UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State women's basketball team heads to Michigan State for the regular-season finale Sunday afternoon. Tipoff from East Lansing, Mich. is set for 2 p.m.
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OPENING TIPS
- Penn State wraps up the regular season with a trip to Michigan State for a Sunday afternoon matinee.
- PSU's first Big Ten win of the season came over Michigan State on Jan. 9 at the Bryce Jordan Center. Four of Penn State's wins this season have come over 2019 NCAA Tournament teams.
- Junior Kamaria McDaniel is the Big Ten's second-leading scorer with 19.5 points per game. Senior Siyeh Frazier (13.0 ppg) is also averaging double-digit points.
- McDaniel enters the game just five points away from her 1,000th career point.
IF PENN STATE BEATS MICHIGAN STATE
- Penn State would complete the season sweep of Michigan State.
- The Lady Lions would snap their 13-game losing streak.
- Penn State would pick up its second conference win of the season.
SCOUTING MICHIGAN STATE
- Michigan State currently sits in a two-way tie for eighth place in the Big Ten standings with an 8-9 conference mark that is part of a 15-13 overall record.
- The Spartans have won four of their last five games, including a 72-58 win at Illinois in MSU's most recent contest Wednesday night.
- Nia Clouden leads Michigan State with 14.4 points per game.
- Taryn McCutcheon follows with 10.7 points per contest and a team-best 96 assists.
AGAINST THE SPARTANS
- Penn State and Michigan State have split the last 11 meetings in a tightly-contested last few years, but the Lady Lions lead the all-time series 30-18.
- Penn State is 11-9 all-time when playing in East Lansing, Mich.
- A full-team offensive onslaught led the Lady Lions to an 86-73 win over Michigan State in the season's first meeting on Jan. 9 at the Bryce Jordan Center.
- Penn State tallied a season-best 22 assists on 31 made field goals in its efficient offensive night to earn the Lady Lions' first Big Ten victory of the season.
- Senior Siyeh Frazier and junior Kamaria McDaniel both registered 24 points. McDaniel also led Penn State with career-best marks of 11 rebounds and nine assists, finishing just one assist shy of a triple-double. Junior Alisia Smith added 16 points and freshman Shay Hagans rounded out the double-digit scorers with a career-best 12 points.
NEARING 1,000
- Kamaria McDaniel enters Sunday's game at Michigan State with 995 career points, putting her just five points away from the 1,000-point mark.
- The Inkster, Mich. native has scored in double figures in all but two games this season.
- McDaniel has scored 545 points thus far this year, 95 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).
SIYEH STEPPING UP HER GAME
- Siyeh Frazier has taken her game to a new level in her senior season. She currently ranks second on the team with 13.0 points per game.
- Frazier is coming off a career night Thursday against Michigan in the final home game of her career. The senior finished with a career-high 28 points on 12-of-17 shooting, and added a team-best seven rebounds and four steals.
- The Detroit native entered this season having made only 12 three-pointers in her career, and has already drained 22 this season.
- She leads the team with 66 steals and ranks third in the conference with 2.3 steals per game. She has already surpassed her mark of 48 steals from a season ago.
UP NEXT
- Penn State turns its attention to the Big Ten Tournament, while will be held in Indianapolis from March 4-8.
- The Lady Lions will compete in a first round game on March 4.
- The full bracket will be announced by the conference office Sunday after the conclusion of the final regular season games.