Dec. 2, 2016
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State women's basketball program returns home to take on Marshall inside of Bryce Jordan Center at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3. The game will air live on the Penn State Sports Network.
Promotions
- The contest vs. the Thundering Herd serves as the annual Toys for Tots game. Patrons that bring a new, unwrapped toy to donate to Toys for Tots will receive $5 admission to the game.
- Santa and Mrs. Clause will be on the concourse level prior to the game.
- Doubleheader Day! The men's team will take on Wright State at 5 p.m. A separate ticket is needed for admission to the men's game vs. the Raiders.
- Postgame Autographs: De'Janae Boykin, Siyeh Fraizer.
Follow Along
Fans can follow along with the game on Twitter (@PennStateWBB), or via live stats, live video or live audio with the links to the right.
Scouting Marshall
- Marshall opened the season with four straight wins before dropping a 10-point decision to Prairie View A&M at the Feast on the Border Classic hosted by the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley.
- The Thundering Herd are plus-10.0 in scoring margin and plus-5.0 in rebounding this season, however are minus-1.0 in turnover margin.
- The Herd already have one victory over a Big Ten opponent, taking down Illinois, 55-53, on a Nov. 11, 2016 in Champaign.
- Sophomore Shayna Gore is leading the team with a 15.3 scoring average in six starts. She also has a team-best 15 assists and is shooting 80.0 percent from the free throw line.
- Sophomore Khadaijia Brooks is pulled down a team-best 7.2 rebounds per game. Brooks also chips in 7.3 points per contest in six starts.
- Rookie Ashley Saintigene has had a good start to her career, pulling down 6.7 rebounds and scoring 4.8 points off the bench. She also owns a team-high 16 blocked shots.
Series Notes
- Saturday's meeting will mark the first time that the Lady Lions and the Thundering Herd have met up on the court.
- Penn State is 15-17 against the current alignment of Conference USA. MORE ON PAGE 5.
Last Time Out -- Penn State 60, at Boston College 56 (Nov. 30, 2016)
- Teniya Page posted her 31st career double-figure scoring game and nine career 20-point effort with 24 points at BC.
- Page moved past the 600-point mark in the contest and now has 608 career tallies.
- The team-best 24 points mark the sixth time this season and 16th in her career that Page led the team in scoring.
- Kaliyah Mitchell pulled down 10 rebounds in the contest, marking her 16th career game with 10-plus rebounds.
- Mitchell paced Penn State on the boards for the fourth time this season and 18th time in her career.
- Jaylen Williams pulled down a career-high eight rebounds vs. the Eagles.
- Sierra Moore chipped in 10 points off the bench for her 26th career double-digit scoring game.
- Lindsey Spann led the team with four assists, the 18th time in her career she paced PSU in that category.
- Penn State is now 2-1 against Boston College in the all-time series, including 1-1 in Conti Forum.
- The Lady Lions are now 3-7 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
- With a 16-5 edge in bench points, the Penn State reserves outscored the opposition's subs for the sixth time in seven games.
- Penn State scored 22 points off of turnovers vs. the Eagles, the fourth time this season they have compiled 20-plus points off of opponent missteps.
- The Lady Lions held the rebounding edge for the sixth time in seven games, owning a 4-2 mark in those contests.
- The eight points allowed in the third quarter mark the fourth time in 2016-17 that Penn State held an opponent to single digits in a quarter.
Last Five Games
- Penn State is 4-1 over its last five games, with its only loss to Georgetown on Nov. 25 in the relocated San Juan Shootout in Daytona Beach, Fla.
- Teniya Page is the lone Penn Stater averaging in double figures at 20.2 points per game. She also leads the team in assists with 17 during that span.
- Kaliyah Mitchell (7.6), Peyton Whitted (7.2) are both averaging better than 7.0 rebound per game. Mitchell is adding 8.8 points, while Whitted is chipping in 6.6 points per game.
- As a team, Penn State is shooting .406 from the field and .386 from 3-point range. The Lady Lions are limiting the opposition to a .376 clip in field goal percentage and just .214 from beyond the arch.
- The Lady Lions are plus-8.8 in scoring margin, plus-2.2 in turnover margin and own a plus-1.6 edge in rebound margin.
Team Tidbits
Scoreboard Workout
- Penn State wanted to make sure they played at the pace that head coach Coquese Washington wanted and to be sure all of the scoreboard's lights were working with a 106-point effort vs. Saint Peter's.
- The 106-50 win marked the 49th time in program history the Lady Lions hit the century mark and their 106 points are tied for 19th on the all-time single game scoring list.
