Jan. 18, 2018
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Penn State Women's Basketball
Penn State vs. Rutgers
January 18, 2018
Individual Notes
Teniya Page
// Junior Teniya Page moved into No. 17 on the career scoring charts with her 34 points, passing Maren Walseth (1,328; 1998-2001) and moving her career total to 1,357 points.
// The 34 points marked the 70th time in Lady Lion history a player scored 30-or-more points in a game.
// Page's 34 points are the second most of her career, behind her 35-point effort vs. Minnesota at the Big Ten Tournament last season.
// The 34-point effort marks the sixth career game with 30-plus points for Page, tying her with Kahadeejah Herbert (6; 1982-85) for No. 3 all-time at Penn State.
// Furthermore, the 34 points by Page are tied for No. 9 by a Penn Stater in the Bryce Jordan Center. She tied Kam Gissendanner's effort vs. Texas Tech in 2005.
// Overall, Page's 34 points are tied for the 13th most in the BJC women's basketball record books.
// Page reached double-figures in the first quarter alone, scoring 11 points in the opening frame, giving her 66 career games with 10-plus points, including 12 this season.
// Her 12 made field goals are a career high effort and move her total to 462, pushing her to No. 24 all-time Penn State, passing Gissendanner (453; 2006-08).
// Page passed Brianne O'Rourke (120; 2006-09) for No. 10 on the career 3-pointers made list, hitting two triples to move her career total to 121 makes from distance.
// With eight free throws made, Page moved into a tie for No. 24 on the career charts with 312 makes from the charity stripe, drawing even with Cheryl Ellison (312; 1980-83).
Jaida Travascio-Green
// For the 14th time this season and 19th time in her career, sophomore Jaida Travascio-Green reached double-figures, ending the night with 15 points.
// With three 3-pointers, Travascio-Green has hit at least three shots from deep in 8-of-20 games this season including seven triples vs. Drexel and six at Wisconsin.
Amari Carter
// Redshirt-sophomore Amari Carter reached double-figures for the 17th time in 2017-18 and the 26th time in her career, as she ended the night with 10 points.
// Carter reached double-figures for the eight-straight game.
// With five steals, Carter recorded her ninth game this season with 4-plus steals, including five in Big Ten play.
// Leading the team, Carter registered two blocked shots, tying her career-high from Jan. 16, 2017 at Wisconsin.
Siyeh Frazier
// Sophomore Siyeh Frazier led the team in assists with two. It is the second time this season and third in her career that she led the team in assists.
De'Janae Boykin
// Redshirt-sophomore De'Janae Boykin pulled in a team-best 10 rebounds, registering five-or-more rebounds on all 17 games she has played this season.
// Boykin led the team on the boards for the 14th time this season in 17 appearances, missing three games due to illness.
Alisia Smith
// In the first half alone, freshman Alisia Smith grabbed 8 rebounds, passing her Big Ten career best of seven against Indiana earlier this season.
// Smith finished the game with nine rebounds, just one shy of her career high at American.
Team Notes
// The win over No. 25/21 Rutgers marked the second time in as many seasons that Penn State hit go-ahead free throws in the final seconds to win a game. Kaliyah Mitchell hit a free throw with 4.8 seconds on the clock to break a tie vs. No. 24/25 Michigan at home last year, while Page hit 4-of-5 freebies with just one tick on the clock to lift Penn State over Rutgers.
// Penn State improves to 19-25 all-time vs. Rutgers, with the victory snapping a six-game losing streak.
// It was Penn State's first win over Rutgers as Big Ten foes, snapping a 0-for-5 streak in conference play.
// This was the third time in program history the two teams met on Jan. 18, with Penn State getting its first win on this date vs. the Scarlet Knights.
// Penn State posted its sixth double-digit steal game of the season and second of Big Ten play (11; at Michigan), finishing with 10 swipes.
// The Lady Lions are 7-1 this season when hitting the 70-point mark.
// Penn State is 9-2 on the year when holding opponents under 70 points.