Dec. 6, 2016
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State women's basketball program travels to take on Holy Cross in the final road non-conference tilt of the season. The Lady Lions and Crusaders will tip off at 7 p.m. inside the Hart Recreation Center on Wednesday, Dec. 7. The game will air live on the Penn State Sports Network.
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Scouting Holy Cross
- Holy Cross enters the contest with a 1-6 overall mark and are 1-2 at home this season, defeating Marist, 50-46, on Nov. 19 and falling to Quinipiac (11/16) and Yale (11/27).
- The Crusaders have played two overtime games already in 2016-17, falling by two points, 76-74, at Bryant and by a single point, 71-70, to Yale.
- Holy Cross is averaging 58.0 points per game and allowing opponents to score 63.9 points per game. The Crusaders average 36..7 rebounds per game, 18.3 turnovers per game and 8.9 steals per contest.
- Junior Infiniti Thomas-Waheed is leading the team with a 14.6 scoring average in seven starts, leading the team in scoring on five occasions.
- Thomas-Waheed has the only 20-point scoring game of the season for Holy Cross, a 23-point effort in an overtime setback at Bryant.
- Freshman Lauren Manis has paced the team in rebounding on four occasions and scoring twice this season. She is averaging 10.7 points and 8.7 rebounds in seven starts.
Series Notes
- Wednesday's meeting will mark the fifth time that the Lady Lions have squared off with Holy Cross and the second time they have played a road game with the Crusaders.
- Prior to the 2015-16 season, Penn State earned a 52-48 victory over Holy Cross at the Dead River Company Classic in Orono, Maine Nov. 29, 2009.
- The Lady Lions are an impressive 25-1 against the current alignment of the Patriot League, having taken on six institutions in the conference.
- Penn State owns a 4-0 overall record against the Crusaders, most recently earning a 86-82 overtime victory in the 2015-16 campaign.
Last Time Out -- at Penn State 82, Marshall 80 (Dec. 3, 2016)
- <>Teniya Page tied her career high with 31 total points vs. Marshall, marking the sixth time this season and 17th time in her career that she has lead the Lady Lions in scoring.
- This is Page's second consecutive 20-plus point game this season and 10th of her career, while also marking her 32nd career double-figure scoring game.
- Page's 31-point effort is her second career 30-point game, making her one of 11 Lady Lions with multiple 30-point efforts, joining teammate Lindsey Spann.
- Sierra Moore notched a season-high19 points during the game, marking her fifth double-digit scoring game this season and the 29th of her career.
- Moore's point total vs. the Thundering Herd increased her career total to 501, with 438 of those coming as a Lady Lion.
- With three successful 3-pointers during the game, Lindsey Spann moved into a tied for No. 13 on the all-time 3-pointers made list with 115 connections. She passed Lynn Dougherty (113, 1989-92) and drew even with Chrissy Falcone (115, 1998-2000).
- Spann tied her career-high with nine rebounds today, equaling her total against Rutgers last season on Feb. 7, 2016.
- With seven rebounds today, Kaliyah Mitchell is at 566 career boards, moving her past Kelly Mazzante (563, 2001-04) for No. 25 on all-time charts.
- Penn State committed only seven turnovers in the game, which is which is tied for the sixth lowest single game output in school history. The school record is six turnovers, done five times, most recently on Feb. 2, 2016 at Nebraska.
- The 47 second half points are the most scored by Penn State this season.
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 averaging 21.8 points per game during that stretch. She also has 14 assists and seven steals in that span, playing 34.8 minutes per game.
- Kaliyah Mitchell (6.6), Peyton Whitted (6.4) are both averaging better than 6.0 rebound per game. Mitchell is adding 7.4 points, while Whitted is chipping in 5.2 points per game.
- Redshirt-freshman Amari Carter has a team-best 18 assists and just five turnovers in five starts over the last five games.
- As a team, Penn State is shooting .411 from the field and .362 from 3-point range. The Lady Lions are limiting the opposition to a .380 clip in field goal percentage and just .242 from beyond the arch.
- The Lady Lions are plus-6.6 in scoring margin, plus-2.6 in turnover margin and own a plus-1.0 edge in rebound margin.
Next Up
- Penn State returns home to close out the non-conference slate with three homes game, starting on Saturday, Dec. 10 vs. Pittsburgh. The Lady Lions and Panthers will tip off at 2 p.m. inside the Bryce Jordan Center, with the game carried live on the Penn State Radio Network.