Behrend Women's Basketball Advances to AMCC Championship Game

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team advances to the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championship game with an 83-71 victory over Pitt-Greensburg on Friday night.

Final Score: Penn State Behrend 83, Pitt-Greensburg 71
Records: Penn State Behrend (21-5), Pitt-Greensburg (14-13)

Key Moments:

* The Lions will face the No. 1 La Roche Redhawks in the title game tomorrow
* The Behrend Lions tallied their third straight win over the Bobcats this season
* It marks just the second time in the last 15 games the Lions have trailed at halftime
* Pitt-Greensburg outscored the Lions 27-18 in the second quarter for a four-point lead at the break
* Behrend responded with a 23-12 advantage in the third quarter thanks to a combined 17 points from Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) and Morgan Altavilla (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin)
* The Lions tallied their largest lead at the 3:54 mark of the fourth quarter after a Majewski triple to make it 78-61
* Majewski went 13-for-23 from the field for a game-high 29 points while also grabbing eight rebounds
* Altavilla shot 8-for-12 from the charity stripe for 19 points and Madilyn Boyer (Saxonburg, PA/Knoch) finished with 12 points, six rebounds, four assists and two blocks
* Brianna Dean (New Castle, PA/Neshannock) tied a career-high with 12 rebounds and dished out a career-best nine assists

Next Up:

* Behrend returns to action tomorrow for the AMCC Championship game against La Roche at 4 p.m. The Redhawks were an 83-49 winner over Hilbert in the first semifinal game.