Gannon opens PSAC-play with crossover games against West Chester and Cheyney this weekend.

Women's Basketball 11/17/2017 1:28:00 PM Levi Rex, Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations

Gannon Women's Basketball Welcomes West Chester and Cheyney in PSAC Crossover Games (Game Notes)

GAME DAY CENTRAL

GAME INFORMATION

General Admission Ticket Prices: $5 adults | $3 Non-Gannon students | $3 Senior Citizens
All Gannon students, staff and faculty are admitted free of charge by showing their school ID
Ticket Windows: Open at 12 noon. Both contests will be part of a PSAC doubleheader that begins with the women's teams at 1 p.m.
Parking: Free on-street parking | Paid parking garage located on Peach Street between 7th and 8th streets
Directions: To Hammermill Center I GPS Address: 620 Peach Street, Erie, Pa. 16501

GAME COVERAGE

PENNSYLVANIA STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INFORMATION

ALL-TIME SERIES BREAKDOWN | Gannon vs. West Chester

Series Notes: The Lady Knights won four in a row against the Golden Rams before last season's narrow 65-59 defeat. Four of the six all-time meetings have been decided by less than 10 points.

ALL-TIME SERIES BREAKDOWN | Gannon vs. Cheyney

All-Time Series: Gannon leads, 6-0
First Meeting: Jan. 8, 2011 – Gannon 55, at Cheyney 41
Last Meeting: Nov. 20, 2016 - Gannon 67, at Cheyney 57
Series Notes: The Lady Knights have won all six contests by double digits. Cheyney is visiting the Hammermill for the first time since the 2011-12 season.

GANNON STORYLINES

Gannon opened up the 2017-18 season with 68-50 victory over the Elizabeth City State Vikings.
The Lady Knights enters the weekend needing just one victory to reach No. 700 in program history.
Maggie Mitchell (Newark, Ohio/Newark) leads the PSAC in assists per game, averaging 6.3 per contest.
Chelsea Rourke (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) recorded her first career double-double against Findlay, compiling 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Gannon is 52-19 (.733) over the last five seasons at the Hammermill Center.
Maggie Mitchell (Newark, Ohio/Newark) (13.3 ppg) and Chelsea Rourke (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) (12.3 ppg) are both averaging double figures in scoring for Gannon.

WEST CHESTER STORYLINES

West Chester opened the season with a pair of victories over Livingstone (95-64) and Glenville State (97-84).
Porscha Speller leads the Golden Rams and is fourth among conference players in scoring, averaging 23 points per game.
Mia Hopkins is second among PSAC players in rebounding, averaging 14 rebounds per contest.
West Chester's 97 points against Glenville State represents the most points among any conference team so far this season.
The Golden Ram's 96.0 scoring average ranks fourth in Division II.

CHEYNEY STORYLINES

Cheyney dropped its opening pair of games to Johnson C. Smith (83-54) and Elizabeth City State (57-52).
Yasmine Dorrielan ranks among the PSAC's top five in rebounding at 12 per game.
TaKayla Ellis owns the all-time record at Cheyney with 111 career three-pointers.
Cheyney lost an exhibition contest, 123-53, at Morgan State on Monday, Nov. 13.
The Lady Wolves have one senior and five juniors on the 2017-18 roster.

UP NEXT

After the this weekend's home games, Gannon heads on the road for a non-conference battle with defending national runner-up, Virginia Union.
The contest will be on Nov. 25 in Richmond, Virginia.
The Lady Knights and Panthers will square-off at 1 p.m.

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