Behrend Women's Basketball Travels to Alfred State Wednesday

Behrend Women's Basketball Travels to Alfred State Wednesday

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team travels to Alfred, New York to face the Alfred State Pioneers in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes

* The Behrend Lions went 1-1 last week, falling to Pitt-Greensburg and bouncing back to defeat Hilbert
* Behrend posted a 78-42 victory on Saturday to complete the season series with the Hawks
* Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) had double-digit points in each game last week
* Majewski scored 11 against Pitt-Greensburg and added 12 against Hilbert, while also tallying five assists and three rebounds
* The Lions remain ranked in the NCAA DIII statistics, sitting ninth in assist-to-turnover ratio and 19th in scoring margin (18.7)
* As a team, Behrend is averaging 12.5 steals per game and 4.6 blocks per game
* The Lions are outscoring opponents most in the second quarter by a 407-275 margin

Alfred State News & Notes

* The Pioneers are in the hunt for a playoff spot with a 7-5 conference mark
* Alfred State currently ranks fourth in the AMCC (10-9 overall)
* On Saturday, the Pioneers posted their second win over Penn State Altoona this season (76-70)
* My'ana Davis leads the team and is fifth in the AMCC with 14.2 points per game
* Last time Alfred State and Behrend played, Emily Kelly and Calesta Reigelman each scored a team-best 10 points

Series History

* The Lions defeated the Pioneers at home on Jan. 19 by a 25-point margin (74-49)
* Behrend had four players with double-digit points in the win led by Caitlin Carnuche's (New Castle, PA/Mohawk) 16
* The Lions are 3-0 against Alfred State in the all-time series

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