Behrend Lions Roll Past Penn State Altoona 67-54
The
Penn State Behrend women’s basketball team
dominated the glass and outscored Penn State Altoona by 22 points in the
second half in a 67-54 victory at the Junker Center on Friday night.
Behrend was led by Julia
Andrus (Corry/Corry) who scored a game-high 17 points on seven-of-ten
shooting from the floor. She also grabbed five rebounds and tallied
three steals.
Penn State Altoona was leading 34-25 at the half, but were held to just five
field goals in the second half as the Behrend Lions roared back.
Behrend trailed 31-39 early in the second half but took the lead with just
over 13 minutes to play in the midst of a 17-0 run. By the end of the
run Behrend was leading 48-39 and never looked back.
Sophomore Anne Priester (Wattsburg/Seneca) led the effort on the glass,
finishing with eight rebounds while junior Brittany Mays (Keystone/Knoch) tallied
seven boards. Freshman Natalie Engel (McDonald/Fort Cherry) came off the bench to score 11
points and was a perfect 9-for-9 from the free throw line.
Altoona was led by Brittany Poorman's 15 point and five rebound effort,
while teammate Kirstin Twardon scored ten points.
On Saturday at
4:00 p.m. the Behrend Lions (4-5, 1-2) will
host AMCC opponent Mt. Aloysius who was in action at Pitt-Bradford on Friday
night.