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Postgame Notes: host Minnesota (Feb. 8)

Feb. 8, 2017

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Penn State Women's Basketball
Penn State vs Minnesota
Feb. 8, 2017


INDIVIDUAL NOTES
// Sophomore Teniya Page scored her 900th career point on a second quarter 3-pointer and ended the night with 918 points in her career.
// Page boasted her 46th career double-figure scoring game and 21st such effort this season.
// Page added her 26th career game with at least 10 points and four assists, adding eight helpers.
// With her eight assists, Page moved her career total to 218, pushing her up two spots on the career charts into No. 25. She passed Vanessa Paynter (216, 1983-87) and Jess Brungo (217, 2001-04) on the list.
// ­­ Page has now converted her last 21 attempts from the free throw line. Page hasn't missed a free throw since Jan. 23 at Indiana. The last Penn State streak of more than 20-straight made free throws came from Maggie Lucas during the 2013-15 season (35).
// Senior Peyton Whitted added her name to the record books as she logged her 600th career rebound to become the 23rd member of Penn State's 600-rebound club. She now has 601 on the season.
// Freshman Jadia Travascio-Green moved into No. 6 on the freshman season 3-point field goals made list, hitting No. 36 and 37 on the season.
// Travascio-Green passed teammate Lindsey Spann who logged 36 in the 2014-15 season.
// Freshman Amari Carter logged seven assits to move her season total to 109 helper. She now ranks No. 8 on the freshman season assists list, passing Chris Gullas (105, 1979-80) and Dana Eikenberg (107, 1988-89).
// Senior Lindsey Spann added yet another double digit scoring game to her resume with 13 points, marking her 55th career game with 10-plus points.

TEAM NOTES
// Penn State is now 28-15 versus Minnesota all time.
// Penn State's bench out-scored Minnesota's reserves, 23-13, to mark the 21st time this season the bench owned the scoring advantage.
// The Lady Lions turned the ball over just 10 times on the night, their fifth game in 2016-17 with 10-or-fewer turnovers.
// Penn State shot 90.0% from the free throw line to mark the second time this season they made at least 90% of their shots from the charity stripe.
// The Lady Lions 47 rebounds tie for the most in a single game in 2016-17.
// With 20 assists, Penn State posted its third game with at least 20 helper. The season-high of 28 came vs. Saint Peter's and they also had 20 assists vs. Iona.
// The eight 3-pointers give Penn State 11 games in 2016-17 with at least eight made shots from distance.