Nov. 20, 2016
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Penn State Women's Basketball
Postgame Notes vs. No. 13/13 Tennessee
Nov. 20, 2016
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Sophomore Teniya Page reached double figures for the sixth straight game dating back to 2015-16. She ended the night with 29 points for her second straight 20-point game and the .
- Page posted back-to-back 20-point games for the first time in her career.
- The 29-point effort is the eighth career game for Page with at least 20 points, and ranks second in her career behind a 31-point outing vs. Michigan on Jan. 17, 2016.
- Page tied her career high with 10 made field goals, she also notched 10 makes from the field vs. the Wolverines.
- Redshirt Freshman Amari Carter scored a career-high eight points in just the first half. She ended the game with 11 points, besting her six-point effort vs. Saint Peter's on Nov. 13, 2016.
-Pulling down 11 rebounds and scoring 12 points, senior Kaliyah Mitchell compiled her second-straight double-double vs. Tennessee. Mitchell has 17 points and 12 boards vs. Akron on Nov. 16.
- The 11 rebounds give Mitchell 544 career rebounds, moving her into the No. 26 spot on the Penn State career charts. She trails Kelly Mazzante's 563 rebounds from 2001-04 for the No. 25 spot on the charts.
- With three blocked shots, Mitchell set a career high, with two coming in the first half. She previously had four games with two blocked shots in her career, most recently at Rutgers on Feb. 1, 2015.
- Senior Sierra Moore posted 10 points off the bench for Penn State, with six coming in the second half.
- Moore added six rebounds and a team-high four assists.
- Senior Peyton Whitted pulled down eight rebounds to move her career total to 484 boards, moving her close to becoming the 33rd member of the 500-rebound club.
TEAM NOTES
- Penn State is 2-9 all-time against Tennessee, with a 2-1 record in game played on the University Park campus.
- Penn State had four players reach double figures; Page (29 points), Mitchell (12), Carter (11) and Moore (10).
- Penn State was out-rebounded for the first time in 2016-17, 45-40, against the Lady Volunteers.
- The Lady Lion bench owned a 13-8 advantage, marking the third time this season that Penn State's bench outscored the opponent's.
- Penn State posted its third game of the year with 12-or-fewer turnovers.