UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State women's basketball team wraps up its two-game road trip with a 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT Sunday showdown at Minnesota. The game will be broadcast nationally on the Big Ten Network.
FOLLOW ALONG
TV: Big Ten Network
Video ($): BTN-Plus
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Live Stats
Game Notes: Penn State Notes
OPENING TIPS
- The Lady Lions conclude their two-game road trip with a Sunday afternoon showdown at Minnesota.
- Senior Teniya Page recently became the first-ever Lady Lion to eclipse the 2,000 career points, 400 career rebounds and 400 career assists milestones.
- Four Lady Lions are averaging 9.5 or more points, led by Teniya Page's 19.5 ppg. Page's 19.5 ppg ranks second amongst all Big Ten players, and 29th in Division I.
IF PENN STATE BEATS MINNESOTA
- The Lady Lions would earn their first win at Minnesota since Feb. 5, 2012 when Penn State defeated the Gophers on the road, 68-65.
- Penn State would snap its five-game losing streak.
- The Lady Lions would earn their second road win of conference play.
- Penn State would snap Minnesota's current five-game win streak.
SCOUTING THE GOPHERS
- The Gophers started Big Ten play 2-7, but have since rattled off five-straight wins to carry a 7-7 conference mark and 18-7 overall record into Sunday's showdown.
- The Gophers are coming off a 65-45 road win in their most recent game Thursday at Purdue.
- Minnesota owns the third-best scoring defense in the Big Ten, allowing their opponents to score an average of just 58.4 points per game.
- Kenisha Bell leads the team with 18.9 points per game to go along with a team-best 104 assists. Destiny Pitts follows with 14.4 ppg.
AGAINST MINNESOTA
- The Lady Lions own a 28-18 edge in the all-time series, but Minnesota has won the last three meetings and six of the last seven matchups.
- Penn State will be looking for its first win in Minneapolis since Feb. 5, 2012 when the Lady Lions defeated the Gophers 68-65.
- The Gophers swept last season's series, winning 91-71 on Jan. 10, 2018 at the Bryce Jordan Center before defeating the Lady Lions 101-68 in Minneapolis.
- The Gophers shot 50.7 percent (37-for-73) from the field and out-rebounded Penn State 53-34 en route to the 101-68 win in the most recent matchup on Feb. 11, 2018.
- Teniya Page scored 22 points, while Amari Carter chipped in 12 and Siyeh Frazier added 10 in the last meeting.
A LEAGUE OF HER OWN
- Teniya Page is the first player in Lady Lion history to eclipse 2,000 career points, 400 career assists and 400 career rebounds.
- She reached the milestone on Feb. 6 at Ohio State when she dished her fifth assist of the game and 400th of her career.
- Page was just the second currently active Division I player who has accomplished all three feats. Central Michigan's Presley Hudson was the first currently active DI player to join the 2,000/400/400 club.
AN ELITE CLUB
- Senior guard Teniya Page became the sixth-ever Lady Lion to reach the 2,000 career point milestone on Feb. 3 against Iowa.
- Page joined the likes of former Penn State legends Kelly Mazzante (2,919 points), Maggie Lucas (2,510), Susan Robinson (2,253), Tyra Grant (2,044) and Kahadeejah Herbert (2,026) as the sixth member of the 2,000-point club.
- Her 2,058 career points are fourth all-time on the Penn State career scoring charts and 14th amongst all active Division I players.
- The standout has already etched her names into several of Penn State's record books:
- Career minutes per game (35.5) - 2nd in Penn State history
- Career 30-plus point games (8) - 2nd in Penn State history
- Career free throws made (522) - 2nd in Penn State history
- Career scoring average (18.2 ppg) - 4th in Penn State history
UP NEXT
- The Lady Lions return home Thursday to host Purdue in the penultimate home game of the regular season. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. from the Bryce Jordan Center.