Dec. 18, 2016
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Penn State Women's Basketball
Postgame Notes vs. American
Dec. 18, 2016
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
// Sophomore Teniya Page joined Kelly Mazzante as the only two players in in Penn State women's basketball history to register three-or-more 30-point games through their sophomore seasons. Mazzante had 14 30-point games in her first two seasons.
// Page reached double-figures for the sixth-straight game with 30 points vs. American. It is Page's third career 30-point game and her second of the season.
// Page made a career-high 15 free throws in the game, going 15-of-17 on the afternoon. She previously made 10 freebies vs. Michigan on Jan. 17, 2016.
// Page's 15 made free throws rank No. 2 on the Penn State single game charts, tying Brianne O'Rourke (vs. Duke, 12/2/2007) and Jess Stromm (vs. Minnesota, 1/30/2005). The school record is 16 free throws by Maggie Lucas vs. St. Francis (Pa.) on Nov. 8, 2013.
//Sophomore Ashanti Thomas tied her career-high with nine points in the game.
// Thomas also made a career-high-tying three free throws.
// Redshirt freshman De'Janae Boykin made her collegiate debut vs. American. Boykin began her collegiate career at Connecticut before transferring to Penn State following the 2015 fall semester.
// Boykin got her first career basket on a layup with 5:09 to play in the first quarter.
// Boykin finished with 10 points and six rebounds ââ'¬" which tied for game high ââ'¬" in her collegiate debut.
//Freshman Jaida Travascio-Green netted nine points off the bench for Penn State.
// Senior Peyton Whitted pulled down five rebounds to move her career total to 528 and move into No. 30 on the career charts
TEAM NOTES
// Penn State improved to 4-0 all-time against American, with a 3-0 mark at home. Today's meeting with the Eagles was the first meeting between the two programs since Dec. 30, 1991.
//Penn State is now on a five-game winning streak, its longest winning streak since reeling off six-straight victories from Jan. 16-Feb. 2, 2014.
// The Lady Lions began the season with a 6-0 mark at home for the 17th time in program history and the fourth time under head coach Coquese Washington.
// The Lady Lions rallied from a nine-point deficit in the first quarter to come away with the win for the third time in the last five games. The nine-point deficit is tied for the biggest in a first half this season for Penn State.
// The six first quarter points are the fewest in a quarter this season for Penn State.
//Penn State's bench outscored the opposition's reserves for the 10th time in 11 games this season, owning a 29-13 edge in the contest.
// Penn State posted its fifth game this season with 13 or fewer turnovers, making just 13 missteps in the game.