Behrend Women's Basketball Matches Up With Pitt-Greensburg in AMCC Semifinals

PITTSBURGH, 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.

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No. 2 Behrend News & Notes

* This semifinal matchup is a repeat from last season with the Lions taking on Pitt-Greensburg at La Roche
* The Behrend Lions were fell to the Bobcats 80-78 in last year's AMCC semifinals
* Behrend enters the tournament with a 20-5 overall record and 12-2 AMCC mark
* The Lions are on a four-game winning streak, recently defeating Pitt-Greensburg 81-49 on Saturday
* Sophomore guard Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) leads the Lions and AMCC with 18.7 points per game
* Majewski has 44 triples and is shooting 34.9 percent from behind the arc to rank fourth in the conference
* Freshman Madilyn Boyer (Saxonburg, PA/Knoch) has registered double-digit points in all but three games his season
* Boyer leads the team and conference with 52.3 percent shooting from the floor  
* Behrend is looking for its third overall AMCC Championship

No. 3 Pitt-Greensburg News & Notes

* The Bobcats pulled off a 74-62 win over No. 6 Mt. Aloysius in the first round to advance to the AMCC semifinals
* Sidney McCully led Pitt-Greensburg with 19 points, eight assists and six rebounds
* McCully also hit for her 1,000 point in just three years with the Bobcats
* McCully sits behind Majewski for second in points per game in the AMCC
* Pitt-Greensburg enters with a 14-12 overall record
* This will be the Bobcats first neutral-site game this season

Series History

* The Lions defeated Pitt-Greensburg twice this season by an average of 30.5 points
* Since 1987-88, Behrend has defeated the Bobcats 32 times and fell 25