Nov. 16, 2016
Penn State Women's Basketball
Postgame Notes vs. Akron
Nov. 16, 2016
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Sophomore Teniya Page scored a game and season-high 23 points for her seventh career 20-point game.
- Page connected on five 3-pointers in the first half, which are the most connections from distance in a half since Maggie Lucas hit six against Michigan State on March 9, 2013.
- Page added a game-high seven assists, to go along with six rebounds and one steal.
- Page played all 40 minutes, marking the ninth time in her career she played every minute of a game.
- Junior Lindsey Spann registered 21 points, giving her 12 career 20-point games.
- Spann posted her 17th career game with three-or-more made 3-point bakets, hitting on 3-of-6 attempts.
- Senior Sierra Moore corralled a season-high seven rebounds.
- Senior Kaliyah Mitchell posted her first double-double of the season with 17 points and 12 rebounds.
- Mitchell tied her career high with seven made free throws, going 7-of-8 from the chartity stripe and equaling her makes from Feb. 20, 2014 - her freshman season - against Northwestern.
- Freshman Jaida Travascio-Green blocked her first career shot in the second quarter.
TEAM NOTES
- Penn State is now 1-0 against Akron and improves to 7-0 all-time vs. Mid-American Conference foes.
- In head coach Coquese Washington's 10 years on the bench, Penn State has started its home slate 2-0 on eight occasions.
- Penn State turned 16 Akron turnovers into 29 points.
- The eight turnovers in the game are tied for 11th on Penn State's single game charts since at least the 1990-91 season.
- Penn State held a 43-41 advantage on the boards and has out-rebounded each of its first three opponents.