Women's Hoops Takes Down Medaille

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team took down Medaille on Wednesday in an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference matchup, 69-55.

Final Score: Behrend 69, Medaille 55
Records: Behrend (13-9, 10-7 AMCC), Medaille (2-21, 2-16 AMCC)

Key Moments
* The Lions scored consistently throughout the game, scoring 20 in each of the first three quarters
* Behrend had a 16-8 lead to begin the game and made a deficit the Mavericks were unable to overcome
* The Lions kept the lead the entirety of the game with their largest being 21 points
* Behrend shot 41.4 percent from the field and scored 36 points in the paint
* The Lions scored 11 points off of 23 Medaille turnovers
* As a team, Behrend had 18 steals, a season best
* Kara Haslett (Baden, PA/Ambridge) led the team with 17 points to tie her season-high
* Kourtney Beamesderfer (Rebersburg, PA/Penns Valley) had a career-high seven assists and seven rebounds while chipping in 13 points
* The Lions had 20 offensive rebounds, their best since November 23
* The Mavericks were led by Morgan Kennedy with 24 points

Up Next

* Behrend returns to action when they host Penn State Altoona on Saturday in an AMCC matchup. Game time is set for 4 p.m.