Women's Basketball Heads to Pitt-Greensburg for AMCC Tournament Game

Women's Basketball Heads to Pitt-Greensburg for AMCC Tournament Game

ERIE, Pa. - The No. 5 Penn State Behrend women's basketball team travels to Greensburg, PA on Tuesday to take on No. 4 Pitt-Greensburg in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) First Round. Game time is set for 7 p.m.

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No. 5 Behrend News & Notes
* The Lions are looking to claim their first AMCC Championship since the 2003-04 season and avenge their loss in the AMCC Championship last season
* Last week, Behrend went 2-0 with conference wins over Hilbert and Pitt-Bradford to secure the No. 5 seed
* Alanna Dibble (Lakewood, NY/Southwestern) led the team with 17 points along with seven rebounds over the Hawks
* Dibble shot 100.0 percent in the final period from the field and the foul line for eight points
* Kara Haslett (Baden, PA/Ambridge) had a career-high 22 points against the Panthers as well as dishing out six assists
* Dibble is averaging 59.3 percent from the field for best in the conference
* Dibble is ranked 10th overall in NCAA Division III in the category, her best of the season

No. 4 Pitt-Greensburg News & Notes
* The Bobcats are the No. 4 seed in the playoffs with a 16-9 record overall and a 14-6 mark in the AMCC
* Pitt-Greensburg last won the AMCC championship in the 2008-09 season
* The Bobcats are coming off a 70-67 loss to La Roche last Wednesday
* Nadege Durand leads the team averaging 15.0 ppg and 9.6 rpg
* Durand is tied for fourth in the conference in points per game

Series History
* Behrend leads the all-time series 30-22, dating back to the 1987-88 season
* On November 30, the Lions took down Pitt-Greensburg, 66-62
* The Bobcats won at home on January 29, 65-52  
* Behrend split with Pitt-Greensburg last season
* The Lions won the first contest 59-49 on January 5 and fell to the Bobcats on February 9, 72-67