Women's Basketball AMCC Game of the Week - Behrend Lions at La Roche

Women's Basketball AMCC Game of the Week - Behrend Lions at La Roche

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team heads to La Roche on Wednesday night for the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Game of the Week. Tip off is set for 5:30 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes

* The final two games of the regular season will determine the No. 1 seed and host for the upcoming AMCC Tournament
* The Lions sit at 13-1 in conference play, one game ahead of La Roche
* Behrend collected its second straight win over Pitt-Bradford on Saturday, 89-36
* The 36 points scored by the Panthers is the lowest offensive output by an opponent this season
* Senior guard Caitlin Carnuche (New Castle, PA/Mohawk) reached 1,000 points for her career in the second quarter on Saturday
* Carnuche becomes the 13th player in program history to hit the milestone
* Last week, Alanna Dibble (Lakewood, NY/Southwestern) shot 78.3 percent from the floor in two AMCC wins
* Dibble averaged 20.0 points and 5.5 rebounds, tying a season high with 23 points on 10-for-11 shooting against Pitt-Bradford

La Roche News & Notes

* The Redhawks have the longest winning streak in the AMCC with 10 straight
* La Roche is in second place in the conference standings with a 12-2 record
* The Redhawks defeated Pitt-Bradford on Monday, 70-53
* La Roche's only conference losses were to the Behrend Lions and Pitt-Greensburg in January
* The Redhawks are 6-1 when playing at home, boasting a 16-5 overall mark
* La Roche is averaging 73.0 points and 39.8 rebounds per game

Series History

* The Lions defeated La Roche 62-42 at home on January 12
* Behrend now leads the all-time series with a 30-24
* La Roche has won 14 of the last 19 contests with the Lions

Basketball Schedule Change
January 2, 2022 Basketball Schedule Change