Chart: Sunday's Big Ten women's basketball headlines

March 2, 2015 at 4:43AM
Maryland head coach Brenda Frese gives instructions to her team during the first half of an NCAA women's college basketball game against Northwestern on Sunday, March 1, 2015, in Evanston, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Coach Brenda Frese has led Maryland to 21 wins in a row. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

• Top seeds Maryland, Iowa, Ohio State and Northwestern will receive the double-byes for this week's Big Ten tournament, meaning they get a pass to Friday's quarterfinals.

• Maryland became only the third team in the history of Big Ten women's basketball to go undefeated in conference play. The Terrapins have won 21 games in a row.

• Ohio State won for the sixth time in seven games, getting 28 points from Kelsey Mitchell, the nation's leading scorer.

• Northwestern, nationally ranked for the first time since 1996, finished tied for fourth place with Rutgers and earned the fourth seed by virtue of its win over the Scarlet Knights on Thursday.

• Amanda Zahui B.'s final regular-season stats were 18.5 points, 12.7 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game with 21 double-doubles.

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Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

The remaining schedule is favorable, but their hopes of a late-season run were dulled by a home loss to the Terrapins.

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