The Penn State women’s basketball team (0-1) will look to rebound from a heartbreaking season-opening loss when they play on the road at Cincinnati (1-0) on Saturday afternoon. Tanisha Wright will look for her first coaching win with the Lady Lions as she prepares her team for the first road game of her tenure.
Penn State is coming off a 62-61 loss in the season opener to Cleveland State earlier in the week. Sophomore guard Ava Black recorded her first career double-double in the loss with 17 points and 10 rebounds, a personal best in the process. Junior guard Devyn Quigley scored 12 points as the other Nittany Lion to score in double figures in the season opener.
Cincinnati won its season opener against East Texas A&M by a score of 66-58 earlier this week. Cali0yah DeVilasee led the Bearcats with 16 points, and Sahnya Jah added 12 points with four steals and three assists. Cincinnati is coming off an 11-20 season. Penn State leads the all-time series with Cincinnati, with a win in the only other meeting between the programs, coming last season in Happy Valley…