Behrend Women's Basketball Topples La Roche On The Road

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Senior guard Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) registered a season-high 26 points to lead the Penn State Behrend women's basketball team past La Roche 74-60 in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Game of the Week on Wednesday night.

Score: Penn State Behrend 74, La Roche 60
Records: Penn State Behrend (5-4, 2-0 AMCC), La Roche (6-3, 2-1 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* In a rematch of the AMCC Championship game a year ago, the Lions and Redhawks were deadlocked at 29-all at halftime
* Behrend broke loose in the third quarter, outscoring La Roche 25-14 and taking a double-digit lead with 2:18 left to play on a Majewski triple to make it 50-38
* Another Majewski triple got the Lions a 14-point lead early in the fourth quarter
* The closest the Redhawks got in the final period was nine on three occasions
* Majewski scored 13 points in each half to keep the Lions undefeated in early conference play
* Morgan Altavilla (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) tallied 17 points and Madilyn Boyer (Saxonburg, PA/Knoch) chipped in 13 points, eight rebounds and five assists
* Alexis Furyes (Medina, OH/Highland) had a team-high nine rebounds and three blocks
* Behrend shot 48.3 percent from the floor and 81.3 percent from the charity stripe
* The Lions connected on 13 of 16 from the free-throw line
* Dasja Anderson tallied 14 points for La Roche
* Behrend is 4-1 when three players reach double figures

Up Next:

* The Lions will face Keuka at home on Saturday in the Junker Center. Game time is 1 p.m.