UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State women's basketball team returns to action Saturday afternoon when the Lady Lions travel to #19/21 Iowa. Tipoff from Iowa City is slated for 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT.
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OPENING TIPS
- Penn State returns to action after its bye week Saturday afternoon when the Lady Lions head to #19/21 Iowa to kick off the final stretch of regular-season Big Ten action.
- Four of Penn State's wins this season have come over 2019 NCAA Tournament teams.
- Junior Kamaria McDaniel is the Big Ten's leading scorer with 19.5 points per game. Senior Siyeh Frazier (12.3 ppg) is also averaging double-digit points.
IF PENN STATE BEATS IOWA
- Penn State would beat a team that is ranked in the top 20 of at least one national poll for the first time since Nov. 20, 2016 when the Lady Lions defeated #13/13 Tennessee 70-56 in Happy Valley.
- Penn State would hand Iowa its first home loss of the season.
- The Lady Lions would snap their 11-game losing streak.
SCOUTING IOWA
- #19/21 Iowa currently sits in third place in the Big Ten standings with a 12-3 conference record that is part of a 21-5 overall mark.
- The Hawkeyes, like Penn State, are coming off their regular-season bye week and will hit the hardwood for the first time since their 97-71 win over Wisconsin on Feb. 16.
- Iowa is a perfect 13-0 when playing at home this season.
- The Hawkeyes rank in the top three of the Big Ten standings in a number of statistical categories including scoring offense (79.0 ppg - second), free throw percentage (74.0 - second), field goal percentage (48.5% - first), three-point field goal percentage (37.1% - first), and assists per game (19.9 - first).
- Kathleen Doyle leads the team with 18.5 points per game and a conference-best 6.3 assists per contest.
- Monika Czinano follows with 15.4 points per contest, while Makenzie Meyer is also averaging double figures with 14.4 ppg.
AGAINST THE HAWKEYES
- Penn State leads the all-time series against Iowa 29-22, but the Hawkeyes have won the last three matchups.
- The Lady Lions are 10-13 all-time when playing in Iowa City.
- Iowa won the season's first meeting, 77-66, on Jan. 30 at the Bryce Jordan Center.
- Penn State trimmed a 23-point fourth-quarter deficit down to single digits, but wasn't able to complete the comeback in the 77-66 loss.
- Kamaria McDaniel led Penn State with 19 points, while Makenna Marisa followed with 10.
- Penn State finished with a 44-34 rebound advantage.
NEARING 1,000
- Kamaria McDaniel enters Saturday's game at Iowa with 957 career points, putting her just 43 points away from the 1,000-point mark.
- With at least four games remaining on the schedule (three regular-season and one guarenteed Big Ten Tournament game), McDaniel will need to average 10.8 points per game to reach the 1,000-point mark. She currently averages a Big Ten-leading 19.5 ppg.
- McDaniel has scored 507 points thus far this year, 57 more than her first two seasons combined (450).
- McDaniel would become the 39th member of the Lady Lion 1,000-Point Club and first to join since Teniya Page (Class of 2019 - 2,108 career points).
KAMARIA McBUCKETS
- Kamaria McDaniel is the Big Ten's leading scorer and averaging 19.5 points per game. That mark ranks 18th in all of Division I as of Feb. 21. Her 20.6 points per Big Ten game is tied for firth place in the conference.
- She dropped the third 40-point game in program history against Pittsburgh on Dec. 5 and put up a 31-point performance against Minnesota in the Big Ten opener on Dec. 28. McDaniel was just one assist away from recording Penn State's first triple-double of the Big Ten era on Jan. 9 against Michigan State as she tallied team-best marks of 24 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. It marked her first career double-double. She then put together a 35-point effort at Purdue on Jan. 26. It marked her third 30-plus point performance of the season.
UP NEXT
- Penn State returns home for its final home game of the season Thursday night against Michigan.
- Tipoff from the Bryce Jordan Center is set for 7 p.m. and fans are encouraged to wear white.