- Furthermore, Penn State scored 64 points in the first half, marking the first time the Lady Lions scored over 60 points in a half since November 8, 2013 vs. Saint Francis (Pa.).
- The 106-point game against Saint Peter's was the first time the Lady Lions scored over 100 points since beating Saint Francis (Pa.), 117-77 in 2013.
- The Lady Lions won by 56 points, the largest margin of victory since a 101-44 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson on Dec. 2, 2012.
Opening on the Road
- Penn State opened a season on the road for the first time since the 2010-11 season (at Dayton) with an 83-60 loss at Drexel on Friday, Nov. 11.
- Since 2006-07, Penn State has now opened on the road four times; at Dayton (2010-11) and at Drexel (2016-17, 2009-10 and 2006-07).
- Starting its 53rd season on the road, Penn State has opened with a true road game on 18 occasions. The Lady Lions are 11-7 in those contests, with the season-opening loss to the Dragons snapping a three-game winning streak.
900 In the Books
- In its 53rd season playing women's basketball, Penn State became just the 16th program in Division I women's basketball to earn 900 victories in program history with a convincing win over Saint Peter's, 106-50, on Sunday, Nov. 13.
- The program owns 904-439 overall record.
- Penn State joins Big Ten brethren Ohio State and Maryland in the exclusive 900-win club.
First Timers
- The 2016-17 season brings five new teams to the Lady Lion record books, with four of the five games being played at the Bryce Jordan Center.
- Penn State is currently 3-0 against teams it is meeting for the first time; defeating Akron, Georgia State and Saint Peter's.
- Still to arrive on the schedule are Marshall (12/3) and Iona (12/20).
Toppling Rocky Top
- Penn State came close last season in Knoxville, but Tennessee was able to hold on for a victory on Nov. 18 in Thompson-Boling Arena, but on Nov. 20, 2016, the Lady Lions came through with a 70-56 defeat of the Lady Vols.
- The Blue and White picked up its first double-digit win over a top-25 team since it defeated No. 23/22 Iowa 87-71 Jan. 5, 2014.
- The Lady Lions improved to 2-9 all-time against Tennessee, with both wins coming at home. The victory Saturday was preceded by a 79-74 victory in Rec Hall on Jan. 27, 1985.
- Head coach Coquese Washington now has 22 wins over ranked opponents in her 10 seasons at the helm of the Lady Lion program.
Starting Strong at Home
- Penn State has won each of its first three home games, marking the 27th time in program history it has started with at least three victories to start the home slate.
- Head coach Coquese Washington has won the first three games of a home slate in seven of 10 seasons.
- The Lady Lions have 10 unblemished seasons at home, including the 2012-13 squad that went 14-0 and the 2002-03 which won a school-record 16 games.
- Of those 27 seasons, Penn State has won at least four-straight games to open a season on 24 different occasions.
Facing Conference USA
- Of the current alignment of Conference USA, Penn State owns a 15-17 overall mark. The Lady Lions have played eight of the 14 teams currently in the conference.
- The most frequent C-USA team in the Lady Lion record books have been Old Dominion (12) and Louisiana Tech (10).
- Penn State is 6-6 against C-USA since 2000.
- The Lady Lions are 3-3 in NCAA Tournament games against current members of the conference. Penn State has met FIU (1-0), Louisiana Tech (2-2), Old Dominion (0-2) and UTEP (1-0).
Team - 1st Meeting - Record
Charlotte -- 2007 - 1-0
FAU -- 2001 - 1-0
FIU -- 2002 - 1-0
Louisiana Tech -- 1984 - 3-7
Marshall-- No Meetings
Middle Tennessee State -- 2005 - 1-1
North Texas-- No Meetings
Old Dominion -- 1979 - 5-7
Rice-- No Meetings
Southern Mississippi-- No Meetings
UAB-- No Meetings
UTEP -- 1983 - 2-0
UTSA -- No Meetings
Western Kentucky -- 1987 - 1-2
Teniya's Page
Page Putting In Work
- In 38 career games in the blue and white, sophomore Teniya Page has produced 21 games playing at least 38 minutes, and of those 21 games, nine of them have featured at least 40 minutes.
- Page produced eight games of at least 40 minutes last season and played every minute vs. Akron on Nov. 16.
- Page has not fouled out of a game in her career, reaching four fouls in only eight games.
- As a rookie, she finished ranked No. 14 in the NCAA and No. 3 in the B1G with 37.6 minutes per game.
- The sophomore is currently averaging 37.0 minutes per game in her career, a mark that would be tops in the all-time list, with only four other players in school history averaging more than 34 minutes per game.
