Altavilla Drops Season-High To Lead Lions Past Bengals

BUFFALO, N.Y. –  The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team grabbed an 80-57 victory at Buffalo State Wednesday night.

Score: Penn State Behrend 80, Buffalo State 57
Records: Penn State Behrend (3-2), Buffalo State (1-2)

Key Moments:

* Behrend ended the first quarter on an 8-3 run capped off by a steal by Madilyn Boyer (Saxonburg, PA/Knoch) to lead to a Morgan Altavilla (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) layup in the final three seconds to take a 21-13 advantage
* The Lions continued their run with the first five baskets of the second quarter to extend the lead to 32-13
* Behrend took a 47-30 lead into the locker room at halftime
* The Lions showed up on the defensive end in the third quarter, only allowing eight Bengal points while scoring 25 points of their own
* This marks the first win for Behrend over Buffalo State since the 1995-96 season
* Altavilla notched a season-high 24 points and six assists, finishing 9-for-12 from the field, 2-for-2 from three, and 4-for-4 from the line
* Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) recorded 17 points and four rebounds, while Boyer chipped in eight points and a season-best nine rebounds, five assists, and four steals
* Freshman Alaina Fabin (Indiana, PA/Homer Center) tallied a game-high 10 rebounds to go along with nine points and a season-high four assists. This is the second contest this year that Fabin has pulled down 10 or more rebounds
* Forward Alexis Furyes (Medina, OH/Highland) also registered a season-best nine points on Wednesday
* Ashley Tucker had a team-high 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting for the Bengals
* Behrend led the stat sheet over the Bengals in rebounds (49-48), assists (20-2), points off turnovers (30-20), second chance points (10-5), points in the paint (48-32), and fastbreak points (20-5)

Up Next:

* The Lions remain on the road for a contest at Oberlin on Saturday, Nov. 23. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.