{"id":2164543,"date":"2025-11-18T16:42:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T16:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2164543"},"modified":"2025-11-18T16:42:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T16:42:23","slug":"lady-royals-center-recounts-big-win-over-pitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lady-royals-center-recounts-big-win-over-pitt\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Royals\u2019 Center Recounts Big Win Over Pitt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The University of Scranton Lady Royals on Sunday recorded one of the greatest wins in the rich history of the women\u2019s basketball program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ranked No. 2 in the NCAA Division III ranks, according to the D3hoops.com preseason poll, the Lady Royals traveled to play at the University of Pittsburgh and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/athletics.scranton.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/16\/scranton-womens-basketball-knocks-off-division-i-pitt-69-63-in-road-exhibition-victory.aspx\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">beat the Panthers, 69-63<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Scranton vs. Pitt Game Highlights |  2025-26 ACC Women\u2019s Basketball\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9j9UOh-79-M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-contrast=\"none\">Elizabeth Bennett \u201927<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"none\">, a 5-foot-11 center from Staten Island, New York, was Scranton\u2019s leading scorer with 15 points and five rebounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Bennett reflected below, as told to University communications, on the rare experience of playing against a Division I ACC opponent \u2014 and the even more remarkable feat of beating that team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">One of the hallmarks of our team is that we are steady.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">If we are on a run, if the other team is on a run \u2014 and it\u2019s inevitable, basketball is a sport of runs \u2014 it doesn\u2019t matter. We just want to stay as steady as possible, no matter the circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">On Sunday, the circumstances were evident on the scoreboard. We were up 10 at halftime. We were down six after three quarters. And even though we were playing against a great opponent in an amazing arena, we just had to remind ourselves to stay steady.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The opponent, of course, was Pitt. We were back on campus this fall for two or three weeks when we got the news that we\u2019d be playing Pitt. We were all really excited but a little nervous, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">And the arena was the Petersen Events Center. Last year, we had a winter tournament at Daytona Beach, Florida, and that was the biggest arena I\u2019d ever played in. It was more of a convention center, though, so getting to play at Pitt was going to be special.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">A couple days before the game, we went over film and stats. We knew we\u2019d be at a size disadvantage. However, even going back to travel basketball, you play against bigger girls all the time and just have to remind yourself that this is something you\u2019ve done before.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">When we got on the bus Saturday morning at 7 a.m., I definitely had some nerves bouncing around. We knew it would be a great opportunity to play against good competition, no matter if we won or lost.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source news.scranton.edu \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Scranton Lady Royals on Sunday recorded one of the greatest wins in the rich history of the women\u2019s basketball program. Ranked No. 2 in the NCAA Division III ranks, according to the D3hoops.com preseason poll, the Lady Royals traveled to play at the University of Pittsburgh and beat the Panthers, 69-63. 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