UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State women's basketball team returns home Thursday night to welcome Purdue to the Bryce Jordan Center for a 7 p.m. Big Ten battle.
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PROMOTIONS
- Pre-game student tailgate with free food and a raffle
OPENING TIPS
- Penn State returns home after a two-game road trip to host Purdue Thursday night at the Bryce Jordan Center.
- The Lady Lions are in the midst of a tough stretch in which four of five games are on the road. Thursday's game against Purdue is the lone home contest in the stretch.
- 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 19.3 ppg. Page's 19.3 ppg ranks second amongst all Big Ten players, and 38th in Division I.
IF PENN STATE BEATS PURDUE
- The Lady Lions would snap their six-game losing streak.
- Penn State would improve to 12-10 in home game against Purdue.
- Penn State would hand Purdue its sixth loss in the Boilermaker's last nine games.
SCOUTING PURDUE
- Purdue began the conference season 6-2 before going 2-5 in its last seven games. The Boilermakers are 17-11 overall and 8-7 in Big Ten play.
- Purdue is coming off a 61-58 win over Northwestern in its most recent game.
- The Boilermakers are 2-5 in conference away games, compared to their 6-2 record in Big Ten home games.
- Three Boilermakers are averaging double-digit points, led by Karissa McLaughlin's 16.0 points per game. Dominique Oden follows with 14.8 points per contest, while Ae'rianna Harris has chipped in 13.0 ppg and a team-best 9.1 rebounds per contest.
AGAINST THE BOILERMAKERS
- The Lady Lions and Boilermakers will be meeting for the only time this regular season Thursday night.
- Purdue holds a 31-20 advantage in the all-time series, but the Lady Lions are 11-10 when playing Purdue at home.
- The Boilermakers won last season's meeting, 88-73, in West Lafayette, Ind.
- The Boilermakers shot 73 percent from the field, connecting on 36-of-49 shots, which set the Penn State opponent record in the category.
- Teniya Page led the Lady Lions with 25 points, while Jaida Travascio-Green added 15.
TOUGH STRETCH
- The Lady Lions are in the midst of one of the toughest stretches of the season.
- Penn State is hosting Purdue Thursday for the lone home game in a stretch of four-of-five contests on the road.
- The Lady Lions opened the stretch with back-to-back road games at Northwestern and Minnesota. Penn State returns home briefly to face Purdue before returning to the road at Illinois Sunday and Michigan State Wednesday.
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 2,072 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 (527) - 2nd in Penn State history
- Career scoring average (18.2 ppg) - 4th in Penn State history
UP NEXT
- The Lady Lions are back on the road for their next two games, beginning with a 4 p.m. Sunday contest at Illinois on the Big Ten Network.