Behrend Women's Basketball Shoots Past Mt. Aloysus

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team defeated Mt. Aloysius 90-62 in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Saturday afternoon in the Junker Center.

Score: Penn State Behrend 90, Mt. Aloysius 62
Records: Penn State Behrend (4-6, 3-1 AMCC), Mt. Aloysius (4-5, 1-3 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* The Behrend Lions registered their second-highest offensive output of the season with 90 points
* The Lions also shot a season-best 47.9 percent from the floor
* Behrend tallied a third of its points from behind the arc with a season-high 10 triples
* The Lions also got 34 points off 28 Mt. Aloysius turnovers
* The win marked the first time this season the Lions had five players in double-digit scoring
* Morgan Altavilla (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) led all players with 18 points, scoring 13 in the first half alone
* With a two-point lead and 1:23 left in the first quarter, Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) drained back-to-back treys to push the lead to 25-17
* Behrend kept a double-digit lead after the 7:54 mark in the second quarter
* Altavilla recorded nine of the team's 19 points in the second quarter to take a 34-25 lead into the locker rooms
* Alexis Furyes (Medina, OH/Highland) continues to dominate on the boards with nine to go with 10 points
* Lilly Palladino (Export, PA/Penn-Trafford) had a season-high 13 points behind a season-best three triples
* Majewski added 12 points to put her 34 points away from 1,000 career points

Next Up:

* Behrend returns to action on Tuesday, December 19 against Bethany in the Junker Center. Game time is 6 p.m.