Jan. 29, 2016
| GAME 21 | |
| Saturday, January 30 - 2 p.m. ET | |
| Bryce Jordan Center | University Park, Pa. | |
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. --The Penn State women's basketball team will welcome Purdue to the Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday, Jan. 30 in the Alumni Weekend game. The Lady Lions (8-12, 3-6 B1G) and Boilermakers (15-5, 6-3 B1G) will tip off at 2 p.m.
Game Day Promotions
// Fun Zone - Face painter, caricature artist, airbrush tattoos and more on the concourse level.
// Alumni Weekend- Various Penn State women's basketball alums will be in attendance at the game.
// Cheer-Dance Clinic - The Penn State cheerleaders and Lionettes will host a free clinic from 12-1 p.m. in the Basketball Practice Facility.
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Series Notes
// Penn State and Purdue will meet for the 37th time in program history. More on Page 5.
// The Lady Lions are 19-27 all-time against the Boilermakes, winning two straight games in the series.
// Penn State owns a slim 10-9 edge in the series when games are played in University Park.
// The last two wins for Penn State have come on the road vs. Purdue, with the last Lady Lion win at home coming on Feb. 4, 2013.
// The first meeting came on Dec. 21, 1998 when Purdue grabbed a 85-61 decision at Rec Hall.
At A Glance
// Freshman Teniya Page scored 10 points vs. No. 5/5 Maryland on Wednesday for her fifth straigh game in double figures. More on Page 6, 8 & 29.
// Junior Kaliyah Mitchell connected on both free throw attempts vs. Maryland to move her free throw percentage to .852 for the season. That total ranks No. 7 in the Big Ten and No. 42 in the NCAA. More on Page 7, 8 & 33.
// Penn State has connected on 97 three-pointers this season, a total that already eclipses its total of 74 from the entire 2014-15 campaign. More on Page 6.
// As a team, Penn State enters today's game averaging just 14.6 turnovers per game, a total that would rank No. 5 in the history books. More on Page 6.
// Junior Peyton Whitted notched her eighth 10-plus rebound game of the year against No. 5/5 Maryland with 10 bards in just 18 minutes on the courth. More on Page 7, 8 & 41.
// The Lady Lions will head to Nebraska for a Tuesday, Feb. 2 meeting. The game will be played at 8 p.m. and air live on the Big Ten Network and via the Penn State Sports Network.
Scouting Purdue
// Purdue leads the Big Ten in blocked shots per game (5.0) and ranks second in steals per game (8.9). The Boilermakers have also committed the third fewest turnovers in the conference (271).
// Purdue is 5-0 this season when at least four players score in double-figures, including four Big Ten victories
// The Boilermakers average just 13.5 turnovers per game, and are on pace to better the single-season team record of 14.7 per game set in 2001-02.
// April Wilson ranks among the national top-20 in assists per game (16th, 6.2), assist to turnover ration (8th, 2.88).
// Wilson leads the team in scoring (15.6 ppg), assists and steals (2.1). She is shooting .442 from the field - including a team-best 119 made field goals - and ranks second on the team with 31 made three point field goals.
// Ashley Morrissette is among the conference leaders in three-point field goals made per game, knocking down 1.8 shots per game from distance. She is shooting .356 from distance.
// Dominique McBride ranks No. 13 in the Big Ten with 1.1 blocked shots per game. She also ranks third on the team in rebounding at 4.0 boards per game.
Last Time Out - vs. No. 5/5 Maryland (Jan. 27, 2016)
// Lindsey Spann led the Lady Lions in scoring with 14 points, marking the sixth time this season she paced the team in the scoring column.
// Spann notched double-digit scoring for the 13th time this season and 33rd time in her career.
// Teniya Page posted her fifth consecutive double-digit scoring effort and 17th of the season with 10 points.
// Page led Penn State with four assists, marking the 10th time this season she had at least 10 points and four assists.
// Page did not commit a turnover in 36 minutes of action, marking her fourth game this season with zero turnovers.
// For the 14th time this season, Page committed two or fewer turnovers from the point guard position.
// Peyton Whitted led Penn State with 10 rebounds, her eighth game this season with at least 10 boards.
// Sarah McMurtry netted her first career points as a Lady Lions, putting up a three pointer in the fourth quarter.
// The Lady Lions led the Terrapins in fast break points, 12-4. It is the 17th time this season Penn State held the advantage on the break.
Limiting the Turnovres
// Penn State has limited its turnovers this season, averaging just 14.6 per contest.
// Only four Penn State teams have ever averaged less than 15.0 turnovers per game. The 2003-04 (13.1), 2004-05 (13.8), 2002-03 (13.9) and 2011-12 (14.4) squads all averaged fewer than 15.0 TO per game.
// Penn State has five games with 10 or fewer turnovers this season, their most game since the 2003-04 team accomplished that nine times.
Bucking The Trends
// Penn State kicked a couple of trends last week, earning its first wins of the season away from home, while accomplishing a couple of other firsts in 2015-16.
// The win at Iowa on Jan. 20 was the first road win of the season for the Lady Lions, who also won the first game of 2016, snapping a five game losing streak.
// The win at Iowa was the first time Penn State led wire-to-wire in a Big Ten game since beating Minnesota, 83-53), on Jan. 26, 2014.
// Penn State won its first game this season when being out rebounded in the game. The Lady Lions entered the game 0-9 when losing the battle of the boards this season.
// The Lady Lions had been 0-11 when tied or trailing on the scoreboard with 5:00 to play before rallying for the win at Illinois. PSU trailed by two points, 51-49, when the clock his 5:00 in left in the game.
