Jan. 29, 2017
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Penn State Women's BasketballPenn State vs. IllinoisJan. 29, 2017
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
// Sophomore Teniya Page logged her 200th career assist with six assists in the contest to bring her career total to 204.
// Page is now tied with Tyra Grant (2006-10) for No. 28 in Lady Lion history with 204 career helpers.
// Page produced her 18th double-digit game of the season and 43rd of her career with 12 points.
// Senior Kaliyah Mitchell follows Page's lead and picks up her seventh double-digit game of the year and 35th of her career with 16 points of the afternoon.
// Mitchell moved into a tie for No. 21 in all-time Lady Lion rebounds, pushing her career total to 621 with six boards for the Blue and White vs. Illinois.
// Redshirt-freshman Amari Carter locked in her 11th game this season with 5-or-more assists, tallying a team-high eight helpers.
// Carter also turned the ball over just twice in the game, marking her 10th game this season with at least five assists and two-or-fewer turnovers.
// Senior Sierra Moore led Penn State and tied her Big Ten career high with 19 points, going 7-for-9 from the free throw line and 6-of-9 from the field.
TEAM NOTES
// Penn State is now 33-15 against Illinois in all-time play and 30-14 in Big Ten play.
// Penn State won the tip off for the 15th time in the 2016-2017 season.
// The Lady Lions were able to force Illinois into 16 turnovers, scoring 21 points off miscues.
// Penn State's bench outscored Illinois's reserves, 35-11, and held a 19-5 edge on the boards.
// Penn State out-rebounded the Fighting Illini 44-34.
// For the eighth time this season, the Lady Lions shot 45 percent or better from the field, shooting 46.6 percent from the floor.