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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- The Penn State women's basketball team rolled to its sixth-straight Big Ten Conference win with an 80-64 victory over the Minnesota Golden Gophers Wednesday night.
Shay Ciezki finished with a game-high 18 points while Ashley Owusu booked her first double-double since arriving in Happy Valley, finishing with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
The Lady Lions improved to 16-5 overall and 7-3 in the Big Ten.
It's their best start to a campaign since the 2013-14 squad got out to a 17-4 opening with an 8-2 mark through 10 league contests.
The Lady Lions improve to 31-25 against Minnesota all-time and own back-to-back victories against the Gophers dating to last year's Big Ten Tournament opening-round victory. Minnesota fell to 12-8 and 4-5 in the Big Ten.
Owusu booked the seventh double-double of her career and secured her first since transferring to Penn State this season. She added a game-high six assists for good measure. Ciezki impressed in her appearance off the bench, leading all scorers with a 7-for-12 performance and a 4-for-9 mark from 3-point land.
Leilani Kapinus logged 16 points on 6-for-9 shooting. Makenna Marisa added 13 points, and teammate Alli Campbell added three points off the bench.
The Lady Lions host Michigan Saturday at 3 p.m.
PENN ST. (16-5): Brigham 2-4 1-2 5, Kapinus 6-9 3-6 16, Marisa 5-9 0-0 13, Owusu 6-16 4-4 17, Valladay 1-2 0-0 3, Hall 0-0 0-0 0, Pinto 1-1 0-0 2, Campbell 1-2 1-2 3, Ciezki 7-12 0-0 18, Murray 0-3 0-0 0, Oden 1-4 0-0 3, Totals 30-62 9-14 80
MINNESOTA (14-7)
Grocholski 5-12 2-2 12, Heyer 2-7 0-2 6, Hart 6-9 1-5 13, Battle 3-12 6-8 12, Sanders 6-12 1-3 13, Holloway 3-4 0-0 6, Johnson 1-3 0-0 2, Czinano 0-3 0-0 0, Totals 26-62 10-20 64
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Penn State 23 17 18 22 -- 80
Minnesota 12 16 17 19 -- 64
3-Point Goals--Penn St. 11-30 (Kapinus 1-3, Marisa 3-5, Owusu 1-4, Valladay 1-2, Ciezki 4-9, Murray 0-3, Oden 1-4), Minnesota 2-16 (Grocholski 0-6, Heyer 2-5, Battle 0-1, Sanders 0-1, Czinano 0-3). Assists--Penn St. 18 (Owusu 6), Minnesota 10 (Battle 5). Fouled Out--Minnesota Grocholski. Rebounds--Penn St. 36 (Owusu 11), Minnesota 38 (Heyer 9). Total Fouls--Penn St. 16, Minnesota 16. Technical Fouls--None. A--3,319.