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Postgame Notes: vs. Iowa (Jan. 3, 2017)

Jan. 3, 2017

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Penn State Women's Basketball
Postgame Notes vs. Iowa
Jan. 3, 2016


INDIVIDUAL NOTES
// True freshman Jaida Travascio-Green made her first career start vs. Iowa and led the team in scoring for the second time in her career with 16 points.
// Travascio-Green netted a career-high-tying five 3-pointers on 10 attempts.
// Senior Kaliyah Mitchell scored six points to move her career total to 801 points in 108 games played.
// Redshirt freshman Amari Carter scored 13 points for her second-straight double-digit scoring game.
// Carter pulled down a career-best eight rebounds and handed out six assists, her eighth game with five-or-more assists this season.
// Sophomore Teniya Page reached double-figures for the ninth-straight game with 11 points.
// Graduate student Sierra Moore added 10 points in the win for her eighth double-figure scoring game of the season off the bench.
//Redshirt freshman De'Janae Boykin corralled a career-high three steals.

TEAM NOTES
// Penn State is now 29-19 all-time vs. Iowa, including win in three-straight games dating back to last season.
// The Lady Lions used its fourth different starting lineup of the season vs. Iowa; starting Amari Carter, Kaliyah Mitchell, Teniya Page, Jaida Travascio-Green and Ashanti Thomas.
// It was the second straight game Penn State used a different starting lineup.
// Penn State held Iowa to a season-low-tying 58 points scored, equaling the Hawkeye output from earlier this season vs. Notre Dame.
//Penn State forced 18 turnovers in the game, marking the ninth time this season they have forced 16-plus opponent missteps in a game.
// The Lady Lions turned the 18 Iowa turnovers into 22 points, the 10th time in 2016-17 they scored 20-plus points off of turnovers.
//The Penn State bench outscored Iowa's reserves, 25-6, marking the 14th time in 15 games Penn State has held the edge in bench points.