UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State women's basketball team looks to keep its momentum going when the Lady Lions welcome North Dakota to the Bryce Jordan Center for a Thanksgiving Eve matchup. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m. Wednesday.
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PROMOTIONS
- Wild card Wednesday – random giveaways all game
OPENING TIPS
- Penn State remains home to welcome North Dakota in a Thanksgiving Eve matinee inside the Bryce Jordan Center.
- The Lady Lions are 3-1 on the young season, with all three of those wins captured in comeback fashion. Penn State has trailed by at least nine points in each of its three victories.
- Four Lady Lions are averaging double-digit points, led by Teniya Page's 17.8 ppg.
IF PENN STATE BEATS NORTH DAKOTA
- Penn State would win its third-straight game and move to 4-1 on the season.
- The Lady Lions would move to 30-7 in the Bryce Jordan Center dating back to the start of the 2016-17 season.
- Penn State would improve to 1-0 all-time vs. North Dakota and 2-1 against current members of the Summit League.
SCOUTING NORTH DAKOTA
- North Dakota comes to Happy Valley with a 1-2 record and will be playing its first game in a week when the Lady Lions take on the Fighting Hawks.
- UND is in the midst of a seven-game road swing to open the season.
- The Fighting Hawks' first win of the season came on Sunday, Nov. 11 when North Dakota took down Valparaiso 62-56. UND has dropped games at #18 Syracuse (85-49) and Illinois State (67-55).
- Lexi Klabo leads the team with 15.7 points and 8.7 rebounds per game.
- The Fighting Hawks have struggled from three-point range, averaging just 3.3 treys per game and a 17.2 three-point shooting percentage.
AGAINST THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
- Penn State and North Dakota will be meeting for the first time Wednesday.
- The Lady Lions are 1-1 all-time against current Summit League members. Penn State has played South Dakota State twice, and holds a 1-1 record against the Jackrabbits.
CARDIAC KIDS
- Penn State has rallied from nine-plus point deficits in all three of its wins this season.
- Penn State erased a 14-point fourth quarter deficit by outscoring Providence 23-9 in the final 10 minutes to claim a thrilling 76-74 victory in the season opener on Nov. 8.
- It marked the first time that Penn State rallied from a 15-point deficit to win in six years. The last time the Lady Lions erased a 15-point deficit was on Nov. 24, 2012 in an 85-73 win at Cal State Northridge. Penn State trailed by 17 with 5:52 left in the first half in that game.
- Penn State put together another gutsy comeback performance at Fordham on Nov. 14. The Lady Lions trailed by 12 with 8:19 to play in the second quarter, but outscored the Rams 34-11 in the second half en route to a 72-55 victory.
- The Lady Lions did it again in their most recent game, as PSU trailed Princeton 48-39 with 8:28 to play in regulation. Penn State used a 24-15 run to force overtime before outscoring the Tigers 16-8 in the extra frame to earn the 79-71 OT victory Sunday.
FOCUS ON THE FREE THROW LINE
- Penn State leads the Big Ten and ranks 23rd nationally with a 79.7 (63-for-79) free throw shooting percentage.
- The Lady Lions' free throw shooting has come in clutch in PSU's late-game heroics, as Penn State has shot 86.2 percent (25-for-29) from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter and overtime this season.
- Sophomore Alisia Smith leads the Lady Lions with a 91.3 (21-for-23) free throw percentage.
THE BIG 200
- Head Coach Coquese Washington picked up her 200th career win with Sunday's 79-71 overtime victory against Princeton.
- Over her 11-plus seasons on the Penn State sidelines, Washington has enjoyed three Big Ten regular-season championships and seven national postseason appearances, including four NCAA Tournament berths.
- Washington became the sixth active Big Ten women's basketball coach to earn 200-plus victories at their current institution. She joined Iowa's Lisa Bluder, Maryland's Brenda Frese, Michigan State's Suzy Merchant, Purdue's Sharon Versyp, and Rutgers' C. Vivian Stringer.
TRACKING TENIYA
- Teniya Page, a 2018 Consensus Preseason All-Big Ten Selection, has proven to be one of the strongest guards in the Big Ten from the day she stepped on campus. The guard has collected All-Big Ten accolades in each of her first three years, earning first team honors as both a sophomore and junior. Page was named a WBCA All-America honorable mention selection in 2016-17 following her standout sophomore campaign.
- Page has totaled 1,660 career points, putting her just 340 points away from hitting the 2,000-point mark. She would become the sixth Lady Lion to reach the milestone if she hits the 2,000-point mark. With 29 regular-season games scheduled and at least one postseason contest guaranteed (Big Ten Tournament), Page will need to average 13.7 points per game this season to reach the milestone. She averaged 15.3 points per game as a freshman, 19.9 as a sophomore and 18.4 as a junior.
- Her 1,660 career points put her at No. 11 on PSU's all-time career scoring list. She's just three points away from entering the top ten.
- The standout has already etched her names into several of Penn State's record books. Her 17.8 points per game career scoring average ranks No. 4 all-time. She is one of five Penn Staters with 1,500 career points and 300 career assists. Page owns seven career 30-point games to sit tied for No. 2 all-time at Penn State with Maggie Lucas (7; 2011-14). She's averaged 35.5 minutes per game throughout her career, a mark that ranks second in the Lady Lion history books.
FRAZIER FLOURISHING
- Junior Siyeh Frazier is off to a hot start this season. She's averaging 13.3 points per game while shooting 50.0 percent (19-for-38) from the field. The Detroit native also leads the team with 11 steals.
- Frazier contributed 7.4 points per game as a sophomore in 2017-18. She was named the Team's Defensive MVP at the conclusion of her sophomore season.
- Frazier has come in clutch in Penn State's three wins. She secured a steal in the final seconds that led to PSU's game-winning points in the 74-72 comeback win over Providence. She then contributed eight points and two steals in a 3:30 second-quarter stretch at Fordham to help the Lady Lions trim down a 12-point deficit. Frazier hit the game-tying free throws with 11 seconds to play and contributed six points to PSU's fourth-quarter rally against Princeton that helped the Lady Lions top the Tigers 79-71 in overtime.
NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP HERE
- Sophomore Alisia Smith has burst onto the scene this season and is averaging 13.8 points and a team-best 9.3 rebounds per game.
- The forward has notched two double-doubles and scored in double figures in all four of Penn State's games.
- She tied career highs in both points (16) and rebounds (11) in PSU's most recent game against Princeton.
- She averaged 5.2 points and 3.8 rebounds per game as a freshman.
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UP NEXT
- The Lady Lions wrap up a three-game homestand Sunday when Penn State hosts Stony Brook on the Big Ten Network.