PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The No. 2 Penn State Behrend women's basketball team travels to Pittsburgh, PA on Friday to take on No. 3 Penn State Altoona in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Semifinals. Game time is set for 3 p.m.
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No. 2 Behrend News & Notes
* The Behrend Lions are looking for their third overall AMCC Championship
* The Lions have advanced to the AMCC Tournament the last eight seasons
* Behrend last won an AMCC Championship in 2003-04
* Last season, the Lions fell by one point to La Roche in the championship game
* Behrend enters the tournament on a five game-winning streak, recently defeating Alfred State 81-57 last Wednesday
* Behrend is ranked 17th in NCAA Division III statistics in scoring offense with 77.0 points per game
* Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) also ranks tied for 38th in total field goals (175) and Morgan Altavilla (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) is 42nd (173).
* The Lions enter the tournament with a 17-7 overall record and a 15-2 AMCC mark
No. 3 Penn State Altoona News & Notes
* The No. 3 Altoona Lions routed No. 6 Pitt-Bradford 94-50 in the AMCC first round on Tuesday night
* Avana Sayles set a new program record for most points in a game with 33 to help Altoona advance in the playoffs
* Sayles finished with her eighth double-double of the season, adding 13 rebounds
* Sayles leads the team and ranks seventh in the conference with 17.0 points per game
* Altoona has won a pair of AMCC Championships, dating back to the 2000-01 and 2001-02 seasons
* The Lions rank first in the conference in three-point field-goals made per game (7.6) and in defensive rebounds per game (30.3)
* Altoona has a 15-11 overall record and an 11-7 AMCC mark
Series History
* Behrend has a 37-13 lead over Altoona in the all-time series
* The Behrend Lions won the last eight contests against the Lions
* Altoona's last win was a 79-63 victory in 2018-19, the same year the two teams last met in the AMCC playoffs
Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket
Championship Round at No. 1 La Roche
Semifinals: Friday, February 23
1 p.m.: No. 1 La Roche vs. No. 5 Mt. Aloysius
3 p.m.: No. 2 Penn State Behrend vs. No. 3 Penn State Altoona
Finals: Saturday, February 24 – Semifinal winners - 2 p.m. at La Roche
