Boyer Joins 1,000-Point Club; Women's Basketball Downs Pitt-Greensburg

ERIE, Pa. – Penn State Behrend women's basketball senior guard Madilyn Boyer reached 1,000 career points and posted a game-high 15 points to lead the Lions past Pitt-Greensburg 72-28 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Wednesday.

Score: Penn State Behrend 72, Pitt-Greensburg 28
Records: Penn State Behrend (9-5, 4-1 AMCC), Pitt-Greensburg (1-12, 1-3 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* Boyer needed exactly 15 points to hit the milestone
* With 26 seconds left in the third quarter, Alaina Fabin dished the ball to Boyer for a fast-break layup to get the career mark
* Boyer went 7-for-13 and knocked down a triple in just 18 minutes of work
* Behrend picked up its first conference win at home this season
* The Lions held the Bobcats to single-digit points in each quarter
* Behrend held a 20-point advantage at halftime and forced the Bobcats to turn over the ball 34 times
* The 28 points by Pitt-Greensburg is the lowest offensive output by an opponent this season
* Fabin and Lilly Palladino each chipped in 14 points
* Fabin also registered six rebounds and tied a career high with six steals
* Emma Marstellar added nine points, two assists and two steals

Up Next:

* The Lions are back in action on Saturday against Mt. Aloysius. Game time is 2 p.m.