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Lady Lions Home For Clash With Buckeyes Thursday Night



UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State women's basketball team hosts Ohio State in a Thursday night Big Ten clash. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. from the Bryce Jordan Center.
 
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 OPENING TIPS

  • The Lady Lions remain home to host a surging Ohio State team Thursday night at the Bryce Jordan Center.
  • Penn State is 2-3 in Big Ten play. The Lady Lions earned victories over Illinois (62-48, Jan. 12) and Wisconsin (71-64, Jan. 3). Penn State has fallen to the top three teams in the Big Ten standings in Maryland, Indiana and Rutgers, who are a combined 13-2 in conference play.
  • Four Lady Lions are averaging double-digit points, led by Teniya Page's 20.3 ppg. Page's 20.3 ppg ranks second amongst all Big Ten players, and 17th in Division I.

 
IF PENN STATE BEATS OHIO STATE

  • The Lady Lions would snap a seven-game skid to the Buckeyes, beating Ohio State for the first time since Feb. 9, 2014 (74-54).
  • Penn State would improve to 10-7 on the season and 3-3 in Big Ten play.
  • The Lady Lions would move to 9-4 in the Bryce Jordan Center this season.

 
PAIR OF B1G WINS

  • Penn State has earned two wins in the first five games of Big Ten play, earning victories over Wisconsin (71-64, Jan. 3) and Illinois (62-48, Jan. 12).
  • The Lady Lions kicked off the 2019 calendar year with a 71-64 win over Wisconsin. Penn State held a two-point lead heading into the fourth quarter before holding the Badgers to a 26.7 percent (4-for-15) clip from the field in the final term. Penn State went 13-for-18 (72.2 percent) from the charity stripe, including 10-for-10 in the final 1:21, to seal the win.
  • Penn State used a stingy defensive effort to capture a 62-48 win over Illinois in its most recent game on Jan. 12. The Lady Lions trailed by nine with just over three minutes to play in the first half, but a 16-0 run that spanned 6:48 of the second and third quarters gave the Lady Lions the separation they would need. Penn State then outscored the Illini 21-12 in the fourth quarter to pull away for the 62-48 win.
  • Defense and limiting turnovers have proven to be the keys for the Lady Lions thus far in Big Ten play. Penn State has held its opponents to a 33.3 FG% (39-for-117) in its two B1G wins, while opponents have shot 43.6 percent (79-for-181) from the field in the three B1G losses. The Lady Lions have averaged 11.5 turnovers per game in the pair of wins compared to 17.3 turnovers per contest in the three losses.

 
FIRST FIVE

  • The Lady Lions have played some of the conference's toughest competition to kick off Big Ten action.
  • Penn State is 2-3 in conference action, but those three losses have come against the teams that are currently in the top three of the Big Ten standings and a combined 13-2 in Big Ten play (Maryland, Indiana and Rutgers).
  • Teniya Page has scored 20-plus points in four of Penn State's five conference games. The senior guard is averaging 21.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists per Big Ten game.
  • The Big Ten currently has six teams ranked in the AP Top 25 for the first time since Nov. 17, 2014.

 
TRACKING TENIYA

  • Teniya Page is in reach of a number of notable milestones as she continues her senior season.
  • Page has totaled 1,914 career points, putting her just 86 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.
  • Her 1,914 career points rank seventh all-time on the Penn State career scoring charts and is 13th amongst all active Division I players.
  • She is on track to become the first player in Lady Lion history to eclipse 2,000 career points, 400 career assists and 400 career rebounds. As of Jan. 16, there are no current Division I players who have reached all three milestones.
  • With 34 points against Stony Brook on Nov. 25, Page now stands alone in second place for the most career 30-plus point games (8) in Lady Lion history. She was previously tied with Maggie Lucas (2011-14) at 7.
  • The standout has already etched her names into several of Penn State's record books. Her 18.2 points per game career scoring average ranks No. 4 all-time. She's averaged 35.6 minutes per game throughout her career, a mark that ranks second in the Lady Lion history books.

UP NEXT

  • Penn State hits the road for its next two games, beginning with a Sunday contest at No. 9/9 Maryland.
  • Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ESPN2.