Jan. 19, 2016
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. --The first extended Big Ten road trip for the Penn State women's basketball team begins on Wednesday, Jan. 20 with a trip to Carver-Hawkeye Arena and a meeting with Iowa. The Lady Lions (6-11, 1-5 B1G) will meet the Hawkeyes (13-5, 3-3 B1G) at 8 p.m. ET with the game shown live on BTN2go.com and airing live on the Penn State Sports Network.
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Series Notes
// Penn State and Iowa will meet for the 46th time in program history. More on Page 5.
// The Lady Lions are 26-19 all-time against the Hawkeyes, however, Iowa leads 12-9 in games played in Iowa City.
// Penn State has won seven of the last 10 meetings, including a four-game winning streak from 2010-14.
// The first meeting came on Jan. 2, 1985, with Penn State winning, 87-47, in Rec Hall.
// Three of the last four meetings have come at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, with Penn State winning two of those three contests.
At A Glance
// Freshman Teniya Page scored 31 points vs. Michigan on Sunday to become just the fifth freshman to ever eclipse the 30-point mark in a game. More on Page6, 8 & 29.
// Junior Kaliyah Mitchell connected on her only free throw against Michigan to improve her free throw percentage to .878 for the season. That total ranks No. 2 in the Big Ten and No. 21 in the NCAA. More on Page 6, 8 & 33.
// As a team, Penn State ranks No. 4 in the Big Ten with 8.8 steals per game, forcing 17.3 turnovers per game, which ranks No. 5 in the conference. More on Page 6.
// Senior Brianna Banks has reached double figures in 10 straight games after dropping 19 points against Michigan. She also moved past the 600-point mark for her career. More on Page 3, 7 & 23.
// Junior Peyton Whitted jumped the 400 career point mark on Sunday vs. Michigan. She enters tonight's game with 401 career tallies. More on Page 3 &41.
// Penn State wraps up a two-game road swing at Illinois on Saturday, Jan. 23. The Illini and Lady Lions will tip off at 3 p.m. with the game carried on BTN2go.com and via the Penn State Sports Network.
Scouting Iowa
// Junior Ally Disterhoft enters the contest ranked No. 20 on Iowa's all-time scoring list with 1,275 points. She is just nine points from passing Necole Tunsil for 19th on the all-time list.
// Disterhoft leads the team with 16.6 points per game and 5.6 rebounds per contest. Her averages in Big Ten play this season are 15.6 points and 6.3 rebounds in six games.
// Currently, Disterhoft ranks among the national leaders (Top-150) in field goals made, field goal percentage, final points, free throws attempted, made and percentage, and minutes played.
// Sophomore Whitney Jennings is averaging 10.0 points per game in Big Ten game, reaching double figures in four of six conference tilts. Jennings tied her season-high with 15 points at Michigan State on Jan. 16.
// Junior Alexa Kastanek sits No. 8 in the Big Ten and No. 87 in the NCAA with 2.39 three-point field goals made per game. She also ranks among the conference and national leaders in three-point field goal percentage (.381).
// As a team, Iowa forces the fewest turnovers in the conference, averaging just 14.06 opponent miscues a game.
Last Time Out - vs. Michigan (Jan. 17, 2016)
// Freshman Teniya Page became just the fifth freshman in school history to score 30 points in a game. She finished with a career-high 31 points vs. Michigan.
// Page joins Jen Bednarek (1976-77), Tyra Grant (2006-07), Kelly Mazzante (2000-01) and Susan Robinson (1988-89) as the only freshmen to top the 30-point mark in their rookie season.
// Peyton Whitted netted her 400th career point in the second quarter and finished the game with 401 total points during her time at Penn State.
// Whitted added four steals, tying her career-high for the second straight game.
// Brianna Banks notched her 10th straight double-digit scoring game with 19 points.
// Banks scored her 600th career point in the third quarter, finishing with 605 career points. Furthermore, Banks netted her 200th point as a Lady Lion.
// Penn State forced 23 turnovers and scored 20 points today off of Michigan miscues.
// Penn State netted 39 points in the fourth quarter, its highest scoring quarter of season.
// The Lady Lions swatted a season-best eight shots.
