Dec. 30, 2014
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. - Penn State freshman guard Lindsey Spann (Laurel, Md.) has been named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the week-ending Dec. 29. She is the first Lady Lion to win Freshman of the Week accolades since Maggie Lucas earned the honor on Feb. 28, 2011. Lucas won a Big Ten-record eight awards that season.
Spann had a game-high 22 points in Penn State's Big Ten opener at Iowa on Sunday. She connected on a career-high four three-pointers and six free throws for her fourth 20-point performance in her last five games. She has three consecutive 20-point outings, becoming the first Penn State freshman to accomplish the feat since Lucas in 2010-11. Spann also pulled in five rebounds and dished out four assists against the Hawkeyes.
On the season, Spann leads the team and is 10th in the Big Ten in scoring with a 16.2 average. She is also second on the squad in steals (17) and assists (45).
The 2014-15 Penn State Lady Lion Basketball season is presented by Kish Travel and Kish Insurance. The Lady Lions continue their two-game road trip to open Big Ten play with a trip to Michigan for a New Year's Day game before returning the Bryce Jordan Center to host Illinois on Sunday, Jan. 4 to meet Illinois at 2 p.m. for First Responders Day. The Michigan game will be on BTN Plus.
Lady Lion Basketball single-game and season tickets are available by calling 1-800-NITTANY. Single-game tickets range from $10-17 for adults and seniors and $5-11 for youth (12 and younger). Season tickets are $105 for adults and $52 for youth (12 and under). Additionally, the Family Season Ticket package, which features two adult tickets and two youth tickets in the family section in section 114L, is $210. There is a $15 handling fee per order on season tickets.
The PNC Flex Books are $120 and give fans 12 vouchers, 10 that can be redeemed in any combination for Nittany Lion and Lady Lion Basketball tickets throughout the year and two extra vouchers for the Nittany Lions' Coaches Vs. Cancer game and the Lady Lions' Pink Zone game. The Lady Lions also have a pair of mini-plans available this season with the B1G Deal and the Five for the 50th plans. The B1G Deal is a mini-plan that includes the nine Big Ten Conference home games. Tickets for the B1G Deal are $90 for adult sideline, $63 for youth sideline, $63 for adult baseline and $45 for youth baseline tickets. To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Women's Athletics at Penn State, there is a Five for the 50th mini-plan. The plan features a ticket to the following games: South Florida (12/21), Illinois (1/4), Rutgers (1/10), Michigan State (2/11) and Ohio State (2/26). The package is $50 in honor of the 50th anniversary.
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