Women's Basketball Downs Hilbert

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team completed the season sweep over Hilbert, defeating the Hawks 99-38 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Wednesday night.

Final Score: Penn State Behrend 99, Hilbert 38
Records: Penn State Behrend (16-4, 8-1 AMCC), Hilbert (7-13, 3-6 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* The Lions allowed the least fewest points in a game this season to collect their seventh straight win
* Behrend fell shy of the century mark, scoring 99 points including 59 in the first half
* The Lions defense held the Hawks scoreless for the first five minutes, 46 seconds of the game
* Hilbert drained a pair of free throws to make it 17-2, before scoring its first field goal at the 3:10 mark
* As a team, Behrend shot a season-high 57.7 percent from the field
* Morgan Altavilla (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) and Rachel Kaulis (McKean, PA/General McLane) each scored a game-high 16 points
* Kaulis' 16 points and seven field goals marked new career highs in each category
* Three other players had double figure points, including Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) added 13 and Madilyn Boyer (Saxonburg, PA/Knoch) registered 11 points
* Alexis Furyes (Medina, OH/Highland) tallied a season-best 10 points

Next Up:

* The Lions return to action on Saturday against La Roche in the AMCC Game of the Week. Game time is set for 4 p.m.