Feb. 22, 2017
Penn State Women's Basketball
Penn State at Michigan State
Feb. 22, 2017
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
// Sophomore Teniya Page led all scorers with 23 points, giving her career total to 979 tallies to move into No. 38 on Penn State's career scoring charts. Page passed Mag Strittmatter (975, 1975-78) in the game.
// The 23 points mark the 12th 20-point game of the season for Page and her 18th career game topping the 20-point mark.
// Page also led the team with five assists, marking the 27th time she has scored 10-plus points and added 5-or-more assists and the 14th time that she has led the team in both categories in the same game.
// Page has now reached double-figures in 11-straight games and with her one made 3-pointer has hit a shot from distance in each of them.
// Senior Sierra Moore poured in a season-high-tying 19 points, making 7-of-13 shots from the field and 5-of-7 free throws.
// The scoring output gives Moore double-figures in five straight games and eight of her last 10 contests.
// Moore added nine rebounds to lead the team.
TEAM NOTES
// Penn State is now 28-17 all-time against Michigan State.
// The loss snapped a four-game winning streak overall and a two-game road winning streak for the Lady Lions.
// Penn State committed only nine turnovers in the game, marking the eighth time this season the team made 10-or-fewer turnovers.
// 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.
// Penn State's bench out-scored Illinois' reserves, 34-13, to mark the 23rd time this season the bench owned the scoring advantage.
// Penn State led from start to finish tonight, marking the third time in 2016-17 they never trailed. The other two instances came against Saint Peter's and Iona in the non-conference slate.