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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Penn State Lady Lions (6-21, 3-13) struggled to find their shooting groove on the way to a 65-34 loss at #5/5 Maryland (25-2, 16-0) Monday night.
Junior center Candice Agee (Victorville, Calif.) posted a near double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds. She also had four blocks on the night. Freshman guard Lindsey Spann (Laurel, Md.) added eight points, five assists and two steals. Sophomore Peyton Whitted (Suwanee, Ga.) chipped in four points and five rebounds off of the bench.
The Terrapins sprinted out to a 10-0 lead thanks for a 4-for-5 effort to start the game. The Penn State deficit remained around 10 points for the next seven minutes until a 12-4 run by Maryland pushed the lead to 30-10 with 2:56 remaining. Spann would score four of the final nine points of the half as the Terps took a 35-14 lead into the break.
Spann continued her scoring efforts with four consecutive points to start the second half and cut the deficit to 35-18 with 17:43 left. However, the Terps clicked off a 7-2 run over the next two minutes to take a 22-point lead (42-20). Agee scored the lone bucket for the Lady Lions during the run on a pass from Spann.
After a layup by Agee on the feed from Keke Sevillian (Goodrich, Mich.), the Terps scored four straight to take a 46-22 lead with just over 13 minutes to play. Tori Waldner (Milton, Ga.) responded with four consecutive points to make it a 46-26 lead for Maryland. However, the Terps would score the game's next 11 points to extend the lead to 57-26. Penn State scored four points to slice into the lead to make it a 27 points margin (57-30), but that is as close as the Lions would get.
The 2014-15 Penn State Lady Lion Basketball season is presented by Kish Travel and Kish Insurance. The Lady Lions return home to face Ohio State on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. for Dollar Dog Night and Faculty/Staff Night. Penn State employees will get a free ticket and ability to purchase up to three additional tickets for $5 each. Penn State then closes out the regular-season in the Pink Zone game versus Wisconsin on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Lady Lion Basketball single-game 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). 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 Ninth Annual Pink Zone at Penn State presented by Mount Nittany Health will be held Sunday, March 1 in the Bryce Jordan Center when the Lady Lions take on Wisconsin at 2 p.m. Last year, the Lady Lions donated a record $310,000 to breast cancer causes. All totaled, the Lady Lions have donated more than $1.135 million for breast cancer research and awareness in the first eight years. This year's fundraising efforts will benefit the Mount Nittany Medical Center, Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition, the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital and Lewistown Hospital. For more information on the Pink Zone at Penn State, visit the official Pink Zone website at www.pennsylvaniapinkzone.org.
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