Penn State Women's Basketball 2017 NIT Tournament Capsule

 

Penn State Lady Lions

Big Ten (19-10, 9-7)

 
Big Wins: 11/20 Tennessee (70-56), 1/3 Iowa (71-58), 2/26 Michigan (76-75)
Bad Losses: 11/11 at Drexel (60-83), 11/25 vs Georgetown (54-68), 12/31 at Rutgers (45-61)
Coach: Coquese Washington
 
Probable Starters:
Teniya Page, Sophomore, Guard, 20.0 ppg, 3.6 apg
Sierra Moore, Senior, Guard, 10.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg
Amari Carter, Freshman, Guard, 7.4 ppg, 4.3 apg
Kaliyah Mitchell, Senior, Forward, 7.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg
Ashanti Thomas, Sophomore, Center, 4.0 ppg, 3.4 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Lindsay Spann, Junior, Guard, 10.5 ppg, 1.7 apg
Jaida Travascio-Green, Freshman, Guard, 5.9 ppg
Peyton Whitted, Senior, Forward, 5.9 ppg, 5.3 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 73.3 (44th in nation, 7th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 66.4 (224, 8)
Field-Goal Percentage: 42.7 (68, 8)   
Field-Goal Defense: 40.7 (224, 12)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.2 (138, 9)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.7 (88, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 70.3 (148, 9)
Rebound Margin: 3.6 (87, 6)
Assists Per Game: 13.7 (147, 10)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.4 (35, 2)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2014    NCAA            Round of 64 win over Wichita State
2014    NCAA            Round of 32 win over Florida
2014    NCAA            Regional Semifinal loss to Stanford
2013    NCAA            Round of 64 win over Cal Poly
2013    NCAA            Round of 32 loss to LSU
2012    NCAA            Round of 64 win over UTEP
2012    NCAA            Round of 32 win over LSU
2012    NCAA            Regional Semifinal loss to Connecticut
2011    NCAA            Round of 64 win over Dayton
2011    NCAA            Round of 32 loss to DePaul
2010    NIT     Round of 64 loss to Hofstra
2005    NCAA            Round of 64 loss to Liberty
2004    NCAA            Round of 64 win over Hampton
2004    NCAA            Round of 32 win over Virginia Tech
2004    NCAA            Regional Semifinal win over Notre Dame
2004    NCAA            Regional Final loss to Connecticut
2003    NCAA            Round of 64 win over Holy Cross
2003    NCAA            Round of 32 win over South Carolina
2003    NCAA            Regional Semifinal loss to Tennessee
 
*all team stats through 3/2