ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team will host Alfred State in their final regular-season home game on Wednesday night.
Coverage
Behrend News & Notes:
* The Lions secured the No. 2 seed for the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) playoffs
* Behrend will receive a first-round bye and advance to the semifinals next Friday at La Roche
* The Lions have won four in a row, recently defeating Altoona 71-61 on the road Saturday
* Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) led with 25 points, scoring eight in the third quarter
* Madilyn Boyer (Saxonburg, PA/Knoch) chipped in 14 points
* Last week, Boyer shot 53.6 percent from the field and 50.0 percent from behind the arc to average 12.7 points in three games
* Boyer also pulled down 7.0 rebounds per game and scored a season-best 17 vs. Wells
* Behrend continues to rank in the NCAA Division III statistics, sitting 20th in scoring offense (76.8)
* Majewski ranks 33rd in points (434) and Morgan Altavilla (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) is 48th (421)
* Majewski has moved into third place on the all-time scoring list with 1,228 points and needs 182 to move into second at 1,409
Alfred State News & Notes:
* The Pioneers are 5-18 overall and 4-12 in the conference
* Alfred State went 1-1 last weekend, defeating Pitt-Bradford 85-63 and then fell at Mt. Aloysius, 75-54
* On January 17, the Pioneers fell to the Behrend Lions 90-78 at home
* Sophomore Taylor Benjamin is fifth in the AMCC with 8.7 rebounds per game
* Freshman Sarah Somers leads the team with 13.1 points per game
Series History:
* The Lions are a perfect 7-0 against the Pioneers, dating back to the 2019-20 season
