Postgame Notes: at Rutgers (Jan. 6, 2018)Postgame Notes: at Rutgers (Jan. 6, 2018)

Postgame Notes: at Rutgers (Jan. 6, 2018)

Jan. 6, 2018

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Penn State Women's Basketball
Penn State at Rutgers
January 6, 2018


Individual Notes

Teniya Page
// Junior 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 moved her career point total to 1,291, pushing her 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.
// With four makes from 3-point range, Page moved into a tie for No. 13 on the career 3-pointers made ledger with 115 makes from distance. She passed Lynn Dougherty (113; 1989-92) and is currently tied with Chrissy Falconne (115; 1998-2000).
// 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
// Redshirt-sophomore Amari Carter scored 18 points for her fifth-straight double-figure scoring game and 14th of the season.
// She collected four more steals in the game for her seventh game this season with four-plus steals, including two-straight four-steal efforts.

Jaida Travascio-Green
// Sophomore 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
// Redshirt-sophomore 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
// Junior Jaylen Williams ticked up one spot on the career blocks chart with her one rejection in the game. She now has 46 career swats, to equal the mark of Laura Hughes (46; 1985-87) for No. 26 all-time at Penn State.

Team Notes
// Penn State falls to 18-25 against Rutgers in program history, including a 6-14 mark in the Rutgers Athletic Center.
/// The two teams will meet at the Bryce Jordan Center on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 at 7 p.m.
// The Lady Lions fall to 7-2 all-time on Jan. 6, with the loss snapping a five-game winning streak.
// 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 is 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