Feb. 21, 2017
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -The final road trip of the regular season wraps up with a trip to the Breslin Center for a 7 p.m. contest between the Penn State women's Basketball program and Michigan State on Wednesday (Feb. 22). The Lady Lions and Spartans will be available on the Penn State Radio Network and via 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
- Penn State is currently riding a four-game winning streak in Big Ten play, its longest streak since reeling off six straight wins from Jan. 16-Feb. 2, 2014.
- Sophomore Teniya Page has already accomplished a lot in her first 56 games in the Blue and White, while sitting on the precipice of a pair of major career achievements . MORE ON PAGE 7, 8, 9 & 38
- The trio of Teniya Page, Jaida Travascio-Green and Lindsey Spann look to become the second trio of teammates to hit 40-plus shots from 3-point range in the same season. MORE ON PAGE 16
- Ranking No. 14 in the NCAA, redshirt freshman Amari Carter sits No. 2 in the Big Ten in assist-to-turnover ratio. MORE ON PAGE 3, 14 & 32
- Penn State has twice tied the school record for fewest turnovers in game and posted three-straight games with 10-or-fewer turnover for the first time in program history from Jan. 16-23, 2017. MORE ON PAGE 19
- 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
Series Notes
- Penn State and Michigan State will meet for the 45th time in program history. MORE ON PAGE 5
- The Lady Lions are 28-16 all-time against the Spartans, winning the last meeting, 65-61, in East Lansing on Feb. 11, 2016.
- Fourty-four of the 45 meeting between the two schools have come as members of the Big Ten Conference.
- The first meeting came on Dec. 20, 1991 - the year before Penn State offciailly began competition in the Big Ten - at Penn State, with the Lady Lions earning an 82-55 victory.
- Michigan State won the first meeting last season, 71-55 , at the Bryce Jordan Center, before Penn State rallied from 14 points down to claim a 65-61 decision in East Lansing.
Scouting Michigan State
- Michigan State enters the meeting at 18-9 overall and 8-6 in Big Ten play. The Spartans have won two-straight games, including an 86-68 win at No. 20 Michigan on Sunday.
- The Spartans own a plus-7.9 scoring margin and are plus-6.4 on the boards, but own a minus-2.0 deficit in turnover margin. Michigan State turns the ball over 16.6 times per game to just 14.6 for its opponents.
- Michigan State sits No. 12 nationally and No. 2 in the Big Ten with 18.0 assists per game. The Spartans are assisting on 67 percent of their baskets with 18.0 assists per game on 26.9 made field goals per game.
- Senior Tori Jankoska leads the Spartans in scoring average (22.3), rebounds per game (8.1), assists (142), steals (45).
- Jankoska also paces the team in every shooting category. She has made 198 field goals - 99 from 3-point range - and is 108-of-119 from the free throw line. She is shooting.
- Freshman Taryn McCutcheon sits No. 4 in the Big Ten with 5.2 assists per game and is No. 4 in the conference with a 2.31 assist-turnover ratio.
- Senior Branndais Agee ranks No. 2 on the team with 9.5 points, while graduate student Taya Reimer is No. 3 on the squad at 9.4 points per game.
Last Five Games
- Penn State is 4-1 in its last five games, including four-straight victories. That record also includes a 2-1 mark in road contests.
- The Blue and White have owned the boards in the last five games, grabbing 44.4 rebounds per game. The opposition is corralling 36.6 boards, giving Penn State a plus-7.8 edge.
- Penn State owns a 1.2 assist-turnover ratio, handing out 14.2 assists per game and turning the ball over 12.0 times per game.
- Sophomore Teniya Page is averaging a team-best 22.6 points per game and 23 assists over the last five games. Her 33 field goals are 10 more than any other player during that span.
- Graduate student Sierra Moore continues to have a solid senior season, averaging 11.4 points per game in the last five games.
- Senior Kaliyah Mitchell leads the team with 8.0 rebounds per game in that span.
- Freshman Jaida Travascio-Green has made 11 field goals in the last five games, with 10 of those coming from beyond the 3-point line.
Last Time Out -- Penn State 80, at Illinois 62 (Feb. 14, 2017)
- Lindsey Spann led the team with 15 points and in the process moved up two spots on the career scoring list. Spann passed Ariel Edwards (1,054, 2011-14) and Nancy Kuhl (1,061, 1976-79) to move into No. 33 on the list with 1,063 tallies.
- Sierra Moore poured in 14 points for her 16th double-figure scoring game of the season.
- Moore added a team-high-tying nine rebounds, three assists and two steals in the game.
- Teniya Page produced her 10th-straight double-digit scoring game and 48th of her career with 14 points.
- Page moved into the No. 39 spot on the career scoring list, passing Dana Eikenberg (952, 1989-92) and ending the night with 956 points.
- Page also ticked up one spot on the career assist charts with six helpers vs. Illinois, moving her career total to 227 and vaulting past Carol Fultz (224, 1982-84) for No. 23 all-time.
- Adding to Page's night was a career-high nine rebounds, to push her career total to 203.
- Kaliyah Mitchell also reached double-figures with 11 points, adding nine rebounds.
- The Lady Lions out-rebounded the Illini 51-28, marking the most rebounds in a game since corralling 62 boards vs. Northwestern last season on Dec. 31, 2015.
- Making eight 3-pointers, Penn State posted its 11th game this year with eight-or-more made triples.
- The eight makes from distance give Penn State 170 for the season, which ranks No. 6 on the single season charts. The Lady Lions are just two shy of entering the top-5 in school history, as the 2000-01 squad knocked in 172 triples, which currently sits in the No. 5 spot.
Last Meeting - Penn State 65, Michigan State 61 (Feb. 11, 2016)
- Teniya Page posted her fifth 20-point game of 2015-16 with 20 tallies.
- Page moved up one spot to No. 8 on the Penn State freshman scoring list, ending the night with 379 points, passing Alex Bentley (365, 2009-10).
- With four assists, Page moved her season total to 91 helpers.
- Brianna Banks' 16 points moved her past the 700 career point mark, with 292 of those coming while donning the blue and white.
- Peyton Whitted pulled down her 400th career rebound in the first quarter, ending the night with seven rebounds.
- Candice Agee notched her seventh double figure scoring game of 2015-16 with 10 points.
- Agee added two more blocked shots to move her career total to 114 swats. The two blocks also marked her 32nd career games with multiple blocks.
- Penn State rallied from a double-digit deficit to win for the second time in 2015-16 (at Illinois, 1/23/16), rallying from 14 points down with 7:25 to play in the third quarter to earn the win.
- The win was the first for Penn State over a ranked opponent on the road since Jan. 30, 2014 when the Lady Lions defeated No. 16/19 Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind.
- The Lady Lions scored a season-high 27 points off turnovers.
Next Up
Penn State returns home for the regular-season finale vs. Michigan in the annual Play4Kay benefitting Pink Zone contest on Feb. 26. The game is slated for a 2 p.m. tipoff and tickets are still available by calling 1-800-NITTANY.