Women's Basketball Takes On Mt. Aloysius Saturday

ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team will host Mt. Aloysius in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Saturday afternoon in the Junker Center. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes

* The Lions dropped their first conference game to La Roche on Wednesday night
* The Redhawks went 18-for-26 from the charity stripe to make the difference in the game
* It marked the first time this season Behrend led at halftime and lost
* Morgan Altavilla (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) went 12-for-19 from the field for a team-high 25 points
* Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) added 17 points to put her 46 points away from the 1,000-point plateau
* Behrend is averaging 76.0 points over the first three conference games, ranking tied for first with Carlow
* Altavilla ranks third in the AMCC with 3.7 assists per game
* The Lions have improved their shooting six percent from the month of November into December (36.3 to 42.5)

Mt. Aloysius News & Notes

* The Mounties are 4-4 overall and 1-2 in conference play
* Last time out, Mt. Aloysius fell to Penn State Altoona on the road, 73-62
* Their lone AMCC win was a 76-65 decision over Pitt-Bradford last Saturday
* Freshman Annalyn Isaacs scored 24 points in 28 minutes off the bench against the Altoona Lions
* Freshman Molly Kosmack is averaging a double-double this season with 17.5 points and 12.9 boards
* The Mounties were picked to finish eighth in the Preseason Coaches Poll after going 4-22 last season and 4-10 in the AMCC

Series History

* Behrend has won six in a row against the Mounties to improve to 28-10 all-time
* The Mounties last win was a 48-44 victory on Jan. 21, 2019 at home
* The series began in 2000-01 season