Lady Lions Head To Rutgers For Sunday Road TestLady Lions Head To Rutgers For Sunday Road Test
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Lady Lions Head To Rutgers For Sunday Road Test

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State women's basketball team is back on the road Sunday afternoon when the Lady Lions travel to Rutgers to face the surging Scarlet Knights in a 4 p.m. showdown.
 
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OPENING TIPS

  • Fresh off their first Big Ten win of the season, the Lady Lions head to New Jersey to face a red-hot Rutgers team Sunday afternoon.
  • Penn State is 1-2 in Big Ten play. The Lady Lions picked up a key 71-64 victory over Wisconsin Thursday night after a pair of tough losses to #4/4 Maryland and RV/RV Indiana.
  • Four Lady Lions are averaging double-digit points, led by Teniya Page's 20.6 ppg. Page's 20.6 ppg ranks second amongst all Big Ten players.

 
IF PENN STATE BEATS RUTGERS

  • The Lady Lions would earn their first road win at Rutgers since the Scarlet Knights joined the Big Ten and first since a 53-43 win on Nov. 19, 1997.
  • The Lady Lions would snap Rutgers' current five-game win streak.
  • Penn State would improve to 9-6 on the season and 2-2 in Big Ten play.

 
SCOUTING RUTGERS

  • Rutgers enters Sunday's game on a five-game win streak as the Scarlet Knights are 10-3 on the season and 2-0 in Big Ten play.
  • Rutgers most recently played Friday night as the Scarlet Knights took down non-conference foe Brown, 73-52.
  • The Scarlet Knights' two Big Ten wins came at home over Northwestern (45-41, Dec. 28) and on the road at #4/4 Maryland (73-65, Dec. 31), as Rutgers handed the Terrapins their first loss of the season.
  • Rutgers boasts the conference's best scoring defense, allowing just 51.5 points per game.
  • The Scarlet Knights have a balanced offensive attack, with seven players averaging six or more points per game.
  • Stasha Carey leads the team with 10.7 ppg, while Ciani Cryor follows with 10.0 ppg.

 
AGAINST THE SCARLET KNIGHTS

  • Rutgers leads the all-time series that dates back to 1977, 25-19. Penn State is 1-5 against the Scarlet Knights since Rutgers joined the Big Ten.
  • That win came in the most recent meeting on Jan. 18, 2018 at the Bryce Jordan Center when Penn State took down the #25/21-ranked Scarlet Knights in the final seconds.
  • Rutgers led 67-66 with 3.8 seconds remaining before Teniya Page drew a foul and the Scarlet Knights were also assessed a techinical foul. Page made 4-of-5 attempts from the charity stripe to give PSU the 70-67 win.
  • Page led the Lady Lions with 34 points, while Jaida Travascio-Green added 15.

 
B1G WIN TO OPEN NEW YEAR

  • 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.
  • The win helped Penn State bounce back from a pair of losses to #4/4 Maryland (77-61, Dec. 28) and #RV/RV Indiana (83-75, Dec. 31) in the first two conference games of the season.
  • Senior Teniya Page led the Lady Lions with 23 points against the Badgers, marking her third-straight and eighth overall 20-plus point effort. Senior Amari Carter chipped in 13 points, while sophomore Kamaria McDaniel added 11. Junior Siyeh Frazier registered her first career double-double with 10 points and a career-best 11 rebounds.

 
THIS IS B1G

  • Penn State enters its 27th season as a member of the Big Ten Conference and has enjoyed immense success since becoming a member of the storied conference in 1992-93.
  • The Lady Lions own a winning record against nine of the 13 other Big Ten programs.
  • The Lady Lions own an all-time mark of 269-164 in Big Ten play, with marks of 161-57at home and 108-107 on the road.
  • Penn State's eight regular-season championships since 1993-94 are tied for the most won by any Big Ten team during that span. Ohio State has also won eight regular-season titles during that span. The Lady Lions also own a pair of Big Ten Tournament titles, winning in 1995 and 1996.

 
UP NEXT

  • The Lady Lions will have a brief break from mid-week action and return to the court on Saturday, Jan. 12 when Penn State welcomes Illinois to the Bryce Jordan Center.
  • Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m.