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Postgame Notes: Illinois (Jan. 23, 2018)

Jan. 23, 2018

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Penn State Women's Basketball
Penn State vs. Illinois
January 23, 2018

Individual Notes
Teniya Page
// With 18 points in the game, junior Teniya Page posted her 13th double-digit scoring game of the season and and 67th time in her career.
// She led Penn State in scoring for the ninth time this season and 41st time in her career.
// Page tied Bethany Collins (465; 1985-88) on the career field goals made chart with three against the Illini to push her career total to 465.
// Page tied Tina Nicholson (124; 1993-96) at No. 9 on the career 3-pointers made list, hitting three in the game to move her career total to 124.
// Sinking nine free throws in the game, Page passed Vicki Link (318; 1984-87) on the career free throws made chart. Page sits at No 15 with 321 freebies made in her career.
// With her first steal of the game, Page becomes the 46th Lady Lion to reach 100 career steals. Page totaled two steals in the game tying Loraine McGirt (101; 1983-85) for No. 45 on the career steals chart.

Jaylen Williams
// With her second blocked shot in the game, junior Jaylen Williams moved past Peyton Whitted (49; 2014-17) to claim the No. 23 spot on the career blocked shots chart. She now has 50 career blocks.
// Williams reached a Big Ten high in points with nine points, besting her seven-point effort at Indiana on Feb. 27, 2016.

De'Janae Boykin
// Redshirt-sophomore De'Janae Boykin pulled in a team-best 10 rebounds, registering five-or-more rebounds in all 18 games she has played this season.
// It marked her second-straight double-digit rebound game and the seventh of the season.

Amari Carter
// Redshirt-sophomore Amari Carter moved her double-figure scoring streak to nine-straight games with 12 tallies vs. Illinois.
// The double-digit scoring effort is her 18th this season and 26th in her career.

Jaida Travascio-Green
// For the 15th time this season and 20th time in her career, sophomore Jaida Travascio-Green hit double-digits with 10 points in the game.

Siyeh Frazier
// Sophomore Siyeh Frazier tied her Big Ten high in steals with two. This marks the second time she reached two steals in conference play, the last at Rutgers on Jan. 6, 2018.
// She also tied her Big Ten high in assists tallying a pair for the second time with the first against Rutgers on Jan. 18, 2018.

Team Notes
// Penn State improves to 34-15 all-time against Illinois with a five-game winning streak.
// Penn State is 10-2 in the year when holding opponents under 70 points
// The Lady Lions scored 23 second chance points compared to Illinois' four
// The Blue and White added 17 points off of 16 Illini turnovers and got 18 points from its bench.
// Penn State committed just nine turnovers in the game, marking the third time this season and 54th time in program history it committed single-digit turnovers.
// The Lady Lions also had just nine turnovers at Marshall (11/15/17) and vs. Central Connecticut State (11/20/17) this season.