Lighting Up the Scoreboard
// Penn State is averaging 74.3 points per game in Big Ten play through six games.
// The Lady Lions have reached 75 points in four of the first six conference games, the first time that has happened since 2002-03.
// The 2002-03 squad scored 75 points or more in five of the first six conference games that season. Only five other Penn State teams have accomplished that in their time in the Big Ten (1992-present).
// For just the second time in program history, Penn State has had two different players score 30-plus points in a single game in the same season.
// Lindsey Spann netted 30 points at Minnesota (1/3/16) and Teniya Page scored 31 points vs. Michigan (1/17/16).
// In 1999-2000, Maren Walseth netted 35 points vs. Michigan (1/27/2000) and Lisa Shepard had 31 points vs. St. Joseph's (11/27/1999).
// Penn State's 85 points at Minnesota are the most points scored by a Penn State team at WIlliams Arena since an 88-83 win on Dec. 28, 2001.
Lineup Shuffle
// Head coach Coquese Washington has used seven different starting lineups this season.
// The most used lineup is Brianna Banks, Kaliyah Mitchell Teniya Page, Lindsey Spann and Peyton Whitted, which has been used seven times.
// Page has started all 17 games as a true freshman, while Whitted has started 16 contests.
// Brianna Banks, who has started 14 games, was sidelined with an injury for three contests this season.
// Perspective: Washington used only seven different lineups total during the 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons combined.
30 For Spann at Minnesota
// Sophomore Lindsey Spann became the 15th Lady Lion in school history to notch a 30-point game when she poured in 30 points at Minnesota on Jan. 3, 2016.
// Spann converted 10-of-18 shots from the field - including 7-of-11 from three-point range - and was 3-of-3 from the free throw line.
// Her 30-point effort was the first since Maggie Lucas netted 32 points vs. Indiana on Feb. 13, 2014.
// The seven made three-pointers by Spann were the most by a Penn State player since Lucas notched seven made three pointers on March 9, 2013 against Michigan State.
// The complete list of 30-point can be found on the Records Watch on Page 9.
Teniya's 30-Point Effort
// Freshman Teniya Page poured in a career-high 31 points on Jan. 17 against Michigan in the 10th Annual Pink Zone at Penn State game.
// The 31-point effort marks the first of her career and makes her just the fifth freshman in school history to eclipse the 30-point mark as a rookie.
// Page joins Jen Bednarek (1976-77), Tyra Grant (2006-07), Kelly Mazzante (2000-01) and Susan Robinson (1988-89) in the exclusive list.
// It is just the second time a Big Ten freshman eclipsed the 30-point mark this season, with Nebraska's Jessica Shepard tallying 35 points vs. Northern Arizona in non-conference play.
// Page joined Lindsey Spann in the 30-point club this season, making Penn State one of three Big Ten teams with two players that have reached the 30-point mark in a game this season. (Minnesota & Nebraska)
Balanced in the Scoring Column
// Penn State has seen at least three players reach double figures in 14 of 17 games this season.
// Four Lady Lions have eclipsed the 10-point mark in nine games - including two games with five players scoring 10-plus points.
// At USF, Penn State placed all five starters in double figures, marking the first time since Jan. 25, 2015 that five different Lady Lions scored 10 or more points in the same game.
// Five players tallied 10-plus points vs. Nebraska; Brianna Banks, Kaliyah Mitchell, Teniya Page, Lindsey Spann & Peyton Whitted all topped the 10-point mark.
// Freshman Teniya Page reached the 10-point plateau in each of her first eight career games.
// Senior Brianna Banks has eclipsed the 10-point mark in 10 straight games, dating back to Dec. 6, 2016.
// Perspective: In 2014-15, Penn State had four players reach double-figures in the same game on seven occasions, including two games with five players in double-digits.
Triples Falling in 2016
// Penn State has connected on 83 three-pointers this season, a total that already eclipses its total from the entire 2014-15 campaign.
// Lindsey Spann has 34 triples this season - just three off the pace of her total (37) from last season.
// As a team, Penn State is shooting .324 from long distance, compared to .254 last season.
Spann Heating Up
// After leading the team in scoring last season as a redshirt-freshman, Lindsey Spann reached double digits just twice in her first six games.
