Women's Basketball Hosts Oberlin Sunday

Women's Basketball Hosts Oberlin Sunday

ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team welcomes non-conference Oberlin at 2 p.m. in the Junker Center on Sunday.

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Behrend News & Notes

* The Lions are looking to improve to 2-0 at home
* Behrend is coming off a 76-61 loss at Kenyon on Tuesday night
* The Lions had three players in double figure scoring, led by Morgan Altavilla's (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) 23 points
* Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) added 19 and Alexis Furyes (Medina, OH/Highland) chipped in 10
* Majewski and Furyes each pulled down six rebounds
* As at team, the Lions shot a season-best 42.3 percent from the floor and 35.7 percent from behind the arc
* Furyes ranks third in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) in field-goal percentage, shooting 48.7 percent
* In the win over Kenyon, Sydney McDonough (Oakmont, PA/Riverview) had career highs with 12 points and eight rebounds

Oberlin News & Notes

* The Yeowomen are undefeated on the young season with a 5-0 record
* Oberlin recently defeated Mt. Union 75-54 on Tuesday night
* The Yeowomen drained a season-high 14 triples in the win over the Purple Raiders
* Oberlin is averaging 71.8 points per game while pulling down 36.4 rebounds per game
* The Yeowomen are outscoring opponents by 19.6 points per game
* Alyson Jefferson is one of four players averaging double-digit points with 14.6 per game

Series History

* Behrend and Oberlin are meeting for the seventh time in program history
* The Lions are 5-1 all-time against the Yeowomen
* Last season, Behrend tallied an 86-75 overtime win
* The all-time series dates back to 1989

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