Nov. 19, 2017
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -The Penn State women's basketball team welcomes Central Connecticut State for a Monday (Nov. 20) tipoff inside the Bryce Jordan Center. The Lady Lions (4-0) and Blue Devils (0-3) will square off at 6 p.m. in a game available on GoPSUsports.com.
Follow Along
- Fans can follow along with Penn State's home contest vs. Central Connecticut State on Twitter and Instagram (@PennStateWBB), or via live audio, live stats and live video with the links to the right.
Series Quick Facts
// Penn State is 1-0 all-time versus Central Connecticut State. MORE ON PAGE 4
// The first meeting came on Nov. 22, 2015, a 73-47 victory for Penn State at the Bryce Jordan Center.
// Against the current members of Northeast Conference, PSU is 12-1.
// Penn State is 8-2 all-time on Nov. 20. MORE ON PAGE 5
Opening Tips
// Penn State started the season 4-0 for the first time since 2012-13, when it began the season 5-0. It is also the third time head coach Coquese Washington started a season 4-0.
// Sophomore Jaida Travascio-Green poured in 31 points vs. Drexel to become the 17th Lady Lion to ever record a 30-point game. Her 31 points marked the 69th 30-point game in program history. MORE ON PAGE 6
// Penn State blocked 13 shots vs. Drexel on Nov. 12, a total that ranks No. 4 in school history and is the second-most blocked shots in Bryce Jordan Center history. MORE ON PAGE 8
// Freshman Kamaria McDaniel sparked Penn State with a career-high 20 points off the bench at Marshall. The rookie hit 7-of-11 shots and 5-of-8 shots from 3-point range. MORE ON PAGE 7
// Redshirt-sophomore Amari Carter scored a career-high 23 points at Providence, making 10 field goals in a win over the Friars. MORE ON PAGE 6
// Head coach Coquese Washington is looking for her 200th career victory, entering tonight with 185 career wins on the sidelines. MORE ON PAGE 8
// Penn State is one of 11 Division I programs to enter the 2017-18 season with zero seniors on its roster, including one of only two power five conference teams. MORE ON PAGE 8
// Penn State inked three prep standouts for the 2018-19 season, with Lauren Ebo, Karisma Ortiz and Bexley Wallace all singing National Letters of Intent on Nov. 8. MORE ON PAGE 9
Scouting the Blue Devils
// Central Connecticut State enters the game 0-3 on the season and has allowed 100-plus points twice on the season. The Blue Devils fell 102-52 at West Virginia and 103-59 at Virginia to open the year, before falling 78-55 to Brown in the home opener.
// The Blue Devils have shot the 3-pointer 84 times through three games, which ranks No. 34 nationally. Their 7.7 made 3-pointers per game rank No. 77 in the NCAA among 345 teams.
// Kiana Patterson ranks No. 58 nationally in 3-point field goal percentage, hitting 56.3 percent of her shots from distance, with nine makes.
// Andi Lydon led the Blue Devils with 23 points and eight rebounds, hitting 9-of-20 shots from the field - including one 3-pointer - and was 4-of-6 at the free throw stripe.
// Ashley Berube patrols the paint for Central Connecticut State, averaging 1.7 blocked shots per game in three appearances. She adds 3.7 rebounds per contest.
Last Five Games
// Dating back to 2016-17, Penn State is 4-1 over its last five contests, which includes four wins to open the 2017-18 campaign.
// Penn State has wins over four different conference, defeating (in order) Siena (Metro Atlantic), Drexel (Colonial), Marshall (C-USA) and Providence (BIG EAST).
// Redshirt-sophomore Amari Carter is doing a little of everything for the Lady Lions, reaching double-figures in four of her last five games, entering today with a 13.6 points per game average during that span, including a career-best 23 points at Providence.
// Carter is also adding 4.6 assists and 5.4 rebounds per game, chipping in 2.6 steals per contest over the last five.
// Redshirt-sophomore De'Janae Boykin is averaging a double-double of 10.5 rebounds and 13.8 points in four starts to begin the 2017-18 season. She missed the final 16 games of last season due to injury.
// Freshman Kamari McDaniel has been a spark off the bench for the Lady Lions, as she scored 20 points at Marshall for her first career double-figure scoring game and is averaging 9.5 points per game in three appearances.
// Sophomore Jaida Travascio-Green is averaging 13.8 points per game in five starts, which is
bolstered by a 31-point effort on Nov. 12, 2017 vs. Drexel.
// Travascio-Green is averaging 2.8 made 3-pointers per game during that stretch.
// Sophomore Siyeh Frazier has opened the season with four-straight double-digit scoring games and is averaging 9.6 points and 5.2 steals over the last five games.
Last Meeting ââ'¬" at Penn State 73, Central Connecticut State 47 (Nov. 22, 2015)
// Peyton Whitted scored her 300th career point in the third quarter against CCSU. Whitted finished the game with 15 points.
// Whitted recorded her third double-double of the season with 15 points and 15 rebounds.
// Whitted was the first Lady Lion to post 10+ rebounds in four-straight games since Nikki Greene, who pulled down 10-or-more rebounds in six-straight games from Jan. 6 to Jan. 27, 2013.
// Candice Agee moved into sole possession of 10th place in career blocked shots with three swats. Agee ended the game with 97 career blocked shots.
// Lindsey Spann notched her 100th career assists, ending the game with 101 career assists.
// Leah Knizner and Sarah McMurtry made their first career appearances donning the Blue and White.
// Knizner knocked down her first career points with a trey from the right side late in the fourth quarter.
// The Lady Lions led at halftime in each of its three home games of the 2015-16 season, taking a seven-point lead, 32-25, into the break.
// The Lady Lions had 10-or-more steals for the fourth-straight game in 2015-16, with 10 against the Blue Devils.
// Penn State notched its four-straight game with 10-or-more assists, handing out 12 helpers against Central Connecticut State.
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