UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State women’s basketball team improved to 3-0 to begin the 2025-26 campaign with a 90-62 win over Coppin State Wednesday at Rec Hall.

The Lady Lions used four double figure scorers to ignite a high-scoring offense. Penn State’s dominance on the glass also contributed to the victory, outrebounding the Eagles by a 51-25 clip.

Sophomore Kiyomi McMiller led the offense with 21 points and nine rebounds, marking her 13th 20-plus-point outing of her career. Redshirt-junior Gracie Merkle reached the double-figure scoring marking for the third game this season with 15 points to go with eight rebounds.

Redshirt-junior Moriah Murray shined from three-point range once again, totaling 12 points using four shots from long range. Sophomore Shaelyn Steele was effective on both sides of the court, recording 10 points, six boards, four assists and four steals.

As a team, the Lady Lions combined for 92 points powered by a 33-point third-quarter performance after leading 37-28 at halftime. Penn State recorded its largest rebounding total since 2023 with 51 including 20 on the offensive glass. The Lady Lions were most effective in their shooting from the charity stripe, shooting 24-of-28 from the free throw line.

Defensively, PSU forced 25 turnovers and recorded 15 steals, marking the third game this season with 13-plus steals.

The Lady Lions are in Philadelphia this Sunday for a 2 p.m. tipoff at St. Joseph’s.

COPPIN ST. (1-3): Burris 1-2 0-0 2, Gamble 7-13 0-0 15, Barnes 1-4 2-2 4, Henry 0-3 0-0 0, McBride 0-5 0-0 0, Nwachukwu 0-0 0-0 0, Sosa Lora 3-12 10-12 16, Gary-Grayson 0-1 0-2 0, Lowry 0-2 0-0 0, Morris 9-14 4-8 23, Wells 1-3 0-0 2, Totals 22-59 16-24 62

PENN ST. (3-0): Merkle 5-11 5-5 15, Cleante 3-9 2-3 9, McMiller 9-18 2-3 21, Murray 4-9 0-0 12, Ranisavljevic 3-8 2-2 8, Evans 1-1 0-0 2, Okokoh 2-4 5-6 9, McFadden 0-4 0-0 0, Santana 0-0 4-4 4, Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Steele 3-5 4-5 10, Totals 30-70 24-28 90

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Coppin State 17 11 14 20 — 62

Penn State 23 14 33 20 — 90

3-Point Goals–Coppin St. 2-12 (Gamble 1-2, Barnes 0-1, Henry 0-3, McBride 0-2, Lowry 0-1, Morris 1-3), Penn St. 6-24 (Cleante 1-6, McMiller 1-3, Murray 4-9, Ranisavljevic 0-2, McFadden 0-2, Smith 0-1, Steele 0-1). Assists–Coppin St. 11 (McBride 4), Penn St. 20 (McMiller 4, Steele 4). Fouled out–Coppin St. Barnes, Penn St. McFadden. Rebounds–Coppin St. 25 (Sosa Lora 10), Penn St. 51 (McMiller 9). Total fouls–Coppin St. 21, Penn St. 25. Technical fouls–None. A–1,816.