ERIE, Pa. - The No. 2 Penn State Behrend women's basketball team travels to Pittsburgh, PA on Friday to take on No. 3 Pitt-Greensburg in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Semifinals. Game time is set for 8:30 p.m.
No. 2 Behrend News & Notes
* The Behrend Lions were named the AMCC Co-Regular Season Champions with La Roche
* Both teams finished with a 14-2 conference record
* Behrend secured the No. 2 seed on tiebreaker criteria with La Roche
* The Lions are looking to claim their first AMCC Championship since the 2003-04 season
* The Redhawks are the defending AMCC Champions from 2019-20
* Behrend hit the 20-win mark on the season with a 76-44 victory against Altoona on Saturday
* Kara Haslett (Baden, PA/Ambridge), who leads the team with 14.0 points per game, recorded a game-high 22 points
* Alanna Dibble (Lakewood, NY/Southwestern) is averaging 63.2 percent from the field for best in the conference and 10th in NCAA Division III statistics
No. 3 Pitt-Greensburg News & Notes
* The Bobcats pulled off a 64-52 win over Penn State Altoona in the first round to advance to the AMCC semifinals
* Nadege Durand scored a game-high 26 points vs. Altoona
* Durand was the AMCC Preseason Co-Player of the Year to start the season
* Durand ranks third in the AMCC in points per game (16.0)
* Pitt-Greensburg enters the semifinals on a four-game winning streak
* The Bobcats are first in the conference with a 10.2 rebounding margin
Series History
* The Lions and Bobcats battled in the AMCC first round in 2019-20
* Pitt-Greensburg advanced with a 71-53 victory
* The teams split during the regular season, both winning on the road
* The all-time series between Behrend and Pitt-Greensburg began in 1987-88
Tournament Bracket
First Round: Tuesday, February 22 – 7 p.m.
No. 6 PS-Altoona at No. 3 Pitt-Greensburg
No. 5 Alfred State at No. 4 Hilbert
Bye: No. 1 La Roche and No. 2 PS-Behrend
Championship Round at La Roche
Semifinals: Friday, February 25
6 p.m.: No. 1 La Roche vs. No. 5 Alfred State
8:30 p.m.: No. 2 PS-Behrend vs. No. 3 Pitt-Greensburg
Finals: Saturday, February 26 – 3 p.m.
