Jan. 15, 2017
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -The Penn State women's basketball program will entertain Wisconsin for a Big Ten Conference clash on Monday, Jan. 16 in front of a national audience on the Big Ten Network The Lady Lions and Badgers will tip at 7 p.m. and tickets are still available.
Promotions
- All In Campaign: Help us spread the word about Penn State's new All In campaign, which promotes inclusion, togetherness and teamwork.
- Postgame Autographs: Jaida Travascio-Green, Jaylen Williams.
Follow Along
- Fans can follow along with Monday's game on Twitter (@PennStateWBB), or via live stats, live video or live audio with the links to the right.
Inside the PDF
- Ranking No. 11 in the NCAA, redshirt freshman Amari Carter sits No. 2 in the Big Ten in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.00. MORE ON PAGE 3, 12 & 28
- Carter also netted a career-high 22 points on Wednesday at No. 3/3 Maryland, making 11 field goals on 19 attempts and handed out eight assists.
- True freshman Jaida Travascio-Green made her first career start on Jan. 3 vs. Iowa and scored a team-best 16 points on five 3-pointers. MORE ON PAGE 3, 13 & 48
- Sophomore Teniya Page posted her seventh 20-point game of the season on Wednesday at No. 3/3 Maryland, leading the team with 27 points. It is her 13th career game with 20-or-more points. MORE ON PAGE 8, 10 & 34
- In the classroom, the quartet of Sarah McMurtry, Kaliyah Mitchell, Lindsey Spann and Peyton Whitted all earned Dean's List honors in the fall semester. MORE ON PAGE 13
- 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 9 & 16
Series Notes
- Penn State and Wisconsin will meet for the 44th time in program history. More on Page 5
- The Lady Lions are 29-14 all-time against the Badgers, but Wisconsin has won the last three meetings.
- All but one meeting between the two schools have come as members of the Big Ten Conference.
- The first meeting came on February 2, 1992 at Penn State, with the Lady Lions earning an 86-75 victory.
- Wisconsin won the only meeting last season, claiming an 82-62 victory on Jan. 10, 2016.
Scouting Wisconsin
- Wisconsin enters with a 5-12 overall record and is looking for its first win in Big Ten play, entering at 0-4. The Badgers are currently on a four-game skid, with its last win coming on Dec. 15, 2016 at Green Bay, 54-53.
- Like Penn State, Wisconsin has a 100-point game on its resume, topping Mississippi Valley State by 42 points, 103-61, on Dec. 8, 2016.
- The Badgers own the edge on the boards, grabbing 2.6 rebounds per game more than the opposition. Wisconsin's rebound edge is 41.3-38.7 in per game averages.
- There are two Badgers averaging in double-figures through 17 games, led by Cayla McMorris' 13.8 points per game. McMorris also plays a team-best 29.8 minutes per game.
- Avyanna Young paces the team with 7.5 rebounds and joins McMorris in double-digits with 11.2 points per game.
- Kendra Van Leeuwen paces the team with 67 assists and 23 steals, while Kendall Shaw leads the squad with 15 blocked shots.
Last Five Games
- At this point, Penn State is five games into the Big Ten season and owns a 1-4 record. The win came vs. Iowa, while the losses came vs. Indiana and at Rutgers, Purdue and No. 3/3 Maryland.
- Penn State scored 83 points in a six-point loss at No. 3/3 Maryland, 89-83.
- The Lady Lions are shooting nearly 40-percent from the field, making 123-of-313 shots. The opposition, however, is hitting 48 percent from the floor (139-of-289) over the last five games.
- Teniya Page leads the team with 17.5 points per game, while Amari Carter is averaging 13.0 points per game over the last five games.
- Carter and Page both reached the 20-point mark at Maryland, with Page notching 27 points and Carter adding a career-high 22 tallies - her first career 20-point game.
- Carter also leads the team with 23 assists and ranks second on the team with five steals in the last five games.
- Peyton Whitted leads the squad with 6.2 boards per game, including a team-best 11 offensive boards.
Last Time Out -- at No. 3/3 Maryland 89, Penn State 83 (Jan. 11, 2017)
- Amari Carter scored a career-high 22 points on 11-of-19 shooting.
- Carter handed out eight assists with just two turnover, marking the 10th time in 2016-17 she finished a game with at least five assists and fewer than two turnovers.
- In a career-high 39 minutes, Carter added four rebounds and one steal.
- Teniya Page tallied a team-best 27 points, hitting a career-best six 3-pointers.
- Page connected on 6-of-10 shots from 3-point range, including four in the first half.
- The six made 3-pointers are the most for a Penn State player since Lindsey Spann made seven at Minnesota on Jan. 3, 2016.
- Playing 40 minutes, Page produced her ninth career game of at least 40 minutes.
- Ashanti Thomas scored a career-high 11 points, marking the first double-figure scoring game of her career.
- Thomas made 5-of-6 shots from the field and connected on her only free throw.
- Lindsey Spann reached the 200 career assist plateau with her first quarter helper. She is just the 31st player in Penn State history to reach the 200-assist mark.
- Sierra Moore posted her ninth double-digit scoring game of the season with 10 points.
- With 10 points, Moore moved past the 500-point mark in her Penn State career, ending the night with 509 career tallies.
- Forcing 21 Maryland turnovers, Penn State notched its fifth game of the season forcing at least 20 turnovers.
- The Lady Lions hit eight 3-pointers in the game, giving them nine games this season with eight-or-more made shots from distance.
Last Meeting - at Wisconsin 82, Penn State 62 (Jan. 10, 2016)
- Lindsey Spann notched her ninth double-figure scoring game and fourth 20-point game of 2015-16 with 21 points.
- Brianna Banks reached double-digits in the scoring column for the eighth straight game with 12 points.
- Candice Agee netted a then-season-high 16 points at Wisconsin, marking her second straight double figure scoring game.
- Agee also added a game-high nine rebounds, her firth game with at least seven rebounds in 2015-16.
- Agee also blocked one shot, giving her 110 career rejections, moving her within 10 swats of Tori Waldner for No. 8 on the Penn State career charts.
- Penn State notched 10-plus assists for the 12th time in 15 games at Wisconsin with 11 helpers.
Next Up
Penn State host Nebraska on Thursday, Jan. 19 inside the Bryce Jordan Center. The Lady Lions and Huskers will tangle at 7 p.m. and the game can be heard on the Penn State Radio Network and seen live on BTN2go.com.