Jan. 31, 2017
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -A two-game road swing for the Penn State basketball program will open on Wednesday, Feb. 1 in Columbus, Ohio against No. 14 Ohio State. The Lady Lions and Buckeyes will square off at 7 p.m. inside the Schottenstein Center, with the game carried on the Penn State Radio Network and on BTN2go.com.
Follow Along
- Fans can follow along with Wednesday'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. 7 in the NCAA, redshirt freshman Amari Carter leads the Big Ten in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.20. MORE ON PAGE 3, 12 & 30
- Sophomore Teniya Page and junior Lindsey Spann have done something no other duo in Penn State history have every accomplished. MORE ON PAGE 14
- True freshman Jaida Travascio-Green continues to move up the freshmen 3-pointers made charts after reaching the 30-make mark at Indiana. MORE ON PAGE 3, 13 & 50
- Penn State posted three-straight games with 10-or-fewer turnover from Jan. 16-23, marking the only time in program history that has occurred. MORE ON PAGE 15
- 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 17
- 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 15 & 18
Series Notes
- Penn State and Ohio State will meet for the 61st time in program history. MORE ON PAGE 5
- The Lady Lions are 36-25 all-time against the Buckeyes, but Ohio State has won the last four meetings.
- Last season's meeting marked the 50th all-time meeting between the two schools as Big Ten opponents. The all-time ledger in conference play has Penn State with a 27-23 edge. MORE ON PAGE 7
- Today's contest will mark the only meeting of the regular season for Penn State and Ohio State, the second-straight year the two teams will meet only once in the regular season.
Scouting Ohio State
- Ohio State enters at 19-5 overall and 9-1 in Big Ten play, entering the contest riding a five-game winning streak. The 9-1 mark in conference play sits No. 2 behind conference-leading Maryland.
- The Buckeyes lead the nation in free throw attempts, getting to the line 547 times through 24 games. They also sit No. 2 nationally with 379 makes from the charity stripe.
- Ohio State is No. 4 nationally in scoring offense (86.8 ppg), No. 5 in rebounds per game (46.2) and No. 21 in blocked shots per game (5.5).
- Kelsey Mitchell leads the Big Ten and ranks No. 6 in the NCAA at 22.8 points per game and is No. 2 nationally with 78 makes from 3-point range.
- Mitchell also paces the Buckeyes in assists (96) and steals (32), while chipping in 3.0 rebounds per game.
- The rebound leader for the Buckeyes is Stephanie Mavunga, who is averaging 11.3 rebounds per contest - a per-game clip that sits atop the Big Ten and No. 8 nationally.
- Mavunga is adding 11.7 points per game and 2.3 blocked shots per contest.
Last Five Games
- Penn State is 3-2 overall in the last five games, averaging 78.6 points per contest, while allowing 68.4 points, making the scoring margin plus-10.2 points per game
- The Lady Lions have forced 88 turnovers (17.6 tpg) and committed just 56 missteps (11.2 tpg) in that span, good for a plus-6.4 turnover margin.
- Penn State has 68 assists, 36 steals and 23 blocked shots over the last five games.
- Teniya Page is averaging 18.0 points per game over her last five contests - all starts - and has added 18 assists (3.6 apg) and 14 boards (2.8 rpg).
- Also averaging in double-figures over the last five games are Sierra Moore (11.8 ppg), Lindsey Spann (11.6) and Amari Carter (10.0).
- Carter has added 26 assists in five starts, averaging 5.2 helpers per game, while Moore is leading the way on the boards with 5.2 rebounds per game.
Last Time Out -- at Penn State 82, Illinois 66 (Jan. 29, 2017)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 43-35.
- For the eighth time this season, the Lady Lions shot 45 percent or better from the field, shooting 46.6 percent from the floor.
Last Meeting - Ohio State 77, at Penn State 63 (Feb. 14, 2016)
- Lindsay Spann reached the 20-point mark for the fifth time in 2015-16 with a team-best 21 points.
- Spann's four makes from 3-point range gave her 87 made triples for her career, tying her for No. 15 all-time at Penn State with Alex Bentley (2010-13).
- Brianna Banks chipped in 14 points for her 19th double-digit scoring effort of 2015-16.
- Banks' 14 points helped her move past the 300-career-point mark for her Penn State career, ending the night with 306 career points.
- Teniya Page scored 11 points to move her season total to 390 tallies and push her into No. 7 on the Penn State freshman scoring charts. She passed teammate Lindsey Spann, who scored 384 points last season.
- Page also dished out five assists to move her career total to 96, just two shy of 10th on the all-time freshman charts.
- Kaliyah Mitchell scored 10 points to reach double figures for the 13th time in 2015-16.
- Peyton Whitted grabbed a team-best eight boards, moving her season total to 201 caroms.
- Penn State started the same starting lineup for the 15th time in 2015-16; sending Banks, Page, Spann, Mitchell and Whitted out to begin the game.
Next Up
- Penn State finish up its road trip with a Feb. 5 trip to Northwestern. The Lady Lions and Wildcats will tipoff at 3 p.m. ET from Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. The game will be carried on the Penn State Radio Network and available at BTN2go.com.