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Thursday, Jan. 11 7:00pm ET
Bies scores 20 points in first half RECAP | BOX SCORE
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- LeeAnn Bies scored 20 of her season-high 21 points in the first half as Michigan upset Penn State 71-62 Thursday night.
Bies, a 6-foot-3 sophomore center, served mostly as a decoy in
the second half, taking no shots and rarely touching the ball in
the post. That didn't matter, however, as Jennifer Smith and Alayne
Ingram provided the scoring punch for the unranked Wolverines (9-6,
2-3 Big 10) and Penn State (No. 12 ESPN/USA Today, No. 13 AP) struggled with turnover problems and poor shooting.
Ingram scored 12 of her 14 points in the second half, including
several clutch jumpers with the shot clock winding down. Smith
added nine points for the Wolverines, and Anne Thorious had seven
points and nine assists.
Penn State missed 15 of its first 19 shots and finished the
first half 12-of-39 (30.8 percent) from the floor. The Nittany
Lions (11-5, 3-2) shot 33.3 percent for the game and turned the
ball over 12 times.
The win snaps a three-game losing streak for the Wolverines and
marks just the third victory in 15 tries against the Nittany Lions
since 1992.
Lisa Shepherd scored 20 and Kelly Mazzante added 17 for Penn
State, which has lost two straight games after winning eight in a
row.
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