Lady cagers facing Super set of games

By DAN GIGLER
Collegian Staff Writer

As the unofficial national holiday of Super Bowl Sunday approaches, and the testosterone level of America reaches a crescendo for one final football weekend, the college women's basketball season will be hitting full tilt. It's put up or shut up time in the Big Ten, and the No. 21 Lady Lions (13-5, 5-3 Big Ten) will be high stepping toward the title. So get your nachos ready and brush up on the "Dirty Bird" steps for the Super Sunday installment of women's basketball notes.

Super Sunday

Penn State has played seven times on the day of the big game, and owns an impressive 6-1 record. Last year, the Lions won their sixth consecutive game on Super Sunday, an 82-73 overtime triumph against Ohio State. Penn State's only loss on Super Bowl Sunday came in 1982 against Tennessee. Sunday, the Lions will travel to Iowa for a 3:30 game with the Hawkeyes (8-10, 3-5).

She was born Andrea Monique Garner…

…in the Eastern Pennsylvania hamlet of Philadelphia. And, she only needs 72 more points to become the 20th Lion to score 1,000 career points, and seven more blocks to have swatted 100 shots in her three-year tenure at Penn State. Also, she is related to Philadelphia Eagles running back Charlie Garner, who won't likely be going to any Super Bowls in the near future.

XVII or XXI?

In the latest installment of the Associated Press women's basketball poll, the Lions dropped badly. After a 1-1 weekend showing, including a loss to upstart Illinois and a decimation of Indiana, the AP bumped Penn State from No. 17 to 21. However, the ESPN/USA Today poll saw fit to elevate the Lions from No. 18 to No. 17.

Cheeseheads

At 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, Wisconsin (9-10, 4-5) visits The Bryce Jordan Center for the start of Penn State's Big Ten weekend. Injuries have not been kind to the Badgers this season, as two of their senior starters, center Amy Wiersma and forward Tanisha Boston, have succumbed to the sawbones.