2016-17 Women's Basketball Top Stories

Season
Women's Basketball Heading to Italy
Women's Basketball Heading to Italy

The Penn State Behrend women’s basketball team is embarking on their fifth international trip and fourth journey to Italy for a nine-day excursion to cities Venice, Florence and Rome from May 11-19.

May 11, 2017

Chess Named to All-AMCC Team
Chess Named to All-AMCC Team

Penn State Behrend women’s basketball freshman forward Katie Chess has been named to the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Team.

March 01, 2017

Lions Fall in AMCC Semifinals to La Roche
Lions Fall in AMCC Semifinals to La Roche

The top-seed La Roche women's basketball team outscored Penn State Behrend 46-18 over the two middle quarters to advance to the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championship game with an 80-53 victory on Saturday afternoon.

February 25, 2017

Women's Basketball Knocks Off Mt. Aloysius; Lions Advance to AMCC Semifinals
Women's Basketball Knocks Off Mt. Aloysius; Lions Advance to AMCC Semifinals

The fifth-seeded Penn State Behrend women's basketball team upset No. 4 Mt. Aloysius 91-64 in the first round of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Tournament on Wednesday night.

February 22, 2017

Women's Basketball Set For 18th AMCC Tournament
Women's Basketball Set For 18th AMCC Tournament

The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team will be making its 18th appearance in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Tournament when they travel to Mt. Aloysius for a first-round game on Wednesday night.

February 21, 2017

Lions Secure No. 5 Seed for AMCC Playoffs on Senior Day
Lions Secure No. 5 Seed for AMCC Playoffs on Senior Day

Heidi Langhorst scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the double-double to lead Penn State Behrend women’s basketball team past Penn State Altoona 85-60 in the final regular-season Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) game on Saturday at the Junker Center.

February 18, 2017

Defense Lifts Hilbert Past Women's Basketball
Defense Lifts Hilbert Past Women's Basketball

The Hilbert women's basketball team had three players in double figures to defeat Penn State Behrend 68-48 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Wednesday night.

February 15, 2017

La Roche Stops Women's Basketball
La Roche Stops Women's Basketball

Sabrina McLin was one of four La Roche women’s basketball players in double figures, scoring a game-high 24 points for a 71-51 victory over Penn State Behrend in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Wednesday night.

February 08, 2017

Women's Basketball Sweeps Pitt-Greensburg
Women's Basketball Sweeps Pitt-Greensburg

Heidi Langhorst recorded her third double-double of the season with a season-best 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead Penn State Behrend past Pitt-Greensburg 64-53 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Saturday.

February 04, 2017

Medaille Nips Women's Basketball in Overtime
Medaille Nips Women's Basketball in Overtime

The Medaille women's basketball team pulled out a 92-87 overtime victory to sweep Penn State Behrend in regular-season Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Wednesday night.

February 01, 2017

Mt. Aloysius Surges Late To Stop Women's Basketball
Mt. Aloysius Surges Late To Stop Women's Basketball

The Mt. Aloysius women’s basketball team erased an 11-point halftime deficit to defeat Penn State Behrend 70-64 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Saturday afternoon.

January 28, 2017

Zielinski Leads Behrend Past D'Youville
Zielinski Leads Behrend Past D'Youville

Senior guard Sadie Zielinski scored a career-high 23 points on 5-for-8 shooting from behind the arc to lead the Penn State Behrend women’s basketball team past D’Youville 71-52 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Wednesday night in the Junker Center.

January 25, 2017

Women's Basketball Tops Franciscan in AMCC Action
Women's Basketball Tops Franciscan in AMCC Action

The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team won their sixth Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) game with a convincing 66-48 win over Franciscan on Saturday afternoon.

January 21, 2017

Team Effort Helps La Roche Past Behrend
Team Effort Helps La Roche Past Behrend

The La Roche women's basketball team had all five starters score in double figures to record a 76-60 victory over Penn State Behrend in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Wednesday.

January 18, 2017

Second-Quarter Surge Lifts Lions Past Altoona
Second-Quarter Surge Lifts Lions Past Altoona

Katie Chess posted her second straight double-double with 13 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Penn State Behrend women's basketball team past Penn State Altoona 61-50 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Saturday.

January 14, 2017

Lions Hit the Boards to Beat Hilbert
Lions Hit the Boards to Beat Hilbert

Katie Chess tallied her third double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead Penn State Behrend past Hilbert 56-45 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) women’s basketball action on Wednesday.

January 11, 2017