// After her two-point performance vs. BYU, Spann reached the 10-point mark in five straight games, including a pair of 20-point efforts.
// Spann has scored 10-plus points in 10 of her last 12 games, including a pair of 20-point efforts and a 30-point game.
// Her first 20-point effort of the season came vs. Virginia Tech on Dec. 3, pouring in 20 points before adding 23 points vs. Sacred Heart on Dec. 20.
// Spann made seven three-pointers at Minnesota, which ranks tied for No. 22 nationally in a single game this season.
Agee Sending It Back
// Senior Candice Agee blocked one shot vs. Michigan to move her career total to 111 rejections.
// She trails Tori Waldner (120, 2012-15) for the No. 8 spot on the career charts.
// Her three blocks at Cal State Northridge helped her become just the 10th Lady Lion to record 100 career rejections.
// Agee has 31 career games with two-plus blocks.
// The Victorville, Calif., native enjoyed a 13-game streak with at least on blocked shot in 2014-15. She rejected shots in each game from Jan. 6 - Feb. 26, 2015.
// Agee recorded a career-high five blocks in a win over Rider on Dec. 14, 2014.
// Agee is looking to become just the 10th player in Penn State history to register 1.0 blocks per game for a career. She is currently at 1.05 bpg.
Whitted Wiping the Glass
// Peyton Whitted enters today ranked No. 8 in the Big Ten with 8.1 rebounds per game.
// She hauled in 10-plus boards in each of her first four games, making her the first player since Nikki Greene (2013) to post four straight games with at least 10 rebounds.
// Whitted entered 2015-16 with just one double-digit rebound game, but has six such games this season.
// The Suwanee, Ga. native has led the team in rebounding on 10 occasions this season. She only did that twice total during her first two seasons on campus.
// Her 16-rebound effort at No. 4/5 Tennessee came against her father's alma mater. Whitted's dad, Kevin, played basketball at UT from 1993-95, leading the team in field goal percentage twice.
Banks Depositing 20's
// Senior Brianna Banks is making the most of her only season on the court for the Blue and White, posting 12 double-digit scoring games in 15 tries.
// Banks has reached the 10-point mark in each of her past 10 games, including 19 points on Sunday vs. Michigan.
// She made her Penn State debut on Nov. 13 vs. Holy Cross and promptly tied her then-career-high with 20 points, following that with a 22-point showing against Fordham.
// On Dec. 12 at St. Bonaventure, Banks netted a career-best 26 points on a personal-best 10 field goals.
// The Big Ten opener featured a 25-point, seven rebound, three steal effort for the Newnan, Ga. native.
// Banks has reached double figures in 12 of the 13 games she has completed, missing most of four games due to injury.
// Her four 20-point games are tied for the most on the team this season (Spann). She entered the season with just one 20-point game on her resume.
// Banks played just two minutes at No. 5/4 Tennessee before leaving the game with an injury. She missed games vs. Central Connecticut State and at Cal State Northridge, and played just three minutes vs. BYU.
Freebies For Mitchell
// Junior Kaliyah Mitchell was the team's top free throw shooter last season and has continued that trend again in 2015-16.
// Mitchell currently ranks No. 2 in the Big Ten and No. 21 nationally with a .878 free throw clip. She has connected on 44-of-49 freebies.
// Mitchell made 19 free throws in a row from the third quarter vs. Central Connecticut State to the third quarter against Youngstown State, including a 6-of-6 effort vs. BYU on Nov. 28.
// For her career, Mitchell is a .758 shooter from the charity stripe, making 175-of-231 free throws. That percentage currently sits No. 19 on the all-time list at Penn State.
White Hot Start for Whitted
// Peyton Whitted enjoyed a quick start to her junior season, setting career-highs for points (22), rebounds (16), assists (7), field goals made (8) and free throws made (6) in her first three games.
// She posted three double-doubles over her first four games this season. Her 22-point, 11-rebound effort in the season opener marked her first career double-double.
// She hauled in 10-plus boards in each of her first four games, making her the first player since Nikki Greene (2013) to post four straight games with at least 10 rebounds.
