Dec. 9, 2016
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State women's basketball program returns home for the first of four straight home contests when they host Pittsburgh on Saturday, Dec. 10 inside the Bryce Jordan Center. The Lady Lions and Panthers will tip off at 2 p.m. and the game will air live on the Penn State Sports Network and video will be available at BTN2go.com.
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- Cub Club Game: The game vs. the Panthers is the second of four Cub Club Games, with Cub Club members getting free admission. Be sure to request your tickets in the Lady Lions Kids Zone.
- Postgame Autographs: Jaylen Williams, Sierra Moore.
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 Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh enters today's meeting with a 7-2 overall mark, opening the season with seven-straight wins. The Panthers will be playing their first game of the season away from the Petersen Events Center.
- Pitt's two losses came in back-to-back contests on Nov. 30 vs. Purdue (67-61) in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and then on Dec. 4 against Charlotte, 70-63.
- Pittsburgh is among the national leaders in scoring defense and scoring margin. The Panthers rank No. 14 in the NCAA at 52.4 point allowed per game and their +18.1 scoring margin is No. 32 nationally.
- Sophomore Brenna Wise is leading the team with a 13.2 scoring average and 7.3 rebounds per game. Wise is shooting 46.8 percent from the field and 82.8 percent from the free throw line.
- The trio of Kauai Bradley, Aysia Bugg and Jasmine Whitney are all averaging over 3.7 assists per game. Whitney is averaging 4.5 assists, Bugg is at 4.2 and Bradley is siting with 3.7 assists per game.
- Bradley also leads the team with 26 steals and 14 blocked shots, adding 8.9 points per game to her stat sheet..
Series Notes
- Saturday's meeting will mark the 41st time that the Lady Lions have played against in-state foe Pittsburgh and the 18th time they have played the Panthers at home.
Penn State owns a 27-13 all-time record against Pitt, winning three of the last five meetings between the two programs. - The Lady Lions and the Panthers last met on the floor in the 2009-10 campaign with Penn State earning a 77-73 victory at the Bryce Jordan Center
Penn State holds an impressive 17-1 overall record against Pittsburgh when taking on the Panthers in Happy Valley. MORE ON PAGE 5
Inside the PDF
- After averaging 27.5 points per game last week, sophomore Teniya Page earned her second Big Ten Player of the Week honor of the season. MORE ON PAGE 3, 10 & 32
- Freshman Jaida Travascio-Green posted the first double-figure scoring game of her career at the San Juan Shootout, pouring in 18 points to go along with a personal-best six rebounds. MORE ON PAGE 3, 14 & 46
- Junior Lindsey Spann entered the top-10 in career 3-pointers made with a trio of triples on Wednesday at Holy Cross. MORE ON PAGE 3, 6, 12 & 34
- Senior Sierra Moore is leading the charge for Penn State off the bench with 9.6 points per game. Her efforts have helped the reserves post a 22.8 points per game average. 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 7 & 9
- Former Lady Lion great Suzie McConnell-Serio will return to the University Park campus for the first time as the head coach of the Panthers. MORE ON PAGE 7
Last Time Out -- Penn State 84, at Holy Cross 48 (Dec. 7, 2016)
- Lindsey Spann moved past the 900-point mark for her career with a game-high 18 points. She now has 902 points in 69 career games.
- Teniya Page scored 17 points to mark her eighth double-digit scoring effort of the season.
- Page added a career-high six steals and handed out five assists.
- Kaliyah Mitchell went 5-of-5 from the field, making a career-high four shots from 3-point range. She previously connected on two shots from distance on four occasions, most recently vs. No. 13 Tennessee on Nov. 20, 2016.
- Mitchell ended the game with 15 points, marking her fifth double-figure scoring game of the season.
- Sierra Moore chipped in 10 points on the night for her sixth game with 10-plus points in 2016-17.
- Ashanti Thomas scored a career-best nine points.
- Siyeh Frazier scored a career-best five points.
- With six assists, Amari Carter posted her fifth game this season with at least five helpers.
- Carter also added a career-best four steals.
- Peyton Whitted tallied a game-high seven rebounds, the third time this season and 25th time in her career she led the team on the boards.
- Penn State recorded a season-high 33 points off of turnovers against the Crusaders, marking the sixth time during the 2016-17 season that the Lady Lions posted 20-plus points off of missteps by the opposing team.
- Penn State's bench outscored the Holy Cross reserves, 21-12, marking the eighth time in nine games that Penn State's bench held the edge..
Last Meeting -- at Penn State 77, Pittsburgh 73 (Dec. 12, 2009)
- The win marked Penn State's first win over a ranked opponent since Dec. 2, 2007 against #10/11 Duke.
- With 27 points, senior Tyra Grant topped the 1,600-point plateau for her career and moved past Andrea Garner (1,619) for eighth place on Penn State's career scoring list.
- It was Grant's 30th career game with 20-plus points, as she has reached double-digits in her 22nd-straight game.
- Senior Meredith Monroe recorded her first career double-double with career highs of 14 points and 13 rebounds.
- The Lady Lions improved to 27-13 all-time against the Panthers.
- It was Penn State's 17th home win over Pitt in 18 games.
- With one block, Nikki Greene moved into the Top 10 on Penn State's freshman season blocks list with her 18th rejection.
- Greene tied her then-career-high with 12 points.
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 19.4 points per game during that stretch. She also has 18 assists and 12 steals in that span, playing 33.4 minutes per game.
- Sierra Moore and Lindsey Spann are also averaging in double-figures. Spann is chipping in 11.0 points in five starts, while Moore is averaging 10.2 points off the bench.
- Kaliyah Mitchell (5.4) and Peyton Whitted (6.2) are both averaging better than 5.0 rebound per game. Mitchell is adding 8.0 points, while Whitted is chipping in 5.6 points per game.
- Amari Carter has a team-best 22 assists and just six turnovers in five starts over the last five games.
- As a team, Penn State is shooting .430 from the field and .344 from 3-point range. The Lady Lions are limiting the opposition to a .392 clip in field goal percentage and just .269 from beyond the arch.
- The Lady Lions are plus-11.0 in scoring margin, plus-4.8 in turnover margin and own a plus-4.6 edge in rebound margin.
Next Up
- Penn State continues its homestand with a Sunday, Dec. 18 contest against American. The Lady Lions and Eagles will tip off at 2 p.m. inside the Bryce Jordan Center, with the game carried live on the Penn State Radio Network.