2017-18 Penn State Women's Basketball Media Guide

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Three-time Big Ten Player of the Week selection…Earned Big Ten Player of the Week and was selected to the NCAA.com Starting Five on Nov. 21, 2016 after averaging 26.0 points in two contests…Was the first Lady Lion named Big Ten Player of the Week since Maggie Lucas earned the honor Jan. 28, 2014…Earned Big Ten Co-Player of the Week and College Sports Madness Big Ten Player of the Week on Dec. 3, 2016 after securing her second career 30-point effort with 31 points against Marshall…Earned Big Ten Player of Week honors on Dec. 26, 2016 after a 30-point performance against American. Rankings: Finished No. 9 in the NCAA and No. 2 in the B1G in 3-point field goal percentage (44.1)…Ranked No. 21 nationally and No. 5 in the Big Ten with 19.9 points per game…Sat No. 36 in the NCAA and No. 8 in the B1G with 618 points scored…Ended the year No. 48 nationally and No. 6 in the Big Ten in free throws made (136)…Ranked No. 65 in the NCAA and No. 10 in the Big Ten in field goals made (209)…Ranked No. 7 in the Big Ten in minutes played per game (34.9). Season: Appeared in and started 31 games…Finished the year ranked No. 4 on the sophomore scoring list and No. 9 on the single season scoring list with 618 points…The 19.9 points per game rank No. 7 in a single season at Penn State…Is the first player in school history to accumulate at least 200 made field goals, 60 made 3-pointers, 100 made free throws and 100 assists in the same season… Moved past the 500- (Saint Peter’s; 11/13/16), 600- (at Boston College; 11/30/16), 700- (Iona; 12/20/16), 800- (Nebraska; 1/19/17), 900- (Minnesota; 2/8/17) and 1,000-point (Minnesota; 3/2/17) plateaus during the season…Notched 15 20-point games, including four 30-point efforts…The four 30-point games in 2016-17 were the most by a Penn Stater since Kelly Mazzante netted nine such efforts in 2002-03…Became one of just two Lady Lions to post three-or-more 30-point games by the end of a sophomore season (Mazzante; 14)…Scored a Penn State Big Ten Tournament record 35 points vs. Minnesota (3/2)…Her 24-point effort vs. Fordham in the WNIT Second Round are the most points scored by a Penn Stater in a WNIT contest. Drexel (11/11): Tied a team-high 15 points and grabbed a team-best seven rebounds…Added three assists and one steal. Saint Peter’s (11/13): Made seven shots from the floor - including three 3-pointers - for 19 points in the home opener…Moved past the 500-career-point plateau…Had three rebounds…Added three assists and one steal. Akron (11/16): Scored a team-high 23 points… Made five 3-pointers in the first half…Dished out a team-high seven assists…Added six rebounds. No. 13/13 Tennessee (11/20): Paced Penn State with 29 points to mark her second-straight 20-point contest…Made three 3-pointers and went 6-of-7 from the free throw line…Made 10 field goals…Grabbed two rebounds…Added one steal and one assist. vs. Georgia State (11/24): Scored nine points and had six rebounds…Had three assists and added a team-high three steals. vs. Georgetown (11/25): Paced Penn State with 16 points…Had a team-best four assists…Swiped one steal and had one rebound. at Boston College (11/30): Scored a team-high 24 points to move past 600 career points…Had two assists and one steal…Added two rebounds. Marshall (12/3): Went 10-of-15 from the floor and 5-of-6 from 3-point range to notch her second career 30-point scoring effort with 31 points…Went a perfect 6-of-6 from the charity stripe…Had three rebounds…Dished out four assists and had one steal. at Holy Cross (12/7): Posted her eighth doubledigit scoring effort of the season with 17 points…Went 9-of-11 from the free throw line and 4-of-7 from the floor…Had a team-best LADYLIONS.COM

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