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Postgame Notes: Lady Lions vs. Wisconsin (March 1, 2015)

March 1, 2015

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Penn State Women's Basketball
Postgame Notes vs. Wisconsin
3/1/15

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

-Sophomore Sierra Moore scored 17 points to reach the 400 career point milestone. Moore ended the game with a 407 career points, with 63 coming during her freshman year at Duke and 344 coming this season as a Lady Lion.

-She also started her 29th game of the season for the Lady Lions and is the only player on the roster to start every game in 2014-15.

-Moore posted her third career double-double with 17 points and a career-high 14 rebounds. All three double-doubles have come this season; USF (12/21/14) and Seton Hall (11/22/14).

-Moore nabbed a season and career-high 14 rebounds vs. the Badgers. Her previous high was 10 rebounds against USF.

-This season, Moore has 11 games with at least 10 points, five rebounds, and four assists. She ended the game vs. Wisconsin with 17 points, 14 rebounds and four assists.

-Moore played a team-high 38 minutes vs. Wisconsin and has logged 37 or more minutes in 14 games in 2014-15.

- Moore had a stellar performance vs. Wisconsin, leading the Lady Lions in points, rebounds, and assists and is the second Lady Lion to accomplish the feat this season. Lindsey Spann did so vs. Michigan State on Feb. 11, 2015.

-Senior Tori Waldner scored 12 points; making it the 3rd time in the last four games Waldner hit double digits.

-With her first rebound of the game, sophomore Peyton Whitted surpassed the 200-rebound milestone. Whitted finished the game with five boards and now has 204 career rebounds.

-Sophomore Kaliyah Mitchell tied her career-high with four assists. She also posted four assists against Minnesota (2/15/15) and Northwestern (1/25/15) this season.

TEAM NOTES

-The Lady Lions are 29-13 all-time against Wisconsin with an 18-3 mark in home games.

-Wisconsin has been Penn State's Pink Zone opponent three times in program history, with the Lady Lions owning a 2-1 record in those games. The Badgers have opposed PSU on Pink Zone day in each of the last two seasons.

-Penn State out-rebounded Wisconsin, 47-30, to mark the 17th time this season and fourth time in the last five games it outrebounded the opponent.

-The Lady Lions head to the Big Ten Tournament at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The tournament runs from Wednesday, March 4 through Sunday, March 8, with No. 13-seed Penn State facing No. 12-seed Indiana at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4.