Wildcats Host Lady Lions Wednesday

2/16/2016 4:28:00 PM | Women's Basketball

NORTHWESTERN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: GAME INFORMATION
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	LOCATION	WATCH	LIVE STATS
February 17	Penn State	7 p.m. CST	Welsh-Ryan Arena (Evanston, Ill.)	BTNPlus	SideArm
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EVANSTON, Ill. - The Wildcats (14-12, 3-11 B1G) will host Penn State for a Big Ten rematch on Wednesday, Feb. 7. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. and will be streamed live on BTNPlus on BTN2Go.

FACEOFF FACTS
Northwestern and Penn State take to the hardwood for the 42nd time on Wednesday, as the Lady Lions own the overall series, 34-7. The Wildcats faced PSU earlier this year in University Park as the Lady Lions edged NU with a 76-75 victory.

THREES COMPANY
The Wildcats have tallied at least five 3-point field goals in all but five games so far this season, including 14 games with seven or more and three games with double-digit trifectas. Christen Inman, who recorded five triples against Nebraska, and Maggie Lyon, who tallied five against Creighton and No. 5 Ohio State, are the only two players to record at least five 3-pointers in a single game so far this season.

MINUTEWOMEN
Northwestern's four primary starters - Nia Coffey, Maggie Lyon, Christen Inman and Ashley Deary, have combined to play over 70 percent (3,677 of 5,249) of the possible minutes this season, while scoring 85 percent of the points (1,689 of 1,988). All four players have started in every game this season. All four have played at least 865 minutes with Lyon and Imnan logging the most thus far at 942 minutes each (36.2 per game). The duo ranks fourth in the Big Ten in minutes played.

WELCOME TO THE CLUB, INMAN
Christen Inman is the newest Wildcat to join the 1,000-career point club. The junior finished last Sunday's game against Minnesota with 1,001 career points to become the third active Wildcat to accomplish the feat, alongside Nia Coffey and Maggie Lyon.

SCOUTING PENN STATE
Overall Record: 9-16, 4-10 B1G
Notables
• Teniya Page leads the Lady Lions with 15.6 points per game, while averaging a team-high 37.5 minutes per contest. Two others players are averaging in double figures in Brianna Banks (13.9 ppg) and Lindsey Spann (12.9 ppg)
• Penn State currently sits 11th overall in the Big Ten rankings
• As a team, PSU is shooting 70 percent from the field, including 33.7 percent from 3-point range and 72.3 percent from the charity stripe

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