// Whitted's first three career double-doubles have come against Holy Cross (22p, 11r), at Tennessee (17p, 16r) and vs. Central Connecticut State (15p, 15r).
// Her 17-point, 16-rebound effort at No. 4/5 Tennessee came against her father's alma mater. Whitted's dad, Kevin, played basketball at UT from 1993-95, leading the team in field goal percentage twice.
// Whitted was named to the Big Ten Weekly Honor Roll after averaging 16.0 points and 15.5 rebounds for the week of Nov. 16-22.
Injury Bug Strikes
// Junior guard Sierra Moore, junior guard Keke Sevillian and freshman guard Amari Carter will all miss the 2015-16 season due to injuries (knee).
// Moore averaged 12.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists, and added 15 blocked shots and 35 steals in 30 games last season.
// Carter also missed her senior year of high school due to a knee injury.
// Sevillian played in 10 games this season before suffering the injury in practice in late December.
// Senior guard Brianna Banks missed most of a four-game stretch due to a lower leg injury from Nov. 18 - Nov. 28. She came out of the Tennessee game with the injury, missed all of the next two contests and played sparingly in the BYU game.
On the Right Page
// True freshman Teniya Page has been impressive as the Lady Lion point guard to begin her career, reaching double figures in the scoring column in each of her first eight career games.
// Against Michigan on Jan. 17, Page netted 31 points to become just the fifth freshman in program history to eclipse the 30-point mark in a game.
// The Chicago, Ill., native poured in a then-career-high 26 points to go along with personal best marks of eight rebounds and four steals against Cal State Northridge on Nov. 27.
// Her second 20-point effort came in the B1G opener vs. Northwestern with a then-career-best 27 tallies in a victory over the No. 14/15 Wildcats.
// Page opened her career with seven straight 10-plus point, four-plus assist efforts.
// Her eight straight games of 10-plus points to open her career is a feat not accomplished by Penn State's top two career scoring leaders, Kelly Mazzante and Maggie Lucas.
// She scored 15 points with seven assists vs. Holy Cross, handed out six helpers with 11 points vs. Fordham to open her career.
// Page is one of just four freshmen nationally averaging better than 35 minutes per game. Her 36:18 average ranks No. 3 in the B1G and No. 33 in the NCAA.
Mitchell's Double Digit Streak
// After not reaching the scoring column in the season opener vs. Holy Cross, junior Kaliyah Mitchell secured double figures in each of the next five games.
// She has nine double-figure scoring games this season and ranks fourth on the team with 9.8 points per game.
// Mitchell led the team in scoring at USF with 18 points, just two points shy of her career-best effort.
// Mitchell posted her first double-double of the season on Tuesday, Dec. 8 against Youngstown State with 16 points and a game-high 12 boards.
// The junior added 15 points and 11 rebounds on Dec. 20 vs. Sacred Heart for her second double-double of the year.
Working Overtime
// Penn State opened the season with an 86-82 overtime victory vs. Holy Cross and are now 21-18 all-time in overtime.
// The season opening overtime contest marked just the third time PSU opened a season with extra time.
// The Lady Lions are 2-1 all-time in season opening overtime games. The also won at Dayton, Nov. 12, 2010, but lost, 93-84, to Connecticut on Nov. 25, 1989 in a game played at Iowa.
// The overtime victory marked the first overtime victory for PSU since the Nov. 18, 2010 at Oakland (96-89). Penn State had lost three straight overtime contests.
2016 Pink Zone at Penn State
// The 10th Annual Pink Zone at Penn State was held on Sunday, January 17 in the Bryce Jordan Center with the Lady Lions falling, 78-91, to the Wolverines.
// The 2016 contest was the highest scoring affair in the 10 years of the event, with the two teams combining for 178 points.
// A final total raised will be released this summer, however, early fundraising efforts have topped $160,000 through the Pink Zone game.
// 640 cancer survivors attended the game vs. Michigan, with 4,203 years of survivorship gathering on the court during the halftime celebration.
// For more information on the Pink Zone at Penn State, visit the official Pink Zone website at www.pennsylvaniapinkzone.org.
