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UNIVERSITY PARK -- Penn State women's basketball beat Bryant, 96-33, Friday night.
Alexa Williamson notched 20 points on 9-13 shooting from the field and a pair of free throws along with four rebounds to lead the Lady Lions to the fourth biggest margin of victory at Bryce Jordan Center.
The Lady Lions improved to 4-0.
Penn State never trailed in the game and outscored Bryant by double-digits in each quarter. The biggest margin came in the first (28-7) with Williamson contributing 10 points. The Lady Lions ended the quarter with a 20-3 run that featured five scorers: Chanaya Pinto, Taniyah Thompson, Makenna Marisa, Williamson and Leilani Kapinus.
The Lady Lions ended with 51 points in the first half. Penn State shot 54.1% (20-37) from the field in the half.
Penn State limited Bryant to just three points in the third quarter, a jumper and one free throw. Nine different Lady Lions contributed buckets as part of a 22-point quarter.
Bellwood-Antis graduate Alli Campbell scored two points.
The bench of Penn State continued the dominant performance, outscoring Bryant 23-11 in the fourth quarter. Ivane Tensaie capped off the efficient team scoring with a 3-pointer, her first as a Lady Lion.
Marisa recorded her 61st double-digit scoring game, including 33-straight dating back to the start of last season.
Ali Brigham had her first double-digit scoring performance of the season, finishing with 11 points and eight rebounds (five offensive).
Penn State had a decisive advantage in turnovers (17-33), points off turnovers (48-14), rebounding (55-22), second chance points (23-2), points in the paint (58-14), fast break points (37-8) and bench points (43-20).
BRYANT (2-2): Planes Fortuny 2-6 2-2 6, Bodziony 1-4 0-0 2, Castagne 0-3 0-0 0, Gallagher 1-4 2-2 4, Neira Martinez 0-6 1-2 1, Chasco 2-3 2-4 6, Frongillo 1-5 0-0 2, Perkins 3-9 0-0 9, Kiefer 0-2 0-0 0, Mayerhofer 0-0 0-0 0, Reynolds 1-3 1-2 3, Totals 11-45 8-12 33
PENN STATE (4-0): Camden 0-4 0-0 0, Williamson 9-13 2-2 20, Ciezki 2-6 1-1 6, Kapinus 5-7 0-0 10, Marisa 6-8 2-2 17, Brigham 4-6 3-4 11, Cash 4-5 0-0 8, Dia 1-2 0-0 2, Tensaie 1-3 0-0 3, Thompson 3-11 2-2 8, Campbell 1-8 0-0 2, Pinto 2-3 2-3 6, Thomas 0-1 3-4 3, Totals 38-77 15-18 96
Bryant 7 11 3 12 -- 33
Penn St. 28 23 22 23 -- 96
3-Point goals--Bryant 3-20 (Bodziony 0-1, Castagne 0-1, Gallagher 0-3, Neira Martinez 0-3, Frongillo 0-3, Perkins 3-8, Kiefer 0-1), Penn St. 5-18 (Camden 0-3, Ciezki 1-3, Marisa 3-5, Dia 0-1, Tensaie 1-2, Thompson 0-1, Campbell 0-3). Assists--Bryant 4 (Reynolds 3), Penn St. 20 (Camden 4, Ciezki 4, Kapinus 4, Pinto 4). Fouled Out--None. Rebounds--Bryant 22 (Reynolds 4), Penn St. 55 (Cash 11). Total Fouls--Bryant 13, Penn St. 13. Technical Fouls--None. A--1,565.