March 19, 2017
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Penn State Women's Basketball
Penn State vs. Fordham
WNIT ââ'¬"Second Round
March 19, 2017
Individual Notes
// Sophomore Teniya Page's 24 points make it 15-straight games scoring in the double digits and 28-of-30 games in the 2016-2017 season.
// Page now owns the Penn State WNIT scoring record with 24 points in the game. She broke Tyra Grant's 23-point effort vs. Hofstra in 2010.
// The nine field goals made in the game for Page are also a WNIT record for Penn State, moving past the eight made baskets by Sierra Moore (Ohio, 3/17/17) and Helen Darling (Villanova, 3/13/98).
// Page also moved into No. 34 on the career scoring charts, passing Ariel Edwards (1,054; 2011-14) and Nancy Kuhl (1,061; 1976-79) in the game.
// Page posted her 14th 20-point game of the season and 20th such effort of her career.
// Redshirt-freshman Amari Carter scored 15 points for her seventh double-figure scoring game of the season and second-straight in the WNIT.
// With her five assists vs. Fordham, Carter moved into a tie for No. 5 on the freshman season assists chart with teammate Teniya Page at 131 helpers.
// Graduate student Sierra Moore posted her ninth-straight double-figure scoring game with 10 points.
// True freshman Jaida Travascio-Green tied the Penn State WNIT standard for 3-pointers made in a game with three made shots from distance.
// Travascio-Green ended the game with nine points, going 3-for-4 from 3-point range. Her .750 shooting percentage from distance is also a school record in WNIT action.
// The three made 3-pointers also moved her season total to 45, to move her into No. 4 alone, breaking a tie with Jess Strom (42, 2001-02).
// With two blocked shots in the game, Travascio-Green equaled the blocked shots standard in WNIT play. She is tied with Jaylen Williams (Ohio, 3/17/17) and Andrea Garner (at Baylor, 3/24/98).
// Senior Peyton Whitted moved into No. 21 on the career rebounds chart, passing Mia Nickson (632, 2011-13) and moving her total to 634 caroms.
Team Notes
// This Penn State win ties the school record for most wins at home in a single season with a record of 16-1. It equals the 2002-03 squad that was a perfect 16-0.
// Penn State is now 6-1 all-time in its three appearances in the WNIT.
// The Lady Lions held Fordham to only 4 first quarter points. That marks the fewest points allowed by Penn State in any quarter since the NCAA went to quarters in the 2015-16 season.
// Fordham's 12 first half points are the fewest allowed in a half this season by the Lady Lions.
// for the third time this season, Penn State tied the school record for turnovers in a game with six.
// It marks the second-straight game with fewer than 10 turnovers and is the ninth game in 2016-17 that the Lady Lions have committed 10-or-fewer turnovers.
// In the WNIT record books, Penn State posted the highest field goal (.491), 3-point field goal (.545) and free throw (.833) shooting percentages.
// Penn State's six made 3-pointers are the most in a WNIT game in school history.