An Event Like No Other
// Penn State was the first team in the NCAA to don pink uniforms, debuting the threads on Feb. 4, 2007 against Wisconsin at the Bryce Jordan Center.
// The Lady Lion program has been honored as the Play 4 Kay Division I initiative winner twice in program history, winning the award in 2013 and 2014.
More Than Just a Game
// The Lady Lions own a 6-4 record in Pink Zone at Penn State games, including a five-game winning streak from 2010-2014.
// Pink Zone at Penn State has raised over $1.5 million in funds through its first 10 games, including a record $310,000 in 2014.
// The event began in 2007 with $20,490 raised and 31 cancer survivors in attendance and has grown into an event that annually raises over $200,000 (five straight years) and welcomes over 600 cancer survivors.
// In 2016, Penn State has currently raised $161,000 (final total announced later this year) and 640 cancer survivors joined the Lady Lions in the BJC.
// This year, Pink Zone's six beneficiaries include; Mount Nittany Medical Center, Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, Kay Yow Cancer Fund, PA Breast Center Coalition, JC Blair Memorial Hospital and Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Among NCAA Victory Leaders
// Penn State is one of only 16 teams in NCAA Division I to accumulate 890 or more victories in program history, with an overall record of 893-427 (.676).
// The Lady Lions are one of just three Big Ten teams to amass 890 or more victories. Ohio State (957), Maryland (899) and Penn State (893) are the three B1G schools to reach the mark.
// Of the top 20 schools on the all-time victories list, the Big Ten owns the most; four. Conference USA is second with three teams, while the SEC and Big XII each have two teams.
Washington Reaches 150
// Head coach Coquese Washington won her 150th career game on Sunday, Nov. 15 vs. Fordham, 75-59.
// Washington has started each of her nine seasons at the helm of the Lady Lions with a victory.
// In eight of the nine seasons, Penn State has began the year with at least two victories.
// Washington is unblemished in home openers, as well, winning all nine of her initial games in front of the home crowd.
Three McDonald's All-Americans
// The Lady Lions tout three McDonald's High School All-Americans on their roster this season in Candice Agee, Sierra Moore and Brianna Banks.
// Banks played in the 2011 contest, while Agee and Moore were participants in the 2012 game.
// Prior to Coquese Washington taking the reins, the Lady Lions only had one McDonald's High School All-American in program history.
// Both Siyeh Frazier and Jaida Travascio-Green were nominated for McDonald's All-American consideration in 2015-16.
Adding Two for 2016-17
// Head coach Coquese Washington and her coaching staff added a pair of top-25 guards during the early signing period in Siyeh Frazier and Jaida Travascio-Green.
// The 5-foot-11 Frazier averaged 18.5 points and nine rebounds per game as a junior at Renaissance High School in Detroit, Mich.
// She added nearly seven assists and six steals per game to earn AP All-State honors and Detroit Free Press Dream Team.
// An all-conference performer since her freshman year of high school, Travascio-Green garnered all-state honors after averaging 17 points, six rebounds, nearly four assists and two steals per game as a junior.
// A state qualifier and school-record holder in the high jump, Travascio-Green earned 2015 honorable mention all-state from the Chicago Tribune.
#WePlayOn
Penn State ended the WNBA season with four players on active rosters, including one All-Star and one WNBA Finals participant.
// Alex Bentley and Nikki Greene each suited up for the Connecticut Sun, Maggie Lucas played for the Indiana Fever and Tanisha Wright spent the season with the New York Liberty.
// Bentley ranked among the top-15 in the WNBA in steals (1.9) and scoring average (14.7), sitting third and 11th, respectively.
// Bentley was selected to the WNBA East All-Star roster and scored a team-best 23 points off the bench and handed out five assists.
// Lucas saw action in 30 games with a career-best 5.7 points per game average. She helped the Fever to an Eastern Conference championship and push the Minnesota Lynx to five games in the WNBA Finals.
// Wright ended her 11th season in the league with 7.4 points, 3.1 assists and 1.0 steals per game.
// Her assist total ranked ninth in the WNBA in 2015 and she moved into No. 14 in league history with 1,127 helpers in 364 career games.
// Greene played in 12 games as a late-season signing for the Sun, averaging 1.2 points and 2.0 rebounds.