Penn State Wraps Up Regular Season at Michigan State SundayPenn State Wraps Up Regular Season at Michigan State Sunday
Mark Selders

Penn State Wraps Up Regular Season at Michigan State Sunday

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.
 
FOLLOW ALONG

 
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.