The No. 12 Penn State women's basketball team used a 22-6 run to close out the first half, en route to an easy 75-61 victory over Michigan last night at the Bryce Jordan Center.

All the best women's college bas-ketball programs in the nation use them.

History was made in college basketball last week in a game that otherwise would have been completely overlooked.

The Big Ten regular season title is so close, it can taste it.

It is all about defending the Bryce Jordan Center.

Following surgery over the summer, Hazel Joseph was in such bad shape that she needed to use an electric cart to get around campus.

It may be too early to say for sure, but that is not stopping them from talking about it.

Junior Kelly Mazzante broke the 2,000-point barrier, fittingly, with the three-point basket she has become famous for.

When someone says their all-time favorite player is Charles Barkley, you immediately can figure out two things about them.

It is no longer a question of when Kelly Mazzante will eclipse the record, but at what point in tonight's game she will do so.

The team was just a train wreck waiting to happen.

Kelly Mazzante had two reasons to celebrate yesterday: the Lady Lions got a win, and it was her 21st birthday.

She's a long way from home, but after last night, she is definitely not homesick.

Some coaches choose to play a small lineup; others are forced to out of necessity. The No. 14 Penn State women's basketball team (16-5, 6-1 Big Ten) came into the season banking on its four-guard offense with one lone post presence, Ashli Schwab, who averaged just 2.3 points per game last season.

Sophomore forward Ashli Schwab is out indefinitely following the discovery of a stress fracture in her right tibia.

Everybody knew that Kelly Mazzante was going to get the ball. There was only one twist - she didn't.

The busy week is just about half over.

If there is any doubt, top to bottom, which conference is the toughest, that question has been answered through the first part of the season.

The No. 13 Penn State women's basketball team is hurting.

Everyone sat there in a stunned silence, as an odd, empty numbness spread over the crowd.

Elbows were thrown, there were textbook box-outs, and some bodies even hit the floor.

The Steel City, Baton Rouge, San Diego, and back again.

Kelly Mazzante isn't sure of when the first time Rene Portland saw her play was, but she does remember vividly the first time she saw the Penn State women's basketball coach in the stands at the Montoursville High School gym.

In the beginning, the game had the makings of a classic upset at the expense of the Penn State women's basketball team. A slow start, mental mistakes, and some bad luck put it on its heels, but it was able to battle back and come away with a win.

For the first time all season, the Penn State women's basketball team's main weakness was on display, but it managed to overcome foul trouble anyway.

With the wintry weather already in full swing in State College, maybe it is not such a bad idea that the Penn State women's basketball team heads south for an away game.

The No. 11 Lady Lions (5-1) defeated Maryland (3-2) 101-74 to give Penn State women's basketball coach Rene Portland her 600th career victory.

Penn State women's basketball coach Rene Portland is staring a milestone in the face as she is just one win away from becoming the seventh coach in NCAA Div. I women's basketball history to reach 600 wins.

There is a preseason collegiate basketball tournament in November?

Kelly Mazzante got her points. So did Tanisha Wright, Jessica Brungo, Jess Strom and Ashli Schwab.

In the first half the No. 14 Penn State women's basketball team looked to be pressing -- in the second half the Lady Lions pressed their way to 82-62 victory over the Melbourne Tigers.