The losses of assistants Daron Park and Erica Floyd from the Terrapin women’s basketball team made it seem like the program was going through a transitional phase, but the way coach Brenda Frese is recruiting, it won’t matter.

Frese landed the Terps’ third recruit for the class of 2010 when New Jersey girls basketball Player of the Year Laurin Mincy of Newark committed to the program on Monday.

Mincy joins Alyssa Thomas and Natasha Cloud, both from Pennsylvania, in the Terps’ class of 2010.

Mincy will also be the highest-rated recruit according to ESPN, who rated her as a 95 and the third-best guard in the country. Despite the presence of incoming point guard Dara Taylor, Frese is loading up on guards, most likely thanks to the open scholarships due to the losses of Marah Strickland and Drey Mingo.

Clearly Frese is putting a little extra “oomph” into recruiting these days with the roster in a state of flux. Here is the quote Mincy gave The Sun’s recruiting beat writer Matt Bracken.

“I think with Coach Frese, she recruited me the hardest out of all the coaches,” Mincy said. “She made the phone calls when she needed to. The coaches e-mailed frequently to keep me informed on how the team was doing [on the court] and outside of basketball. … [Frese is] also close to my parents. Just the other day, she just wished my dad a happy birthday. My mom’s a newlywed, so she e-mailed my mom, asking her how she felt having my stepfather [experience] his first Father’s Day. A connection with my family is very important, so I took that into account in making my decision.”

That is going above and beyond right there. It is not everyday the Terps get to steal a New Jersey Player of the Year out of Rutgers’ backyard.

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