Dec. 19, 2016
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State women's basketball program will close out the non-conference portion of its schedule with a 7 p.m. tipoff vs. Iona on Tuesday, Dec. 20 inside the Bryce Jordan Center. The Lady Lions and Gaels will air live on the Penn State Sports Network and BTN2go.com.
Promotions
- Postgame Autographs: Jaida Travascio-Green, Kaliyah Mitchell.
Follow Along
- Fans can follow along with Tuesday's game on Twitter (@PennStateWBB), or via live stats, live video or live audio with the links to the right.
Inside the PDF
- Sophomore Teniya Page logged her third career 30-point game on Sunday, Dec. 18. Only one other Penn State Lady Lion has more 30-point games as a freshman and sophomore. MORE ON PAGE 10 & 32
- Redshirt freshman De'Janae Boykin made her collegiate debut on Sunday vs. American notching 10 points and six rebounds. MORE ON PAGE 14 & 50
- Ranking No. 5 in the NCAA, redshirt freshman Amari Carter leads the Big Ten in assist-to-turnover ratio at 4.08. MORE ON PAGE 14 , 21 & 26
- Penn State is off to a great start at the Bryce Jordan Center, posting a win in each of its six home games this season. MORE ON PAGE 8
- The Penn State's reserves have given the team a huge lift this season and are averaging 23.4 points per game. MORE ON PAGE 8
- Penn State became the 16th program in NCAA women's Division I basketball to earn 900 program wins on Nov. 13 vs. Saint Peter's. MORE ON PAGE 8 & 9
Scouting Iona
- Iona enters the contest with a 6-4 overall record, but are 1-3 on the road so far in 2016-17. The Gaels record includes a 1-1 mark in MAAC conference play, defeating Manhattan at home, 70-53, before falling at Fairfield, 68-59.
- As a team, Iona is averaging 60.1 points per game, while limiting the opposition to just 57.3 points.
- Iona owns a plus-5.3 edge on the glass, coming in averaging 38.2 rebounds per game.
- Sophomore Alexis Lewis leads the team in both scoring and rebounding average, pouring in 18.6 points and grabbing 7.6 rebounds per game in 10 starts.
- Two other Gael players are averaging in double-figures, with Marina Lizarazu and Karynda DuPree are chipping in 13.4 and 10.6 points respectively.
- Dupree is also pulling down 7.3 rebounds per game and has 20 blocked shots (2.0 bpg) in 10 starts..
Series Notes
- Tuesday's meeting will mark the first time that Penn State has matched up against Iona.
- The Lady Lions are 13-0 against the current alignment of the MAAC after defeating Saint Peter's in their first home contest of the 2016-17 season. MORE ON PAGE 8
Last Time Out -- at Penn State 70, American 65 (Dec. 18, 2016)
- 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.
- Ashanti Thomas tied her career-high with nine points in the game.
- Thomas also made a career-high-tying three free throws.
- 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 -- which tied for game high -- in her collegiate debut.
- Jaida Travascio-Green netted nine points off the bench for Penn State.
- Peyton Whitted pulled down five rebounds to move her career total to 528 and move into No. 30 on the career charts.
Last Five Games
- Penn State owns a 5-0 record in its last five games and enter today's matchup riding a five-game winning streak. The winning streak is the longest since reeling off six-straight victories from Jan. 16-Feb. 2, 2014.
- Penn State owns a +15.2 scoring margin in its last five games, owning a 77.4-62.2 scoring edge.
- The Lady Lions have out-rebounded each of their last five opponents and own a +8.6 edge on the boards overall in the last five games.
- Four players are averaging in double-figures for Penn State over the last five games, led by Teniya Page's 23.0 points per game. Lindsey Spann is tallying 12.4 points a contest, while Sierra Moore is chipping in 10.4 points and De'Janae Boykin is averaging 10 .0 points a game.
- Kaliyah Mitchell leads the way on the glass with 5.6 rebounds per game, while Peyton Whitted is pulling down 5.0 boards per contest over the last five games.
- Amari Carter continues to value the basketball, posting just six turnovers in the last five games. She also has 21 assists and seven steals in that time frame.
Next Up
- It will be eight days between games for Penn State, as the holiday break will end on Dec. 28, 2016 when Indiana enters the Bryce Jordan Center for the Big Ten Conference opener for both teams. The Lady Lions and Hoosiers will tip off at 7 p.m. and the game will be carried live on the Penn State Radio Network and BTN2go.com.