Alma Uses First-Quarter Advantage to Defeat Women's Basketball

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio – The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team fell 69-60 to Alma in the season opener hosted by John Carroll at the Winking Lizard Tip-Off Tournament held on Friday night.

Final Score: Alma 69, Penn State Behrend 60
Records:  Penn State Behrend (0-1), Alma (1-0)

Key Moments:

* The Alma Scots never trailed to pick up their first win of the season
* The Scots got 23 points from the bench compared to Behrend's six points
* Alma used the first quarter to take the lead and stay out front
* The Scots held an 18-10 advantage after the first 10 minutes, proving to make the difference
* Sophomore Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) led all scorers with 21 points
* Trailing 28-21, the second half saw a change of pace offensively
* After combining for 21 total points in the second quarter, the teams combined to score 21 points in just the first five minutes of the third
* Shortly into the fourth quarter, the Scots were able to regain the double-digit lead they held in the first
* Morgan Altavilla (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) added 10 points, while Alexis Furyes (Medina, OH/Highland) paced both teams with nine rebounds and adding eight points and two blocks
* Freshmen Lilly Palladino (Export, PA/Penn-Trafford) and Anna Harpst (Greenville, PA/Greenville) registered their first collegiate points with the Lions
* Palladino scored eight points and Harpst tallied seven

Next Up:

* Behrend returns to action tomorrow against Asbury at John Carroll. Game time is 1 p.m.