UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State women's basketball faces Minnesota at Bryce Jordan Center Wednesday at 7 p.m.
GAMEDAY INFO
Promotion
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Parking
- Parking for Penn State women's basketball games are available at the following locations two hours prior to the start of each game: Stadium West, Jordan East and Porter North.
- There is no charge for patrons with a valid Penn State parking permit.
- Pre-paid parking is available at a discounted rate of $5.50 through the ParkMobile app. Season-long packages are also available.
- Parking will cost $10 on the day of an event without a valid permit or prepayment.
- ParkMobile prepayment availability ends at 11:59 p.m. the night before each event. Events will not be selectable on the site after that time, and payment must then be made on site upon arrival to event parking staff (cash only).
Mobile Ticketing and Updated App
- All Penn State Athletics tickets are once again mobile tickets. Fans can access Penn State Athletics mobile ticket guide at GoPSUsports.com/mobiletickets.
- Make sure to have the NEW Penn State Athletics App downloaded on your phone to easily access and manage your mobile tickets. Download the app on the App Store and Google Play.
Bryce Jordan Center Bag Policy
- The bag policy has been updated for the 2022-23 season.
- Bags that are clear plastic, vinyl or PVB and are 12" x 6" x 12" or smaller are permitted.
- Small clutches or wristlets that are 4" x 6" x 1" are also permissible.
- All clear bags and patrons are subject to metal detection and/or bag inspection upon entering the venue.
- Bag policy details can be found HERE.
OPENING TIP
- Penn State is coming off a 108-67 loss at then-No. 12/9 Iowa Saturday.
- Shay Ciezki led the team in scoring (20 points), rebounding (seven) and assists (three).
- Starting in every contest after the first game, Shay Ciezki has averaged 11.2 points, 2.7 assists, 2.1 three-pointers and 1.3 steals per game while shooting 40.0% from three.
- This year Makenna Marisa leads the team in scoring (17.7 ppg), assists (4.1 per game), made three's (38) and three-point percentage (40.4%) in addition to 4.6 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game.
- Leilani Kapinus leads the Big Ten in steals (57) (eighth nationally) while also averaging 11.6 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 0.9 blocks per game.
- Penn State ranks in the nation eighth in steals per game (12.3), 16th in turnovers forced per game (21.3), 49th in three-point percentage (34.8), 55th in assists per game (15.8), 56th in turnover margin (3.8), 58th in scoring offense (73.8 points per game) and 67th in field goal percentage (43.7).
- Penn State owns wins over four reigning conference champions: Norfolk State (MEAC), Fairfield (MAAC), Youngstown State (Horizon League) and Toledo (MAC).
SCOUTING MINNESOTA
- Are 8-10 overall and 1-6 in the Big Ten with a five-game losing streak.
- Rank 18th in the nation in rebounds per game (43.2), which leads the Big Ten.
- All five starters average 10+ points per game: freshman guard Mara Braun (15.4), sophomore forward Alanna Micheaux (14.1), freshman forward Mallory Heyer (11.7), redshirt-freshman guard Katie Borowicz (10.3) and freshman guard Amaya Battle (10.1).
- Braun leads the squad in three-point shooting (34 made), Micheaux is tops in rebounding (7.5 per game) and Battle has a team-best 4.4 assists per game average.
AGAINST THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
- Penn State has the edge in the series, 29-24.
- Minnesota won this season's earlier matchup on Dec. 3 98-96 in double overtime at home.
ONE OF THE TOP POINT GUARDS IN THE NATION, MAKENNA MARISA
- Senior Makenna Marisa was one of 20 point guards selected to the Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List heading into the season and named to the All-Big Ten Preseason Team by the coaches and media.
- This year she leads the team in scoring (17.7 ppg), assists (4.1 per game), made three's (38) and three-point percentage (40.4%) in addition to 4.6 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game.
- She has recorded 72 double-digit scoring games and 31 20-point games with seven this year.
- A 35-game streak of consecutive double-digit games that started at the beginning of last season ended Nov. 26 against Fresno State.
- She has recorded seven career 25+ points and 5+ assists games, the 10th most in the Big Ten since 2009-2010 (courtesy of Her Hoop Stats).
- With 1,562 career points, she is 13th in school history.
- Starting this season ranked 24th, she needs 58 more to pass Andrea Garner (1997-2000, 1,619 points) for 12th.
- In program history she also ranks tied for third in 30-point games (seven), fifth in career free throw percentage (82.1%), eighth in career three-point field goals made (162), tied for eighth in career scoring average (15.5 ppg), tied for ninth in career double-digit assist games (three) and 13th in career assists (385).
- In the nation, she ranks 21st in career assists, 26th in career free throw percentage and 54th in career points.
- For the 2022-23 season, she ranks in the nation 39th in made field goals (117), 41st in points (318), 60th in three-point percentage (40.4), 73rd in minutes per game (34.7), 79th in assists (73) and 90th in three's made (38).
