Lions Travel to La Roche Saturday for AMCC Matchup
The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team will travel to Pittsburgh, PA on Saturday to take on Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference foe La Roche. Game time is set for 4 p.m.
ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team will travel to Pittsburgh, PA on Saturday to take on Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) foe La Roche. Game time is set for 4 p.m.
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Behrend News & Notes
* Behrend bounced back from two losses to take down Alfred State 71-57 on Wednesday
* Alanna Dibble (Lakewood, NY/Southwestern) led the Lions with 20 points and eight rebounds
* As a team, Behrend had 16 steals while Caitlin Carnuche (New Castle, PA/Mohawk) chipped in a career-high seven
* The Lions had 19 offensive rebounds, their most since November 23
* This is Behrend's largest scoring advantage since a 70-56 win over Franciscan on January 4
* The win puts the Lions at 12-8 overall and 9-6 in the AMCC, good for a share of fifth place with five regular season games remaining
* Dibble is ranked first in the AMCC as well at 18th in NCAA Division III with a 57.0 field-goal percentage
* Ashley Seamon (West Allegheny, PA/West Allegheny), Carnuche and Dibble are all averaging in double-digits with Carnuche leading the way with 15.2 ppg
La Roche News & Notes
* The Redhawks are ranked first in the conference with a 14-1 mark
* La Roche' lone AMCC loss was to Penn State Altoona on January 22 in a 91-76 decision
* The Redhawks have won three straight games, coming off a 71-60 win over D'Youville last Saturday
* Ayanna Mazyck led the team with 20 points and 10 rebounds
* Mazyck is averaging 13.3 points per game while Jenna Cole leads the team with 13.9 ppg
Series History
* The Lions have a slight 29-23 lead in the all-time series dating back to 1996
* The Redhawks won on January 4 by a 78-69 decision
* Behrend was 2-1 against La Roche last season
* The Lions fell in the first regular-season game 71-54 at La Roche and won 70-69 at home
* Behrend won the conference semifinal with a 57-56 decision