PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The Penn State women’s basketball team earned an 87-78 win over Rutgers on Saturday afternoon inside Jersey Mikes Arena.

The Lady Lions improved to 10-17, 3-13 in the Big Ten, while the Scarlet Knights fell to 9-18, 1-15 Big Ten.

Sophomore guard Kiyomi McMiller guided Penn State on offense, matching career high 37 points, marking her fifth consecutive 30-point scoring performance. She also posted eight assists, five steals, four rebounds and two blocks. Redshirt junior center Gracie Merkle followed with 26 points on 10-of-16 shooting from the floor. She led the team with six rebounds and dished out four assists.

The Lady Lions produced their best field-goal shooting percentage of the season at 62.0%. PSU also produced 70.0% shooting from 3-point range, its second-best mark of the year.

PSU hosts USC at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

PENN ST. (10-17): Evans 1-3 0-0 2, Merkle 10-16 6-10 26, Cleante 3-5 0-0 8, McMiller 14-21 6-9 37, Murray 1-1 0-0 3, Okokoh 0-0 0-0 0, McFadden 2-2 4-4 9, Santana 0-1 2-2 2, Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Steele 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 31-50 18-25 87

RUTGERS (9-18): Bates 0-1 0-0 0, Ndiaye 5-14 6-10 16, Perkins 5-13 4-6 15, Walker 1-1 0-1 2, Ivey 4-11 0-0 11, Lester 7-15 0-2 17, Wheeler 1-1 0-1 2, Blackstone 3-10 6-6 13, Swann 1-2 0-0 2, Totals 27-68 16-26 78

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Penn St. 21 17 25 24 — 87

Rutgers 18 14 21 25 — 78

3-Point Goals–Penn St. 7-10 (Cleante 2-3, McMiller 3-4, Murray 1-1, McFadden 1-1, Santana 0-1), Rutgers 8-25 (Ndiaye 0-4, Perkins 1-2, Ivey 3-6, Lester 3-7, Blackstone 1-6). Assists–Penn St. 19 (McMiller 8), Rutgers 16 (Ivey 8). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Penn St. 29 (Merkle 6), Rutgers 38 (Perkins 10). Total Fouls–Penn St. 21, Rutgers 21. Technical Fouls–None. A–3,218.

Wagner keeps early lead

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Wagner outscored the Saint Francis women’s team by seven in the first quarter and carried that lead throughout the game in a 58-51 victory on Saturday. Shelby Ricks led the Red Flash with 16 points, and Makyiah Ward had 10 rebounds.

SAINT FRANCIS (2-24, 2-13): Ricks 4-10 6-6 16, Assefa 1-5 4-4 6, Ward 1-6 3-4 5, Walker 2-9 0-0 5, Sato 2-6 1-2 5, James 3-9 1-2 7, Hawthorne 1-8 1-2 3, Minnis 1-4 0-0 3, Thornhill 0-2 1-1 1, Eke 0-0 0-0 0. Totals — 15-59 17-21 51.

WAGNER (12-14, 8-7): Kaci 4-12 2-2 13, Doyinsola 4-10 5-8 13, Fernandez 4-8 2-2 11, Foz 3-15 2-5 8, Varela 3-6 0-0 7, Doreste 1-4 0-0 2, Elbarky 1-3 0-0 2, Mpondo 1-1 0-2 2, Balde-Camara 0-1 0-0 0, Landy 0-0 0-0 0, Ricard 0-0 0-0 0. Totals — 21-60 11-19 58.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Saint Francis 12 12 14 13 — 51

Wagner 19 13 13 13 — 58

3-point goals: Saint Francis 4-26 (Ricks 2-4, Walker 1-4, Minnis 1-4, Ward 0-1, Sato 0-2, Thornhill 0-2, Assefa 0-2, James 0-3, Hawthorne 0-4); Wagner 5-14 (Kaci 3-8, Fernandez de Caleya 1-1, Varela 1-2, Doreste 0-3). Assists: Saint Francis 11 (James 4); Wagner 12 (Kaci 4). Rebounds: Saint Francis 50 (Ward 10); Wagner 40 (Doyinsola/Fernandez de Caleya, 9 each).

PSU Altoona hosts game

ALFRED, N.Y. — The Penn State Altoona women’s basketball team closed its regular season schedule with a 69-54 road win Saturday afternoon, when the Lions defeated Alfred State College in the Orvis Gymnasium.

Penn State Altoona (18-7, 13-3 AMCC) earned the No. 3 seed for the AMCC playoffs and will host No. 6 seed Hilbert at Adler Arena at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the quarterfinals.

No. 5 Mount Aloysius will play at No. 4 Alfred State, also on Tuesday.

PSU Altoona grabbed the lead on Alfred State early in the first quarter and never looked back, going up by as many as 23 points during the second half.

Avana Sayles and Halle Kuzminski both had double-doubles for Penn State Altoona. Sayles collected 15 points and a game-high 19 rebounds. Kuzminski provided 13 rebounds and 12 points.

Lanie Wilt put up a game-high 18 points to go along with five assists, and Jaidyn McCracken had eight points, eight rebounds and five assists.