// Trailing by 11 with 5:11 to play in the third quarter, Penn State rallied for the win at Illinois. It was the first double-digit deficit overcome for Penn State since rallying from the same margin (11) vs. Wichitan State on March 23, 2014.
Triples Falling in 2016
// Penn State has connected on 97 three-pointers this season, a total that already eclipses its total of 74 from the entire 2014-15 campaign.
// The Lady Lions made the 75th three pointer this season in game No. 16 vs. Nebraska on Jan. 13.
// Lindsey Spann has 41 triples this season - more than her total (37) from last season as a freshman.
// As a team, Penn State is shooting .318 from long distance, compared to .254 last season.
// Penn State has three players with 15-plus three-pointers made after having just one player eclipse that mark in 2014-15.
Final 15 Furry at Illinois
// Penn State trailed by 11 points, 35-24, with 5:11 to play in the third quarter at Illinois on Jan. 23, 2016.
// The Lady Lions connected on 12-of-16 shots (75.0%)from the field over the final 15 minutes of the game after shooting just 8-of 35 (22.8%) from the field over the first 25 minutes.
// Penn State made 10-of-13 shots from the field in the fourth quarter. The team had just 10 made field goals in the first three quarters combined.
// Six of Penn State's seven assists came during the final 15 minutes of the game.
// Teniya Page scored 13 points in the fourth quarter alone, with Lindsey Spann adding six fourth quarter tallies.
// It was a Spann three-pointer with 4:51 left in the third quarter that started the rally, the first three-pointer made of the game for Penn State.
// Over the last 15 minutes, Penn State outscored Illinois, 41-21, to earn the come-from-behind victory.
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 doing so twice this season.
// 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) Records Watch on Page 9.
Balanced in the Scoring Column
// Penn State has seen at least three players reach double figures in 15 of 20 games this season.
// Four Lady Lions have eclipsed the 10-point mark in 10 games - including three games with five players scoring 10-plus points.
// At USF, Penn State placed all five starters in double figures, as Brianna Banks, Kaliyah Mitchell, Teniya Page, Lindsey Spann & Peyton Whitted all topped the 10-point mark.
// It was the first time since Jan. 25, 2015 that five different Lady Lions scored 10 or more points in the same game.
// The same five players tallied 10-plus points vs. Nebraska (1/13) and at Iowa (1/20).
// 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.
Banks Depositing 20's
// Senior Brianna Banks is making the most of her only season on the court for the Blue and White, posting 14 double-digit scoring games in 17 tries.
// Banks reached the 10-point mark in 12 straight games from Dec. 6 - Jan. 23, before she had just eight points vs. No. 5/5 Maryland.
// 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 14 of the 16 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 (Page & Spann). She entered the season with just one 20-point game on her resume.
Lighting Up the Scoreboard
// The Lady Lions reached 75 points in five of the first seven conference games, the first time that happened since 2002-03.
// The 2002-03 squad scored 75 points or more in five of the first seven 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).
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.
// In just 28 minutes vs. Maryland, Whitted hauled in 10 rebounds for her eighth such game this season.
// Whitted entered 2015-16 with just one double-digit rebound game, but has eight such games this season.
// The Suwanee, Ga. native has led the team in rebounding on 12 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.
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. 7 in the Big Ten and No. 42 nationally with a .852 free throw clip. She has connected on 52-of-61 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 .757 shooter from the charity stripe, making 184-of-243 free throws. That percentage currently sits No. 20 on the all-time list at Penn State.
Agee Sending It Back
// Senior Candice Agee blocked one shot at Illinois to move her career total to 112 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.
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.
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 13 of her last 15 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.
// She has connected on at least two three-pointers in each of her last six games.
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 and has 10 such efforts this season, including a 10-point, four-assist night vs. No. 5/5 Maryland (1/27).
// 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 36:40 average ranks No. 3 in the B1G and No. 30 in the NCAA.
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 10 times.
// Page has started all 20 games as a true freshman, while Whitted has started 19 contests.
// Brianna Banks, who has started 17 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.
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 10 double-figure scoring games this season after notching 12 tallies at Iowa (1/20) 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.
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 (960), Maryland (901) and Penn State (894) 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.
Four McDonald's All-Americans
// The Lady Lions tout four McDonald's High School All-Americans in the program; Candice Agee, Brianna Banks, De'Janae Boykin and Sierra Moore.
// Boykin was a part of the 2015 game, Agee and Moore were participants in the 2012 game and Banks played in the 2011 contest.
// 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.
Boykin Joins Lady Lions
// Head coach Coquese Washington announced the addition of freshman transfer De'Janae Boykin to the Penn State women's basketball roster on Friday, January 22.
// Boykin joins the program after transferring from the University of Connecticut, where she did not appear in any games during her first semester of college.
// A three-time gold medalist in international competition, Boykin also earned McDonald's All-American honors following her final prep season.
// She was the 2014 Gatorade Player of the Year in the state of Maryland after averaging 21.1 points, 15.8 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game during her junior season at C. H. Flowers High School.
// Her senior season included just six games -- averaging 21.5 points per game -- before she was sidelined due to injury, however, her efforts still earned her McDonald's All-America honors and was the No. 23 ranked player in the country according to ESPN/HoopGurlz.
// Boykin's career also included extensive USA Basketball experience, including three gold medals in international competition. Boykin won gold at the 3-on-3 competition at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China. She started all seven games for Team USA at the 2014 FIBA U-17 World Championships and started all five games at the 2013 FIBA Americas U-16 Championships, winning gold medals at both competitions.
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.