- In the Big Ten she is third in minutes per game, sixth in points, seventh in three-point percentage, tied for eighth in assists and steals, ninth in three-pointers made, 15th in free throw percentage (75.4) and assist/turnover ratio (1.4) and 17th in field goal percentage (41.5).
- In the win over Rutgers, she produced a game-high 32 points with four made three-pointers and six free throws in addition to five rebounds.
- In the home win over Purdue, she produced 24 points, eight boards and six dimes and went 3-6 from three.
- At Drexel in the second to last game played, she notched one of the best games in her career, pouring in 28 points off 10-16 shooting from the field, including tying a career-high seven made three's, along with five assists, three boards and a steal.
- In the Big Ten-opener at Minnesota she recorded one of the best games as a Lady Lion, recording a career-high 34 points (13-21 from the field, seven three-pointers, six assists, two blocks and two steals.
- In the program's largest comeback against Syracuse, she produced 22 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter, eight rebounds and seven assists.
- She notched a double-double in the first two contests: 24 points and 11 rebounds against Norfolk State and 14 points and 10 assists against Fairfield.
A TRIO OF 1,000 POINT SCORERS
- Johnasia Cash notched her 1,000 career point in the win over Youngstown State, becoming the third current Lady Lion to accomplish the feat (Makenna Marisa and Taniyah Thompson).
- Cash has produced 396 combined from the 2020-21 and 2022-23 seasons as a Lady Lion for an average of 9.4 ppg.
- She had 659 in her seasons at SMU.
- Thompson accomplished the feat in her three seasons at East Carolina.
- Among active career scoring leaders in Division I, Marisa ranks 54th (1,562), Thompson 108th (1,348) and Cash 254th (1,055).
CASHING REBOUNDS
- Johnasia Cash has pulled down the 15th most career rebounds (932) among active Division I players in the nation and is also 32nd in double-doubles (25).
- In her fifth season, Cash has averaged 7.2 boards per game in her career and 7.0 in her two seasons at Penn State (2020-21 and 2022-23).
- In her first season as a Lady Lion in which she earned Third-Team All-Big Ten from the media, she recorded a double-double in all 11 games in which she gathered 10+ rebounds.
- After readjusting due to missing last season, her rebounding picked up with a three-game streak of 10+ rebounds (Bryant-11, Syracuse-12 and Toledo-10).
SOPHOMORE CAMPAIGN FOR ALL-FRESHMAN KAPINUS
- Much like last season, Leilani Kapinus has proven she can do it all for the Lady Lions.
- This year she leads the squad in steals (57), rebounds (5.9 per game) and blocks (16) and has put up 11.6 points and 2.6 assists per game, a 47.2 field goal percentage and 70.8 free throw percentage.
- Kapinus is eighth in the nation in steals, leads the Big Ten in both steals and steals per game (3.2) while tied for 12th in blocks, 18th in rebounding and 20th in free throw percentage.
- She has scored in double-figures 13 games, pulled down at least seven rebounds in seven contests and gotten at least three steals 10 times.
- She produced her first double-double of the season in the win over Purdue with 17 points and 12 rebounds along with a game-high seven steals and four assists.
- She racked up nine steals in the win over Fairfield along with 11 points and eight boards.
- In the win over Youngstown State, she nearly produced a double-double with 21 points and nine boards along with five assists and four steals.
- Against Fresno State, she produced 12 points, six steals and five assists.
- She notched 18 points on 8-10 shooting from the field and had five steals and four assists.
- Making all five free throws, she got 15 points, seven rebounds, four blocks and three steals in the win over West Virginia.
FRESHMAN IMPACT
- Shay Ciezki has made an instant impact as a freshman.
- After coming off the bench in the opener, Ciezki has started every game since.
- In 531 minutes of action as the main ballhandler after Marisa, she has committed just 39 turnovers with 48 assists.
- She is one of three Lady Lions averaging at least double-digit points (11.2), has made the second most three's (36) and averaged 1.3 steals per game.
- In the nation she ranks 66th in three-point percentage (40.0), and in the conference she's ninth along with being ninth in three's made per game (2.0) and tied for 25th in assists.
- At then-No. 12/9 Iowa, she led the team in points (20), rebounds (seven) and assists (three).
- At then-No. 14/19 Michigan, she notched career highs in points (21), field goals (eight) and three-pointers (five) along with four assists.
- She became just the second Lady Lions' freshman since the 2009-10 season with 20+ points, 5+ three's and 4+ assists in a Big Ten game (Maddie Burke: 20 points, six three's and four assists at Iowa, Feb. 19, 2021).
- She was pivotal in the team's 21-point comeback against Syracuse, scoring 16 of her 18 points during the team's second half rally.
- She followed the game with 16 points and three assists with two three-points against Toledo.
- She notched her first double-digit scoring performance against Youngstown State with 16 points along with five rebounds and three assists.
- She produced her first collegiate basket as part of a seven-point, four-rebound and two-steal performance against Fairfield.
- She notched a career-high six assists along with 14 points and four three-pointers in the win over West Virginia.
UP NEXT
Penn State stays home for a Sunday contest at 5 p.m. against Wisconsin on the Big Ten Network.