Penn State 89, at Saint Joseph`s 77

PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — In a game where they were heavy underdogs, the Penn State Lady Lions used a dominant third-quarter surge to remain undefeated, defeating the Saint Joseph’s Hawks 89-77 in a non-conference women’s basketball game Sunday at Hagan Arena. A crowd of 1,522 saw the Lady Lions improve to 4-0, while the Hawks suffered their first loss of the season, falling to 3-1. The result defied the national statistical projections, which had given Saint Joseph’s a nearly 80 percent probability to win. The first half was a tightly contested shootout. Saint Joseph’s, fueled by a hot start from Gabby… Read more...