Women's Basketball

2016-17 Women's Basketball Top Stories

  • Women's Basketball Heading to Italy
    May 11, 2017
    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.
  • Chess Named to All-AMCC Team
    March 01, 2017
    Penn State Behrend women’s basketball freshman forward Katie Chess has been named to the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Team.
  • Lions Fall in AMCC Semifinals to La Roche
    February 25, 2017
    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.
  • Women's Basketball Knocks Off Mt. Aloysius; Lions Advance to AMCC Semifinals
    February 22, 2017
    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.
  • Women's Basketball Set For 18th AMCC Tournament
    February 21, 2017
    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.
  • Lions Secure No. 5 Seed for AMCC Playoffs on Senior Day
    February 18, 2017
    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.
  • Defense Lifts Hilbert Past Women's Basketball
    February 15, 2017
    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.
  • La Roche Stops Women's Basketball
    February 08, 2017
    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.
  • Women's Basketball Sweeps Pitt-Greensburg
    February 04, 2017
    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.
  • Medaille Nips Women's Basketball in Overtime
    February 01, 2017
    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.
  • Mt. Aloysius Surges Late To Stop Women's Basketball
    January 28, 2017
    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.
  • Zielinski Leads Behrend Past D'Youville
    January 25, 2017
    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.
  • Women's Basketball Tops Franciscan in AMCC Action
    January 21, 2017
    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.
  • Team Effort Helps La Roche Past Behrend
    January 18, 2017
    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.
  • Second-Quarter Surge Lifts Lions Past Altoona
    January 14, 2017
    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.
  • Lions Hit the Boards to Beat Hilbert
    January 11, 2017
    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.
  • Panthers Start and Finish Strong For Win over Women's Basketball
    January 07, 2017
    Ali Rinfrette scored a game-high 24 points, adding six steals, six rebounds and two blocks to lead Pitt-Bradford over Penn State Behrend 68-51 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Saturday.
  • Women's Basketball Falls to Medaille
    January 04, 2017
    Dani Reinwald posted game highs with 23 points and 19 rebounds to lead the Medaille women’s basketball team past Penn State Behrend 74-60 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Wednesday night.
  • Tartans Too Much For Lions
    December 30, 2016
    Lisa Murphy went 10-for-14 from the floor to register a game-high 29 points while pulling down 12 rebounds to lead Carnegie Mellon past Penn State Behrend 85-61 in non-conference women's basketball team on Friday afternoon.
  • Balanced Lions Beat Pitt-Greensburg
    December 21, 2016
    Heidi Langhorst had career highs with 13 rebounds and six blocks to lead the Penn State Behrend women's basketball team past Pitt-Greensburg 75-53 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Wednesday night.
  • Late Free Throws Lift Lions Past Mt.Aloysius
    December 10, 2016
    Emily Kinecki scored 10 of her season-best 16 points in the fourth quarter, including a perfect 6-for-6 from the free-throw line to lead the Penn State Behrend women's basketball team past Mt. Aloysius 65-60 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Saturday.
  • Women's Basketball Downs Franciscan in AMCC Action
    December 03, 2016
    The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team picked up their first Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) win of the season with a convincing 79-47 over Franciscan on Saturday afternoon.
  • D'Youville Rallies To Edge Women's Basketball
    November 30, 2016
    Jean-Ann Korona scored a game-high 26 points, nearly half of the D'Youville women's basketball team's points in a 59-51 victory over Penn State Behrend in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) opener for both teams on Wednesday night.
  • Chess Named AMCC Women's Basketball Player of the Week
    November 28, 2016
    Freshman forward Katie Chess has been named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Women's Basketball Athlete of the Week for the week of Nov. 21-27.
  • Late Surge Lifts NC Wesleyan Past Women's Hoops
    November 27, 2016
    The North Carolina Wesleyan women's basketball team outscored Penn State Behrend 10-2 in the final five minutes of the game to pick up a 64-57 win in the consolation game of the 32nd annual Jim Meagle Turkey Shootout sponsored by BSN Sports on Sunday afternoon.
  • Marietta Handles Women's Basketball
    November 26, 2016
    The Marietta women's basketball team defeated Penn State Behrend 77-57 in the first round of the 32nd annual Jim Meagle Turkey Shootout sponsored by BSN Sports on Saturday evening.
  • Strong Fourth Quarter Propels Lions Past Thiel
    November 22, 2016
    Katie Chess and Ali Goetz tied for a game high with 14 points each to lead the Penn State Behrend women’s basketball team past Thiel 76-52 in non-conference action on Tuesday night.
  • Bluffton Outlasts Women's Basketball
    November 19, 2016
    Bluffton women's basketball team had five players in double-digit scoring to defeat Penn State Behrend 73-63 in the second round of the Creative Imprints Tip-Off Classic at the Junker Center on Saturday afternoon.
  • Women's Basketball Drops Home Opener to Defiance
    November 18, 2016
    Kelsey Tietje recorded a double-double with 22 points and 16 rebounds to lead Defiance past Penn State Behrend 80-65 in the opening game of the Creative Imprints Tip-Off Classic on Friday night at the Junker Center.
  • Women's Basketball Falls in Season Opener to Fredonia State
    November 15, 2016
    The Fredonia State women’s basketball team had five players in double figures, led by Jenna Einink’s game-high 25 points to defeat Penn State Behrend 100-83 in non-conference action on Tuesday night.