MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Penn State women’s basketball rolled to its sixth-straight Big Ten Conference win with an 80-64 victory over the Minnesota Golden Gophers Wednesday night inside Williams Arena. Sophomore guard Shay Ciezki finished with a game-high 18 points while graduate guard Ashley Owusu booked her first double-double since arriving in Happy Valley, finishing with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
The Lady Lions’ victorious outing in the North Star State propelled PSU to a 16-5 overall record with a 7-3 ledger against B1G opposition in the 2023-24 campaign. Penn State’s dominant start to the year continues, with the Blue & White continuing its best start to a campaign since the 2013-14 squad got out to a 17-4 opening with an 8-2 mark through 10 B1G 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. In defeat, Minnesota falls to 12-8 and 4-5 in B1G action.
Penn State managed to outshoot Minnesota from the field and significantly surpassed the home team in 3-point shooting, with the Lady Lions drilling 37% of their attempts from long range while holding the Gophers to an abysmal 13% mark from deep. The differential in fastbreak points told the story of the game, with PSU scoring 13 points in transition against four points allowed the other direction. The Lady Lion bench also continued its dominant string of performances, outscoring Minnesota by a 26-8 mark in terms of points off the pine.
Owusu, a native of Woodbridge,…
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