March 19, 2011
University Park, Pa.; -
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2011 NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
First Round • Saturday, March 19
Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, Pa.
Game 1 - No. 6 Penn State vs. No. 11 Dayton
GAME NOTES
PENN STATE NOTES
• PSU is 25-9 this season, its most wins in a season since 2003-04 (28).
• Penn State is 13-3 all-time in the first round of the NCAA Tournament and 27-21 overall in the Tournament.
• The Lady Lions have won their last nine NCAA home contests and are 17-4 all-time in NCAA Tournament home games (9-0 in the Bryce Jordan Center).
• Penn State is 2-1 all-time against Dayton.
• The Lady Lions are 12-1 this season when both Alex Bentley and Mia Nickson score in double figures.
• Every Penn State player that played minutes scored points for the Lady Lions (nine players).
• PSU improved to 14-3 this season when playing at home, 15-0 when leading at the half, and 21-0 when leading with 5:00 minutes remaining.
• Maggie Lucas passed Kahadeejah Herbert for 16th on Penn State's single season scoring list (545).
• Maggie Lucas tied James Madison's Dawn Evans for 12th on the NCAA's single-season three-pointers list (112).
• Lucas has scored in double figures in 29 of Penn State's 34 games this season.
• Nikki Greene passed Susan Robinson for 15th on Penn State's season rebounding list (266) and passed Mary Donovan for sixth on PSU's season blocks list (74).
• Greene passed the 500-points scored plateau for her career (504).
• Alex Bentley recorded her sixth 20-plus point game of the season and her 26th double-digit scoring game.
• Bentley attempted the most field goals in Penn State NCAA Tournament history (28).
• Bentley recorded a career high 12 field goals made and season high 28 field goals attempted.
• Mia Nickson recorded her sixth double-double of the season and has scored in double figures in 18 games this season.
• Nickson passed the 400-point plateau for her career (405).
DAYTON NOTES
• No. 11 seed Dayton ends its season with a record of 21-12.
• This is only the second NCAA Division I Tournament in which Dayton has participated. The first was in 2010.
• The Flyers are returning four starters from the team that advanced to the NCAA Second Round last year.
• Dayton has hit at least one three-point shot in 318 games dating back to Jan. 2, 2001, one of the top 10 streaks in the nation.
• In 33 games there have been seven different Flyers leading the team in scoring and five different leading in rebounding.
• Justine Raterman leads the way in points having scored a team-high in 16 games
• Samantha MacKay went 2-for-2 in three throws, the only member of the team to convert on her attempts.