Balaski's Career Day Gets Behrend Women's Basketball Past Waynesburg

WAYNESBURG, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team held off a Waynesburg third-quarter rally to defeat the Yellow Jackets 87-74 on Saturday afternoon.

Score: Penn State Behrend 87, Waynesburg 74
Records: Penn State Behrend (3-2), Waynesburg (1-4)

Key Moments:

* Behrend won its third game of the season, outscoring the Yellow Jackets in three of the four quarters
* The Lions took their largest lead at 62-41 with 3:35 left to play in the third quarter
* Waynesburg responded with an 18-2 run to finish the period to get within five points heading into the final quarter
* Behrend opened the fourth quarter on a 13-3 run to pull away from the Yellow Jackets
* Lilly Palladino had the opening four points of the fourth quarter to make it 68-59
* Behrend got its double-digit lead back after an Emma Marstellar layup from Balaski
* Julia Balaski went 9-for-14 from the floor in 23 minutes of work for a career-high 22 points
* Morgan Altavilla shot 80 percent from the field for 20 points and Alaina Fabin scored 18 points
* Marstellar pitched in 10 points
* Madilyn Boyer added two points to put her 15 points away from reaching 1,000 career points

Up Next:

* The Lions are back in action on Tuesday at Chatham. Game time is set for 6 p.m.