Lions Take on Allegheny Gators in Women's Basketball

Lions Take on Allegheny Gators in Women's Basketball

ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team will host the Allegheny Gators on Thursday in a non-conference matchup beginning at 6 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes
* Behrend in coming into the game with a 2-1 overall record
* The Lions host the Behrend Tip-Off Tournament last weekend where they took down Cazenovia and fell to Wittenberg to finish as the tournament runner-up
* Behrend had a 100-49 win over Cazenovia for the first time scoring 100 points as a team since 2010
* Caitlin Carnuche led the Lions over the weekend scoring a career-high 32 points on Friday and 19 on Saturday
* Carnuche was named to the All-Tournament team for her performance
* She leads the team with 18.3 points per game and a 56.3% three-point average

Allegheny News & Notes
* The Gators sit at a 2-2 overall record
* Allegheny most recently fell to Carnegie Mellon 62-42 on Tuesday
* Zoe Soilis paced the Gators with 16 points
* Soilis is averaging 13.0 points and 6.7 rebounds per game to lead the team
*  Head coach Kate Costanzo is beginning her 12th season at the helm

Series History
* The Gators hold a slight 15-12 advantage over the Lions in a series dating back to 1978-79
* Allegheny won the last matchup 84-47 on November 17, 2017
* Behrend's last win was during the 2008-09 season by a 64-63 decision