Behrend Women's Basketball Hosts Tip-Off Tournament

ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team will host their annual Tip-Off Tournament on Friday and Saturday in the Junker Center. The Lions will take on Otterbein in the first round on Friday evening at 6 p.m.

Schedule of Events/Coverage
Friday, November 11
Game 1: Behrend vs. Otterbein, 6 p.m. (Live Stats | Video)
Game 2: Salisbury vs. Carnegie Mellon, 8 p.m. (Live Stats| Video)

Saturday, November 12
Consolation Game: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 1 p.m. (Video)
Championship Game: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 3 p.m. (Video )

Behrend News & Notes

* Behrend was picked to finish second in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Preseason Coaches Poll, behind top pick La Roche
* Head coach Christine VanHook enters her eighth season with the Lions, posting a 4-4 record in season openers
* Last season, Behrend fell to Chatham in the season opener and then reeled off nine-straight wins
* The Lions are the winner of last year's Tip-Off Tournament, defeating SUNY Canton and Grove City
* Sophomore guard Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) returns after averaging 11.8 points and shooting 46.2 percent from the floor in conference play
* Majewski ranked fourth on the team in scoring and started 17 of the 26 games, while registering 17 double-digit point games
* Senior guard Brianna Dean (New Castle, PA/Neshannock) returns as the co-captain for Behrend
* She ranked fifth on the team with 7.3 ppg, while being first on the team in steals per game (1.9) and third in assists (1.9) per game

Otterbein News & Notes

* The Cardinals welcome back four of their top-five scorers from a year ago
* Last season, Otterbein went 18-7 overall and advanced to the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) quarterfinals
* Katie McCrary returns after ranking in the top five in the OAC in scoring (13.1 ppg), assists (3.3) and steals (2.2)
* The Cardinals were picked third in the OAC Preseason Poll, coming in behind Marietta (1) and Baldwin Wallace (2)
* Otterbein will play 11 of its first 12 games on the road

Series History

* Behrend Otterbein are meeting for the fourth time in program history
* The Cardinals are 3-0 against the Lions
* The all-time series began in 1987-88
* The last Otterbein win was a 68-56 victory in 2018-19