Dec. 7, 2014
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Penn State Women's Basketball
Postgame Notes vs. Wagner
12/7/14
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
-Freshman guard Lindsey Spann posted her eighth straight double-digit scoring game and set a career high with 22 points vs. Wagner. She topped her 17-point efforts vs. Liberty (11/28/14) and Towson (11/14/14).
-Spann netted her 100th career point in just her eighth game in the blue and white. With a layup at the 16:34 mark she eclipsed the century mark for her career and ended the afternoon with 116 points.
-Spann made a career-best eight field goal attempts and tied her career-high with two three pointers and four free throws.
-Spann also tied her career-best mark with five rebounds.
-With four assists vs. Wagner, Spann now has at least four assists in five of her eight games this season.
-Sophomore forward Kaliyah Mitchell's 20 points against Wagner set a career-high. She topped her 14-point effort vs. Bucknell on Nov. 20, 2013.
-Mitchell notched her 200th career point with a lay-up early in the first half and she now has 217 career points.
-Sophomore guard Sierra Moore netted a career-high 20 points and handed out a career-best seven assists vs. Wagner. Moore's previous highs were 17 points vs. Samford (11/30/14) and five assists vs. Seton Hall (11/22/14).
-Moore made a career-high 11-of-12 attempts from the free throw stripe vs. the Seahawks.
-Sophomore Jenny DeGraaf tied her career-high with 12 points vs. Wagner. She also scored 12 points vs. Albany on Nov. 16, 2014.
-Sophomore guard Keke Sevillian nabbed a season-high three steals.
-Junior Dominique Brooks set a personal-best with four points and one blocked shot vs. Wagner. Her previous high for points was two on two occasions; vs. Liberty (11/28/14) and Towson (11/14/14).
-Senior Tori Waldner collected her 50th career steal with a first half theft, which led to an assist on a Spann fast break layup.
TEAM NOTES
-The 96 points vs. the Seahawks were the most for the Lady Lions this season and the highest point total since scoring a Bryce Jordan Center record 117 points vs. St. Francis (Pa.) in the 2013-14 season opener on Nov. 8, 2013.
-Penn State enjoyed its two largest scoring halves of the season vs. Wagner with 42 first half points and 54 second half tallies. Their previous high was 41 in the second half vs. Seton Hall.
-Penn State's 31-point led was its largest lead of the season.
-Penn State logged a season-high 54 points in the paint, 24 points off of turnovers, 24 fast break points and 24 bench points vs. Wagner.
-Lindsey Spann (22), Sierra Moore (21) and Kaliyah Mitchell (20) all reached the 20-point mark vs. Wagner. It was the first time since Nov. 26, 2011 vs. Nevada that three Lady Lions all cracked the 20 point mark in the same game; Maggie Lucas (26), Alex Bentley (23) and Zhaque Gray (21).
-The Lady Lions set season highs for points (96), points in a half (54), field goals made (34), field goal percentage (.531), free throws made (25) and attempted (33) and assists (19) vs. Wagner.
-Penn State committed a season-low 12 turnovers against Wagner, which are also the fewest turnover since March 7, 2014 vs. Ohio State (9).
-The Lady Lions dished out 19 assists, the highest total since handing out 22 helpers against Purdue on Jan. 30, 2014.
-Penn State shot 53.1 percent against the Seahawks, marking the first time that the Lady Lions shot better than 50 percent since shooting 53.8 percent against Michigan on March 1, 2014.
-The Lady Lions head to Hartford to face the Hawks on Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. before returning home for a 2:30 tip off vs. Rider on Sunday, Dec. 14 as a part of a double-header with the men's program (George Washington; Noon).