37.0 - Teniya Page (38 games) - 2015-present
36.7 - Jess Strom (133) - 2001-05
35.0 - Suzie McConnell (128) - 1984-88
34.9 - Brianne O'Rourke (120) - 2005-09
34.1 - Kelly Mazzante (133) - 2000-04
- Perspective: Page's 16 games of at least 38 minutes last season were more than the rest of the team combined in 2015-16. Only four other players (12 times) played at least 38 minutes in a game.
Taking the Lead
- Against Georgetown on Friday, Nov. 25, Teniya Page led the team in scoring and assists, ticking off 16 points and four assists. MORE ON PAGE 29.
- It marked the eighth time in her career she led the team in both categories in the same game.
- Overall, Page has led the team in scoring on 16 occasions and paced the team in assists in 23 contests.
B1G Crunch Time
- As a freshman, Teniya Page averaged 5.8 points per game (35 points) in the fourth quarter of Penn State's six Big Ten victories, playing 57 of the 60 minutes.
- As a rookie, Page was 12-of-19 from the floor (.632), including 3-of-4 from three-point range. She also hit 8-of-11 free throws (.727).
- At Michigan State, Page scored eight points in the final 2:50 of the fourth quarter - including the go-ahead jumper with 1:01 remaining - to help PSU rally from a 14-point third quarter deficit for the road win over the nationally-ranked Spartans.
- At Illinois, Page scored 13 fourth quarter points to help PSU complete a come-from-behind win.
- Overall in the fourth quarter of Big Ten games, Page was 29-of-76 (.382) from the field and 10-of-20 (.500) from 3-point range. She had 16 assists and seven steals in 18 games.
Reaching Double Figures
- In 38 career games, Teniya Page has reached double-figures in the scoring column on 31 occasions, including the first four games of 2016-17 and six of seven games overall.
- Page scored 10-plus points in six straight games from the 2015-16 season before getting only nine points vs. Georgia State on Nov. 24.
- For the Chicago native, just reaching 10 points is not enough. Of her 31 double-figure scoring games, 24 of them have seen her score more than 15 points.
- The 31 games of 10-or-more points includes one 30-point effort and eight other 20-point games.
B1G POTW
- After averaging 26.0 points per game and leading the Lady Lions to a pair of wins, including a victory over then No. 13 Tennessee, Teniya Page was named Big Ten Player of the Week.
- Page also averaged 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game on the week.
- It is the first Player of the Week honor for Page and her second career B1G honor, earning Freshman of the Week once during the 2015-16 season.
Spann's Storyboard
Spann Hits For 30, Again
- Only 10 Lady Lions have every posted multiple games with 30 points in a career, and junior Lindsey Spann is one of them after a career-high 31-point effort vs. Saint Peter's on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016.
- Spann connected on 13-of-18 shots - including 4-of-8 from 3-point range - and made her only free throw attempt on her way to 31 tallies.
- Her 31 points are tied for No. 10 on the single game charts in 2016-17 and she is one of just 17 players to top the 30-point mark this season.
- Spann notched 30 points on Jan. 3, 2016 at Minnesota, making 10-of-18 shots, including seven 3-pointers. She made three free throws vs. the Gophers.
- In 2015-16, Spann and Teniya Page became just the second set of teammates to reach the 30-point mark during the same season. 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).
Long Range Lindsey
- In just 67 career games, Lindsey Spann has ascended into the upper echelon of the single season and career charts for 3-point shooting at Penn State. MORE ON PAGE 6.
- Her 112 makes from 3-point range make her just the 14th player in Penn State history to hit the century mark from distance.
- She is currently two shy of passing Lynn Dougherty (113, 1989-92) for 13th on the career list.
- Her 65 makes from long range in 2015-16 sit tied with Kelly Mazzante (2000-01) for No. 11 on the single season charts.
- Spann's seven three-pointers at Minnesota were the most in a single game in 2015-16 for Penn State and sit tied for No. 4 on the Lady Lion single game charts.
- She connected on at least two three-pointers in six straight games from Jan. 10 - Jan. 27, before going 0-for-3 against Purdue (1/30).
Spann Solid From The Stripe
- Junior Lindsey Spann has moved her named into the discussion as one of the top free throw shooters in school history. MORE ON PAGE 6.
- Spann has made 123-of-156 shots from charity stripe in her career to rank tied for No. 13 on the career free throw percentage list at .788.
- Her .877 free throw percentage (57-of-65) in 2015-16 ranks tied for No. 8 on the single season charts with Jess Strom's 71-of-81 effort in 2002-03.
Player Parables
Moore Is Better
- Sierra Moore missed the entire 2015-16 season due to injury, meaning her last on-court appearance came on March 3, 2015 in the Big Ten Tournament.
