ST. BONAVENTURE (4-5) vs. PENN STATE (8-2)
Saturday, Dec. 9 - 7:00 p.m.
Reilly Center
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Complete Game Notes: St. Bonaventure | Penn State
FREE POSTER GIVEAWAY: The first 300 fans at Saturday's game will be able to pick up free Bonnies women's basketball poster. Fans can also meet with players post-game on the court to have their posters autographed.
HD STREAMING OPTIONS AVAILABLE: Fans can watch a free version of Saturday's game broadcast in standard definition, or purchase a high definition premium version of the webstream. For more information, please click here.
PENN STATE SERIES RESUMES: The Bonnies and Lady Lions renew their longstanding series Saturday night at the Reilly Center, meeting for the 13th time overall. Former Atlantic 10 rivals, the teams had not met for over two decades prior to re-starting the series in 2014. A new home-and-home series was set to begin last year in Happy Valley, but Penn State was forced to postpone last year's game due to the rescheduling of a tournament. St. Bonaventure will instead host the Lions this year before the teams meet in State
College next year.
BONNIES LACE UP 4 PEDIATRIC CANCER AWARENESS: At Saturday's game, the Bonnies will wear yellow shoelaces in support of children battling pediatric cancer. As part of Go4theGoal's Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer initiative, all Bonnies players and coaches will wear gold laces to raise awareness and funds for children undergoing cancer treatments. Fans can donate to the cause by clicking here.
3 FOR 3: Sophomore Danielle Migliore leads the Bonnies in both 3s made and attempted this year, sinking 20 of her 62 attempts thus far. After scoring 10 and 11 points respectively in the first two games of this homestand, Migliore is seeking double-figure scoring in three consecutive games for the first time in her career.
HOME SWEET HOME: The Bonnies are in the midst of their longest homestand of the year, four straight games. Bona will not be on the road again until Dec. 17, playing host to four teams from three different conferences - Delaware (CAA), Toledo and Buffalo (MAC) as well as Penn State (Big 10). That's good news for the Bonnies - during the past three seasons, (2015-16 - present), Bona has won 37 games - 24 of those wins have come on home court.
NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER: Junior Mckenna Maycock will likely remember the month of November for some time to come as it was a month for her emergence as a team leader for the Bonnies. Maycock was outstanding in November, ranking fifth in the Atlantic 10 in rebounding (8.5/gm), third in 3-point percentage (53.8 percent) and seventh in minutes per game (34.8). The all-time Western New York leader in high school career scoring was selected to the Navy Classic All-Tournament Team over Thanksgiving weekend for her performance in a pair of games there and was also chosen as the College Sports Madness Atlantic 10 Player of the Week this past Monday after averaging 19.7 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, shooting 58.8 percent and 64.3 percent from distance in a trio of games where the Bonnies went 2-1.
CLIMB CONTINUES: Prior to last Wednesday's game at The RC, senior Mariah Ruff was honored for becoming the 22nd player in Bonnies history to score 1,000 career points after reaching the milestone Nov. 25 vs. UMBC. The Oneonta, N.Y. native cracked into the program's all-time top 20 in scoring in Monday's game vs. Toledo, passing Kathy Lynch (1977-81) for 20th in Bonnies career points with 1,034 entering Saturday.
ABOUT PENN STATE: The Lady Lions are 8-2 on the year, going 6-0 at home and 2-0 in true road games with wins at Marshall and Providence. Their only two losses came on neutral court at the South Point Shootout in Las Vegas over Thanksgiving, dropping games to Louisiana Tech and Kansas State. Penn State will have a quick turnaround after defeating Fordham on Wednesday night at home, 65-60. Junior Teniya Page was named an All-American last season, reaching 1,000 career points by the end of her sophomore season. She ranked in the top 10 nationally by shooting 44.1 percent from the floor and averaged 19.9 points per game. A year ago, Penn State finished 21-11 including a 9-7 mark in Big Ten play. The Lady Lions ultimately reached the third round of the WNIT after earning wins over Ohio and Fordham in postseason play.
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