Jan. 4, 2015
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Penn State Women's Basketball
Postgame Notes vs. Illinois
1/4/15
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
-Freshman Lindsey Spann led the Lady Lions in scoring for the 10th time this season and notched her fifth 20-point game of the season with 20 tallies vs. Illinois. It is the 13th time this season that Spann reached double-figures in a game.
-Spann grabbed a career-high six rebounds vs. Illinois, besting her previous high of five, which she had accomplished four times this season, last at Iowa on Dec. 28, 2014.
-With four assists, Spann now has four-or-more helpers in nine of 14 career games played.
-Sophomore Sierra Moore earned her 10th double-figure scoring game of the season with 14 points vs. Illinois. She equaled her career-high with six made field goals and added five assists and six rebounds.
-With five assists, Moore moved past the 50-assist plateau at Penn State. She now has 53 helpers as a Lady Lion and 65 for her career.
- For the third time this season, Moore had at least 14 points, five rebounds and five assists in a game.
-Moore and Spann both reached double figures in the game, marking the ninth time this season they each scored 10-plus points in the same contest.
- Sophomore Kaliyah Mitchell added 11 points - all in the second half - to reach double figures for the fifth time this year.
-Senior Tori Waldner pulled down seven rebounds vs. Illinois for her ninth game with five-plus boards this season.
TEAM NOTES
-Penn State continues to lead the all-time series with Illinois, 30-15, after the setback on Sunday at the Bryce Jordan Center. The loss snapped a seven-game win streak for the Lady Lions against the Fighting Illini.
-The loss marked the first to Illinois at home since February 1, 1998.
-Head Coach Coquese Washington used her sixth different starting lineup this season in Sunday's game. The lineup was Candice Agee, Sierra Moore, Keke Sevillian, Lindsey Spann and Tori Waldner.
-The Lady Lions had three or more players reach double figures in the same game for the eighth time this season.
-Penn State shot 59.5 percent in the second half, marking the fourth time this season that they shot at least 55 percent in a half.
-The Fighting Illini scored 91 points; the most Penn State has given up in a game this season. Illinois shot 50 percent for the game, the highest field goal percentage against the Lady Lions this year.
-Illinois made 12 three-point field goals, tying for the fourth-most for an opponent in Bryce Jordan Center history. It is the most since Drexel connected on 13 treys on December 21, 2010. The 12 three-pointers were also the most given up by Penn State in a game this season.
-With only one block on Sunday, the Lady Lions had less than two blocks in a game for the first time this season.
-The Lady Lions head to Wisconsin on Tuesday for a game that will air on the Big Ten Network at 9 p.m. (ET). PSU returns to the BJC to face Rutgers on Saturday at noon.