Posted: Feb 20, 2024
Brandywine Eases To Win In Final Home Game
Penn State Wilkes-Barre
(9-14, 5-13 PSUAC)
40
Penn State Brandywine
(14-10, 12-6PSUAC)
93
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Penn State Wilkes-Barre (9-14, 5-13 PSUAC) | 11 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 40 |
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Penn State Brandywine (14-10, 12-6PSUAC) | 29 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 93 |
MEDIA, Pa. – The Penn State Brandywine women's basketball team rolled to a 93-40 victory over Penn State Wilkes-Barre during the Lions' final regular-season home game on Tuesday night.
Playing the final game on her home floor, fifth-year senior Amanda Floyd (Glenolden, Pa./Interboro) recorded her sixth career 30-point outing, pouring in 31 points. Floyd knocked down five three-pointers and grabbed 10 rebounds.
Athena Brombacher (Vacaville, Calif./Will C. Wood) finished one point off her career high with 19 points and matched a season-best with 15 rebounds, while adding five blocked shots, five assists and four steals.
Sierra Diawara (Glenolden, Pa./Interboro) canned four triples and added 14 points, while Anaiyah Allen (Lutz, Fla./Steinbrenner) and Kiara Koger (Philadelphia, Pa./Neumann-Goretti) both tallied 11 points. Koger also handed out seven assists and grabbed five steals.
Brandywine forced 27 turnovers and limited Wilkes-Barre to 21 percent shooting. The Lions shot over 43 percent from the floor and connected on 10-of-30 three-point tries.
Brombacher carried the scoring load during the opening period, scoring the game's first six points and 11 overall in the first quarter as Brandywine opened up a 29-11 lead.
The Lions continued to pour it on in the second, outscoring the visitors 19-2 during the first eight minutes. Floyd drilled a trio of three-pointers during the final 65 seconds to give Brandywine a 57-17 advantage entering halftime.
Brandywine's biggest lead of the night came early in the fourth quarter as a Floyd triple made the count 83-28.
Brandywine (14-10, 12-6 PSUAC) closes out the regular season Friday at Penn State York at 6:00 PM.
