Jan. 17, 2018
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State women's basketball team hosts No. 25/21 Rutgers on Thursday, Jan. 18 inside the Bryce Jordan Center. The Big Ten contest between the Lady Lions (11-8, 2-4 B1G) and Scarlet Knights (17-3, 5-1 B1G) will tip off at 7 p.m. and be available via BTN2go and on GoPSUsports.com.
Tickets
// Single-game tickets for the 2017-18 Penn State women's basketball season are still available . For information or to purchase tickets visit GoPSUsports.com, call 1-800-NITTANY weekdays from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. or visit the Bryce Jordan Center ticket office weekdays from 9 a.m-4:30 p.m.
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// White Out the BJC
// Faculty/Staff Night
// Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Night
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// Post-Game Autograph Session: De'Janae Boykin and Jaylen Williams
Follow Along
// Fans can follow along with Penn State's home contest vs. Rutgers on Twitter and Instagram (@PennStateWBB), or via live audio, live stats and live video with the links to the right.
Series Quick Facts
// Penn State and Rutgers will meet for the 44th time in program history and sixth time as B1G competitors. MORE ON PAGE 4
// Rutgers is one of just two B1G programs that own a winning record vs. Penn State, holding a 25-18 edge in the all-time series. MORE ON PAGE 15
// Rutgers won the first meeting this season, 70-65, on its home floor. MORE ON PAGE 4
// Penn State is 3-8 all-time on Jan. 18, including a pair of meetings with Rutgers as Atlantic 10 Conference foes in the 1980's. MORE ON PAGE 3
Opening Tips
// Redshirt-sophomore Amari Carter scored 21 points at Wisconsin on Jan. 14 for her fifth 20-point game of the season and sixth of her career, accounting for at least 45 percent of Penn State's offense for the sixth time this season. MORE ON PAGE 3, 8 & 30
// Sophomore Jaida Travascio-Green has rounded her game off this season and is more than just a 3-point specialist, as the sophomore has already eclipsed a pair of statistical marks from her rookie campaign. MORE ON PAGE 11 & 46
// Carter and Travascio-Green each chipped in 20 points and made five 3-pointers at Wisconsin. Carter registered 21 points with five makes from distance, while Travascio-Green hit six 3-pointers on her way to 20 points. MORE ON PAGE 8, 11 & 16
// Penn State faced its toughest start to a conference season in program history, facing three ranked foes in its first four games to start the B1G slate. MORE ON PAGE 14
// Junior Teniya Page scored 11 points at Wisconsin to move up one spots on the career scoring charts at Penn State with 1,323 career points. MORE ON PAGE 5 & 36
// Penn State currently ranks among the NCAA top-10 in free throws attempted and free throws made. MORE ON PAGE 12 & 23
// The Lady Lions closed out a four-game true road game swing at Michigan on Dec. 28, a stretch that is tied for the sixth-longest in program history and longest since 2006-07. MORE ON PAGE 13
// Head coach Coquese Washington is looking for her 200th career victory, entering the game with 192 career wins. MORE ON PAGE 13
Scouting the Scarlet Knights
// Rutgers had its 11-game winning streak snapped on Jan. 10 at Purdue, 33-47, but rebounded with an overtime win against Minnesota on Jan. 13, 80-70.
// Overall, the Scarlet Knights are 17-3 on the season and 5-1 in the Big Ten. Rutgers is 12-0 at home, 4-1 on the road and 1-2 at a neutral site.
// All 14 members of the available roster have appeared in at least 15 of the 20 games in 2017-18 for the Scarlet Knights, with 13 members of the team owning points, rebounds, assists and steals this season.
// Senior Tyler Scaife returned this season after missing 2016-17 due to injury and has led Rutgers in scoring in 19 of the 20 games, including 13 20-point efforts. Scaife has reached double-figures in 19 of 20 games this season.
// Junior Stasha Carey has posted a pair of double-figure rebound games in her last three appearances. She scored 23 points and hauled in 14 points vs. Minnesota in a overtime victory on Jan. 13.
Last Five Games
// Penn State is 2-3 over its last five games, including wins over Indiana on Jan. 3 at the Bryce Jordan Center and a victory over Wisconsin at the Kohl Center on Jan. 14.
// Looking at the three main statistical categories, Penn State is minus-3.8 in scoring margin and minus-3.2 in rebounding margin, while owning a plus-2.0 edge in turnover margin.
// Redshirt-sophomore Amari Carter leads the team with an 18.6 points per game average, including seven-straight double-figure scoring games. She has a pair of 20 point efforts over her last five games, scoring 21 at Wisconsin and pouring in 26 vs. Indiana.
// Carter also leads the team with 19 assists and 14 steals over the last five games. She has at least one steal in seven-straight games, including three four-steal games in the last five contests.
// Carter hit a career-best five 3-pointers at Wisconsin.
// Junior Teniya Page and sophomore Jaida Travascio-Green are also averaging in double-figures, scoring 15.0 and 13.6 points per game, respectively.
// Page ranks second on the team with 18 assists and eight steals over the last five games
// Redshirt-sophomore De'Janae Boykin is the team's leading rebounder with 40 caroms, marking an 8.0 per-game average.
Last Meeting -- at Rutgers 70, Penn State 65 (Jan. 6, 2018)
// Teniya Page scored a team-best 24 points to mark her fifth 20-point game this season and 25th of her career.
// The double-digit scoring effort marked the ninth of the season and 63rd of her career.
// She pushed up two spots on the Penn State career chart, passing Louise Leimkuhler (1,280; 1980-83) and Carol Walderman (1,288; 1981-83) to take over the No 21 spot.
// The start was the 72nd of Page's career, tying her with Kaliyah Mitchell (72; 2014-17) for No. 29 on the career starts chart at Penn State.
// Amari Carter scored 18 points for her fifth-straight double-figure scoring game.
// She collected four more steals in the game for her seventh game this season with four-plus steals.
// Jaida Travascio-Green notched 11 points at Rutgers for her fifth-straight game in double-figures and 12th double-digit scoring game of the season.
// Her three makes form 3-point range mark the 13th time in her career and sixth time this season she has netted three-or-more shots from beyond the arch.
// De'Janae Boykin registered her fifth double-digit rebound game with a game-high 11 boards at Rutgers.
// She also added a career-best five assists, besting her four-assist effort vs. Kansas State on Nov. 25, 2017.
// Jaylen Williams ticked up one spot on the career blocks chart to equal the mark of Laura Hughes (46; 1985-87) for No. 26 all-time at Penn State.
// With Rutgers ranking No. 25 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, Penn State has opened Big Ten play with three ranked opponents in the first four opponents for the first time in program history.
// The three ranked opponents in a four-game stretch was just the third time it has happened in Penn State's Big Ten history at any point of the regular season.
// Penn State outscored Rutgers, 16-0, in fast break points.
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