Feb. 11, 2017
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Penn State Women's Basketball
Penn State vs Purdue
Feb. 11, 2017
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
// Senior Kaliyah Mitchell posted her third double-double of the season and 10th of her career with 10 points and 12 rebounds.
// With her 10 rebounds, Mitchell passed Maren Walseth (645, 1998-2001) and Jess Brungo (649, 2001-04) to move into No. 18 on the all-time rebound charts.
// Senior Peyton Whitted posted her sixth double-digit scoring game of the season with 11 points versus Purdue.
// Senior Sierra Moore was one of four Lady Lions to reach double-digit, scoring 13 points for her 15th double-figure scoring game of the season.
// Moore scored her 600th points while wearing the Blue and White, moving her Penn State scoring total to 601 points in 55 career games.
// Sophomore Teniya Page produced her ninth-straight double digit scoring game and 47th of her career with 24 points.
// The 24 points mark her 11th 20-point game of the season ââ'¬" second-straight ââ'¬" and 17th of her career.
// With 24 points versus Purdue, Page passed Carla Coleman (921, 1992-95) for No. 40 on the women's basketball career scoring charts. She now has 948 career points.
// Page added to her accomplishments as she also passes Lynn Dougherty (219, 1989-92) for No. 24 on the career assist charts. He ended the game with 221 career helpers.
// Freshman Jaida Travascio-Green moved into No. 5 on the freshman 3-pointers made charts with her 39th and 40th makes of the year, passing Tyra Grant (39, 2006-06).
TEAM NOTES
// Penn State is now 20-30 versus Purdue all time, including an 11-10 mark at home.
// The three seniors, Sierra Moore, Kaliyah Mitchell and Peyton Whitted, combined to score 34 points on Senior Day game.
// Penn State committed a school-record-tying six turnovers vs. Purdue, marking the seventh time in school history ââ'¬" and third time in the last two season ââ'¬" the team committed just six missteps in the game.
// Penn State made 27-of-34 free throws in the game, both season highs and the most since hitting 27-of-35 vs. Ohio State on March 7, 2014 in the Big Ten Tournament.
// The 27 made free throws are the most in a regular season game since Jan. 9, 2014 at Illinois, when the Lady Lions made 29-of-39 shots from the charity stripe.
// Penn State's bench out-scored Purdue's reserves, 13-10, to mark the 22nd time this season the bench owned the scoring advantage.
// The Lady Lions owned the paint today, outrebounding the Boilermakers, 42-38, including 15 offensive rebounds that translated into 18 second chance points.
// The Lady Lions blocked seven Purdue shots, their second-highest total of the season (8 ââ'¬" vs. Wisconsin, 1/16/17).