Women's Basketball Heads to Allegheny Saturday

Women's Basketball Heads to Allegheny Saturday

ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team travels to Meadville, Pa. to take on the Allegheny Gators in non-conference action on Saturday afternoon. Game time is set for 2 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes

* The Lions take a four-game winning streak on the road
* Behrend defeated Waynesburg 80-52 last Saturday
* The Lions put up a season-best 32 points in the first quarter for a 23 point lead heading into the second quarter
* Alanna Dibble (Lakewood, NY/Southwestern) registered eight of her 13 points in the first quarter
* Dibble led the team in points and added six rebounds, two steals, one assist and one block
* Caitlin Carnuche (New Castle, PA/Mohawk), Kara Haslett (Baden, PA/Ambridge) and Dibble are the three starting seniors who are avering double figures in scoring this season
* As a team, Behrend is ranked tied for 33rd in NCAA Division III statistics in scoring offense (76.2 ppg)

Allegheny News & Notes

* Allegheny enters the contest with a 2-4 overall record
* The Gators lost to W&J 78-54 on Tuesday night
* Allegheny was outscored 25-8 in the first quarter and could not recover
* The Gators are averaging 58.7 points per game despite putting up 80 points in the win over Franciscan a week ago
* Emily Laurer leads the team with 12.8 points per game

Series History

* In 2019, the Gators defeated the Lions 91-82 on Nov. 21