PSUAC Women's Basketball Playoffs Round 1 Preview

PSUAC Women's Basketball Playoffs Round 1 Preview
February 17, 2015

Women's Basketball Playoffs

Penn State Hazleton vs. Penn State Fayette

Wednesday, Feb. 18

Tip-off at 5pm in the Thomas M. Caccese Gymnasium

 

Penn State Fayette

Players To Watch:

Courtney Haines – The Sophomore Forward is the team's leading scorer, averaging 12.1 points per game. Haines leads the team with 1.4 steals per game, and is the second leading rebounder at 5.9 RPG.

Ally Rudolph – The Freshman Guard provides a spark off the bench for Fayette. Rudolph is second on the team averaging 11.3 points per game and the team's biggest threat from long range shooting nearly 36% from 3-point distance.

Kaitlin Miller – The Sophomore Center poses problems for opponents leading Fayette in rebounding at 9.4 RPG and is the team's leading shot-blocker at 1.8 BLK per game.

  

 

  Penn State Hazleton

Players To Watch:

Alexis Daly – Two-time USCAA All-American is the second leading scorer in the PSUAC averaging 16.1 points per game, leads Hazleton in rebounding at 9.8 RPG and shot-blocking averaging 1.1 BLK per game.

Taylor Cannon – The Senior Forward  leads Hazleton in steals averaging 2 STL per game. Cannon is the second leading scorer and rebounder for the Lady Lions averaging 12 points per game and 7.4 RPG.

Stephanie Guevara – The Sophomore Guard completes Hazleton's "Big 3" averaging 10 points per game, 6.7 RPG and 2 steals per contest.

 

Game Preview:

Penn State Hazleton enters the PSUAC Tournament as the number 4 seed and draws the 5th seeded Fayette squad. Fayette will travel to Hazleton for Wednesday's 5pm tip-off in the Thomas M. Caccese Gymnasium. Penn State Hazleton defeated Fayette at home on January 31 in convincing fashion by a score of 64-47, but all of that is in the past when each contest could be your last of the season. Look for a key matchup in the paint between Hazleton's Alexis Daly and Fayette's Kaitlin Miller. Hazleton's Lady Lions will look to control the ball and force Fayette into turnover situations leading to easy scores. Expect Fayette to attempt to neutralize Hazleton's "Big 3" and force others to supply Hazleton with offense.