Athletics

Mazzante Leads Lady Lion Basketball to WNIT Finals

Lady Lion junior Kelly Mazzante scored a season-high 36 points as No. 14 Penn State defeated No. 20 Mississippi State in the semifinals of the Preseason WNIT on Wednesday. The 36 points moved Mazzante past former Lady Lion Katina Mack for ninth place on the Penn State career scoring list with her current total of 1,495. The 36-point performance also extended Mazzante's record for most career 30-point games to 16. The Lady Lions will face No. 4 Kansas State in the Preseason WNIT championship game on Sunday, Nov. 24 in Manhattan, Kan., beginning at 5 p.m. (ET). The Lady Lions-Lady Wildcat championship clash can be seen live on the Oxygen Network. For more on this story, go to http://www.GoPSUsports.com/pressreleases/pressrelease.cfm?anncid=3568.

Last Updated March 19, 2009