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BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech women's basketball team is set to travel to Penn State as part of the 2015 Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

GAME INFORMATION
Date/Time: December 3, 2015 / 8 p.m.
Opponent: Penn State
Site: University Park, Pa. (Bryce Jordan Center)
Radio: 100.7 FM WNMX / HokiesXtra
Talent: Andrew Allegretta, play-by-play
TV: Big Ten Network
Talent: Mike Wolf & Debbie Antonelli
Live Stats: GoPSUSports.com
Live Video: BTN2Go - TV Provider Required
Game Notes: Virginia Tech

THE HOKIES (5-1)
Virginia Tech rolled past Wofford 73-41 the last time out. Four players tallied double-digit points for the Hokies with Taijah Campbell notching the first double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Sidney Cook led in the scoring column with 14 points and was just one rebound shy of a double-double with nine. Rachel Camp and Chanette Hicks added 10 points each while Camp handed out a team-high four assists and Hicks scooped up six steals.

The Hokies forced 14 turnovers in the opening half and carried a nine point, 28-19 lead into the break. Tech came out firing in the second half, outscoring Wofford 16-8 in the third frame before putting together a dominating fourth quarter where the Hokies went on a 15-0 run en route to holding a 29-15 advantage in the period.

Vanessa Panousis leads the Hokies early in the season, averaging 11.8 points and 3.0 assists per game. Hicks is adding 10.2 ppg and tallying 3.3 steals per game. Cook is adding 10.0 ppg while Regan Magarity leads on the boards with 7.3 rpg and Hannah Young is pulling down 5.8 rpg.

THE NITTANY LIONS (3-3)
Penn State fell to BYU, 63-51, at the Radisson Chatworth Thanksgiving Classic In Northridge, Calif. during the team’s last outing. Peyton Whitted led the Nittany Lions with 15 points and eight rebounds. Kaliyah Mitchell added 11 points while Teniya Page chipped in 10 points, eight boards and four assists.

BYU held a double-digit lead through most of the second quarter and were up 35-21 before PSU’s Mitchell hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to cut the deficit to 11 heading into the break. The Cougars held the lead through the third, but Penn State made a run late in the fourth cut it to a five point game with just over a minute to go. BYU connected on 9-of-12 from the line in the final minute to secure the win.

Whitted is averaging a double-double for the Nittany Lions with 14.3 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. Page leads in scoring with 15.2 ppg while Brianna Banks is adding 10.5 ppg and Mitchell is tallying 10.3 ppg.

THE SERIES
This is just the fourth meeting between the two teams with Penn State having won the previous three contests. The two teams last met on Dec. 12, 2012 at Cassell Coliseum when the 11th-ranked Nittany Lions picked up the 60-41 decision. Young and Campbell are the only members of the current Tech team who were also on the team at the time, but neither played in the game.

The only member of the Nittany Lions team to see the court the last time is Banks who had six rebounds and a block as a freshman against the Hokies.

Tech is looking to pick up its first win in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge since 2012 when the Hokies defeated Wisconsin, 47-38. This is the first time Tech has played PSU as part of The Challenge.

Up Next: Virginia Tech travels to No. 8/8 Tennessee on Sunday, Dec. 6 for a 2 p.m. game in Knoxville, Tenn.

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