Behrend Women's Basketball Hosts Marietta Wednesday

ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team will host the Marietta Pioneers in non-conference action on Wednesday night. Tip off is set for 6 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes

* The Lions opened the season last weekend with their annual Tip-Off Tournament
* Behrend went 1-1, defeating Otterbein (80-67) in the first round and falling to Carnegie Mellon (68-64) in the championship game
* Sophomore guard Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Athlete of the Week
* Majewski averaged 24.0 points, scoring a career-high 25 vs. Otterbein, to be named to the All-Tournament Team
* The Lions are averaging 72.0 points, 9.5 steals and 4.5 blocks per game in their first two games
* Freshman Madilyn Boyer (Saxonburg, PA/Knoch) shot 46.7 percent from the field and recorded double-digit points in her first two games
* Majewski ranks second in the AMCC in scoring, while Boyer is third in three-point field-goal percentage (55.6)

Marietta News & Notes

* The Pioneers are 1-1 to start the 2022-23 season
* Marietta received a 19^th-preseason ranking in the D3hoops.com Top-25 poll
* The Pioneers were picked to finish first in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Preseason Poll
* Marietta fell to W&J in the season opener 67-53, before defeating St. Vincent on Friday, 51-38
* Last season, the Pioneers won their first-ever NCAA tournament game and finished with a 22-6 overall record
* Erin Hahn leads the team with 10.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game

Series History

* Behrend and Marietta are squaring off for the seventh time in program history
* The Lions lead the all-time series 4-2, winning the last three meetings
* Behrend's last win was a 72-58 victory during the 2011-12 season