Lady Lions Earn Win on Senior Day
On Saturday night, the Penn State Lady Lions honored a special senior trio: forward Kalilyah Mitchell, guard Sierra Moore, and forward Peyton Whitted as the team took on the Purdue Boilermakers and earned a 79-73 win at home.
“Well, we’re going to miss them,” Head Coach Coquese Washington said about the three seniors after the match. “The thing that I reflect on the most with those three is how much they’ve grown over the time here, how much they’ve grown as young ladies. They’ve been tremendous role models academically - they’re honorable students - and they represent what we want a true student-athlete to represent.”
Penn State (17-8,7-6 Big Ten) started the game trading the lead with the Boilermakers a few times in the first quarter. Whitted scored six points for the Lady Lions in the first quarter and Lindsey Spann pitched in to give Penn State a 24-22 lead at the break. In the second quarter, Purdue (15-11, 6-6 Big Ten) closed the half ahead 42-38 as Penn State was plagued by turnovers.
In the second half, Penn State was able to retain the lead, opening the third quarter on an 8-2 run while recording zero turnovers. In the final quarter of the game, Penn state went on another scoring run, this time outscoring the Boilermakers 13-5. As the clock hit zero, Penn State was able to pull out a 79-73 win for the 13th win of the season.
Sophomore Teniya Page led the team in scoring with 24 points and recorded 3 assists as well. For Purdue, Ashley Morissette lead the Boilmakers with 17 points.
Up next for the Lady Lions is a road trip to Illinois on Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. and Michigan State on Feb. 22. At 7 p.m. Following the road trip, the team heads back home for the annual Play4Kay benefitting Pink Zone contest on Feb. 26.
“Well, we’re going to miss them,” Head Coach Coquese Washington said about the three seniors after the match. “The thing that I reflect on the most with those three is how much they’ve grown over the time here, how much they’ve grown as young ladies. They’ve been tremendous role models academically - they’re honorable students - and they represent what we want a true student-athlete to represent.”
Penn State (17-8,7-6 Big Ten) started the game trading the lead with the Boilermakers a few times in the first quarter. Whitted scored six points for the Lady Lions in the first quarter and Lindsey Spann pitched in to give Penn State a 24-22 lead at the break. In the second quarter, Purdue (15-11, 6-6 Big Ten) closed the half ahead 42-38 as Penn State was plagued by turnovers.
In the second half, Penn State was able to retain the lead, opening the third quarter on an 8-2 run while recording zero turnovers. In the final quarter of the game, Penn state went on another scoring run, this time outscoring the Boilermakers 13-5. As the clock hit zero, Penn State was able to pull out a 79-73 win for the 13th win of the season.
Sophomore Teniya Page led the team in scoring with 24 points and recorded 3 assists as well. For Purdue, Ashley Morissette lead the Boilmakers with 17 points.
Up next for the Lady Lions is a road trip to Illinois on Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. and Michigan State on Feb. 22. At 7 p.m. Following the road trip, the team heads back home for the annual Play4Kay benefitting Pink Zone contest on Feb. 26.
