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Postgame Notes: at Northwestern (Feb. 5, 2017)

Feb. 5, 2017

Recap | Box Score

Penn State Women's Basketball
Penn State at Northwestern
Feb. 5, 2017


INDIVIDUAL NOTES
// Sophomore Teniya Page logged a team-best 18 points and eight assists, leading the team in both categories in the same game for the 12th time in her career.
// Page went 7-of-7 from the free throw line and has made 17-straight free throws dating back to her last miss at Indiana (1/23).
// Page's eight assists give her 213 for her career, moving her into No. 27 all-time at Penn State, passing teammate Lindsey Spann (210).
// Reaching double-figures for the 20th time in 2016-17, Page led the team in scoring for the 13th time this season.
// The 39 minutes logged by Page are her 25th career game playing at least 38 minutes in 53 career games ââ'¬" all starts.
// True freshman Jaida Travascio-Green reached double-digits in the scoring column for the fifth time this season with 12 points.
// Travascio-Green notched three 3-pointres to move her season total to 36 makes from distance, moving her into a tie for No. 7 on the freshman 3-pointers made charts. She is tied with teammate Teniya Page (2015-16).
// Travascio-Green posted her fifth career game with at least three makes from 3-point range.
// Senior Kaliyah Mitchell grabbed nine rebounds to move her career total 632 boards, which is tied for No. 20 all-time at Penn State with Mia Nickson (2011-13).
// Mitchell added 12 points for her eighth double-figure scoring game of the season.
// Senior Sierra Moore scored 10 points for her 13th double-figure scoring game of the season.
// Senior Peyton Whitted was the first Lady Lion in double-figures, finishing with 12 tallies to mark her fifth game this season with 10-plus points.

TEAM NOTES
// Penn State is now 37-7 all-time against Northwestern, winning its 12th straight game over the Wildcats.
// The 12-straight wins over the Wildcats tie for the Lady Lions longest winning streak against a Big Ten Conference team during their tenure on the conference. It ties streaks vs. Northwestern (1998-2004) and Minnesota (1995-2003).
// Penn State placed five players in double-figures for the first time since doing so against Saint Peter's on Nov. 13, 2016.
// It was the first Big Ten game with five players scoring 10-plus points since last season at Northwestern on Feb. 17, 2016.
// The Lady Lions owned the rebounding edge, 42-36, for the 19th time in 2016-17.
// Penn State's eight steals are the second-straight game with eight thefts, tied for second-most in a Big Ten game this season, behind a 10-steal night vs. Wisconsin.
// The Penn State bench piled up a 23-7 edge in bench points, outscoring the opposition's reserves for the 20th time in 23 games this season.