- Her absence spanned 617 days before she returned on Friday, Nov. 11 at Drexel.
- Moore tied for the team lead with 15 points, connecting on 7-of-8 shots from the floor and 1-of-2 attempts from the free throw line. She added four rebounds and two assists in 32 minutes on the floor.
- Moore reached double figures in three of her first four games in 2016-17 and has four double-figure scoring games this season. MORE ON PAGE 27.
Mitchell a 10 on the Boards
- The first double-double of the 2016-17 season came via a 17-point, 12-rebound effort from Kaliyah Mitchell on Wednesday, Nov. 16 evening vs. Akron.
- Mitchell followed that with a 12-point, 11-rebound effort vs. No. 13/13 Tennessee.
- It is the second time in her career she has posted back-to-back double-doubles, the first time coming on Jan. 22 and Jan. 25 vs. Indiana and Northwestern, respectively.
- Overall, Mitchell has nine career double-doubles. MORE ON PAGE 9 & 33.
- The senior also nabbed 10 rebounds at Boston College on Nov. 30 to give her 16 career games with 10-plus rebounds, including three this season.
500 Club
- More exclusive than Penn State's 1,000-point club, the 500-rebound group currently has just 33 members. However, seniors Kaliyah Mitchell and Peyton Whitted are two of them. MORE ON PAGE 6
- Mitchell secured her 500th rebound in the opening game of the 2016 Big Ten Tournament vs. Illinois and enters today with 559 career boards.
- With just five rebounds, Mitchell can move into the No. 25 slot, currently held by Kelly Mazzante (2001-04), who nabbed 563 career rebounds.
- For Whitted, notched rebounds No. 500 vs. Georgetown on Nov. 25 in Dayton Beach, Fla. to become the 33rd member of the club, thanks largely to her 256-rebound season in 2015-16.
- Overall, Whitted ranks No. 32 on the list with 208 rebounds, trailing Talia East (2011-14) and Adrie DeVries (1987-90) for the No. 29 spot with 526 boards.
Whitted Doubles Up
- After logging her first seven career double-doubles in 2015-16, Peyton Whitted added her career totals with a 15-point, 11-rebound effort off the bench vs. Georgia State on Friday, Nov. 25 at the San Juan Shootout.
- Whitted had just one 10-plus rebound effort in her career entering 2015-16, a 10-board performance at Illinois on Jan. 19, 2014 - her freshman season.
- As a junior, Whitted ripped off 11 games with 10-or-more rebounds, including the seven double-double efforts. MORE ON PAGE 9 & 41.
JTG Breaks Out at San Juan Shootout
- True freshmen Jaida Travascio-Green enjoyed her finest week on the collegiate stage, averaging a team-best 13.0 points per game and shooting 80.0 percent from the field while at the San Juan Shootout.
- The rookie connected on 6-of-8 shots from 3-point range on the weekend.
- Travascio-Green poured in a career-high 18 points and grabbed a career-best six rebounds against Georgia State, shooting 5-of-7 from 3-point range.
- Against Georgetown, she scored eight points and didn't miss a shot. She was 2-of-2 from the field - including one triple - and hit all three of her free throws. She added four more rebounds vs. the Hoyas.
Books & Basketball
- Senior guard Sierra Moore walked across the stage at the Bryce Jordan Center last April as a member of The Pennsylvania State University's graduating class of 2016.
- The Hanover, Pa., native accepted her diploma, a B.A. in broadcast & journalism, and is now working on a master's degree in human resources & employment relations.
- Moore missed the 2015-16 season due to injury (knee), after averaging 12.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 2014-15.
- The trio of Kaliyah Mitchell, Lindsey Spann and Peyton Whitted all excelled on the court and in the classroom during the 2015-16 campaign, earning Academic All-Big Ten honors.
- Along with her academic honor, Spann was an honorable mention All-Big Ten performer, as well.
- Mitchell and Whitted were also members of the Dean's List following the 2016 spring semester.
Rookies Get First Taste
- True freshmen Siyeh Frazier and Jaida Travascio-Green each recorded the first official playing time of their respective careers in the season opener at Drexel.
- Travascio-Green connected on her first career attempt from the field, a 3-point basket with 1:33 left in the first quarter to push Penn State's lead to six points at the time.
- Overall, Travascio-Green would end the night with six points and two rebounds in 13 minutes of court time.
- Frazier played three minutes and had one assist in her first collegiate action.
 
Next Up
- Penn State hits the road for the final time in the non-conference schedule for a game at Holy Cross. The Lady Lions and Crusaders will tip off at 7 p.m. inside the Hart Center, with the game carried live on the Penn State Radio Network.