Women's Basketball Set to Face Keuka Saturday
The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team will host Keuka in non-conference action before the winter break on Saturday in the Junker Center. Game time is 1 p.m.
ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team will host Keuka in non-conference action before the winter break on Saturday in the Junker Center. Game time is 1 p.m.
Coverage
Behrend News & Notes
* The Lions put together their first winning streak of the season with a 74-60 win over La Roche on Wednesday night
* Behrend improves to 2-0 in AMCC action while knocking off the Redhawks from the undefeated ranks
* The Lions shot 48.3 percent from the floor and 81.3 percent from the charity stripe (13-for-16)
* Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) had a season-high 26 points, scoring 13 points in each half
* 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
* Furyes ranks 22nd in NCAA Division III statistics and is first in the AMCC in total blocks (17)
* Furyes ranks 44th and is second in blocks per game (1.9)
* Majewski is 160 points away from becoming the all-time leading scorer in program history
* Freshman Alaina Fabin (Indiana, PA/Home Center) is sixth the conference in total rebounds with 72
Keuka News & Notes
* The Wolves have won four in a row to sit at 5-3 overall this season
* Last time out, Keuka defeated Alfred State 59-47 on Tuesday night
* The Wolves held a 7-2 advantage in three-pointers vs. the Pioneers for the non-conference win
* Keuka is 4-0 at home and 1-2 when playing on the road
* The Wolves are holding opponents to 57.6 points per game
* Mary Cotter and Sydney Brown are the two averaging double-digit points with 12.6 and 10.6, respectively
* Brooke Burd is first on the team with 10.0 rebounds per game
* Keuka is led by first-year head coach Paige Emborsky
* The Wolves went 1-23 and 0-16 in the Empire 8 last season
Series History
* Behrend and Keuka are meeting for the second time in program history
* The Lions posted an 82-54 win back in 1995-96