Lions Head to Franciscan Saturday

Lions Head to Franciscan Saturday

ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team travels to Steubenville, Ohio on Saturday to take on Franciscan in an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) contest. Game time is set for 4 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes
* Behrend is coming off a 65-52 loss to Pitt-Greensburg on Wednesday
* Alanna Dibble (Lakewood, NY/Southwestern) registered her fifth double-double of the season with 13 points and 12 rebounds while Kara Haslett (Baden, PA/Ambridge) tied her career-high assists with 10
* Behrend shot 85.7 percent from the charity stripe for a season best
* As a team, the Lions had a season-low six offensive rebounds and shot 15.4 percent from three
* Behrend has a 11-7 overall record and a 8-5 mark in the AMCC to be tied for fifth place
* Dibble leads the AMCC with a 57.8 field-goal percentage
* Caitlin Carnuche (New Castle, PA/Mohawk), Ashley Seamon (West Allegheny, PA/West Allegheny), and Dibble are all averaging in double-digits with Carnuche leading the way with 15.3 ppg

Franciscan News & Notes
* The Barons are 7-11 overall with a 5-8 conference mark
* Franciscan is on a two-game win streak, taking down Pitt-Bradford (71-36)  and most recently Penn State Altoona (69-64)
* Estelle Leon and Abby Baierl both chipped in 18 points against the Altoona Lions
* Leon is averaging a double-double with 10.8 ppg and 11.1 rebounds per game for a conference best

Series History
* The Lions and Barons have a series history dating back to 2008
* Behrend leads the all-time series, 20-3
* On January 3, the Lions registered a 70-56 win over Franciscan
* Last season the teams split, with the Barons winning game one 67-57 at home and Behrend taking game two 70-34 at home