Head Coach Mike Drahos and the Pitt-Johnstown women's basketball team will make their 2023-24 home debuts as part of a doubleheader with the 14^th-ranked Pitt-Johnstown wrestling team, Wednesday evening in the Sports Center.  The wrestlers will take on East Stroudsburg at 5:30 p.m., prior to the women's basketball non-conference game against Malone at 7:30 p.m.
 
Pitt-Johnstown kicked off the year with a pair of wins at Frostburg State (MD) Jim Crawley Conference Challenge over the weekend.  On Friday, Peyton Alazaus scored a game-high 22 points, while Cassidy Crawford and Hayden Taylor added 14 points apiece to help Pitt-Johnstown to an 81-60 win over Salem (WV).  On Saturday, Taylor's late basket lifted Pitt-Johnstown to a 62-60 victory over Frostburg State.  Crawford scored a career-high 22 points, Taylor netted 14 points, and Alazaus tallied 13 points.
 
Malone, under sixth-year Head Coach Selana Reale, enters the game a 1-1 after opening the season by splitting a pair of home games last weekend.  The Pioneers dealt the University of Indianapolis at 74-61 loss behind Aila Miller's game-high 20 and six rebounds on Friday.  Malone then suffered a 73-62 loss to Wayne State (MI) on Saturday.  Brooklyn Troyer had 15 points and Kyli Horn scored 13 points.
 
Pitt-Johnstown and Malone met last season for the first time on Nov. 19 and the Pioneers came away with a 96-56 victory in Canton, OH.  Ashley Norling scored 15 points, and Olivia Fasick and Crawford added 10 points apiece for the Mountain Cats.  Malone was led by Alexis Hutchinson's game-high of 21 points and 11 rebounds, and 19 points each from Emma Kallas and Troyer.
 
Pitt-Johnstown travels to Saginaw Valley State (MI) for a non-conference game on Monday, before hosting a non-conference game against 2022 NCAA National Champion and 2023 Final Four participant Glenville State (WV) on Nov. 27 at 6 p.m. in the Sports Center.