz97yvT
YouTube: https://t.co/3LnxrgKomEOut NOW! Wherever you listen to podcasts! pic.twitter.com/fCocUUlo8E
— Perfect Game USA (@PerfectGameUSA) May 17, 2023
New York Giants writer Matt Citak wrote about former Maryland defensive back Deonte Banks, who the team selected in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft.
Deonte Banks ‘not fazed by who he’s going against’
: https://t.co/2BIqQtVaOK pic.twitter.com/iQ3XVwC0Wu
— New York Giants (@Giants) May 17, 2023