By Jeff Sattora, GoPSUsports.com Student Staff Writer
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Matchups and mismatches can be powerful things in the world of sports.  When you are on the right side of them it may seem like nothing can go wrong, on the wrong side however, and your day may never end. 

The Penn State Lady Lions seemed to be on the right side of every matchup and mismatch Thursday as the team cruised to a 76-44 win over the Indiana Hoosiers at the Bryce Jordan Center.

Maggie Lucas led the way for the home team once again with 24 points, including 17 in the first half for the Lady Lions.

As strong as Lucas played, the big story of the night was the inside presence of Nikki Greene.  The team seemed to go to her all night long, and she really helped put the Hoosiers away with 17 points on 7-12 shooting.

"I'm really confident in our posts in general," said head coach Coquese Washington.  "I think Nikki set the tone right away by going up and being athletic and getting those rebounds and getting the and-ones and getting the put-backs."

Greene really seemed to be taking advantage of her mismatch down low as the game went on. 

She talked about seeing the mismatch in the paint, which allowed for those 17 points to happen. 

"We were talking about it right before the game and having opportunities on the block," Greene said postgame.  "I tried to take advantage of that as much as possible and if there was a double team, I kicked it out."

Washington also talked about how the team was able to see the mismatches in the post and take advantage of them. 

"I thought we did a good job of taking advantage of our mismatches," she said.   "We thought we'd be able to get the ball inside and I was really pleased with the way Nikki (Greene) played with power. Talia (East) and Tori (Waldner), both of those guys came off the bench and really got after it on the boards."

"We kind of took advantage of the fact that our size inside was an advantage and we worked that very well," Washington added. 

With Greene and the posts playing as well as they did and Lucas shooting strong as usual Penn State had a lot of great things going for them.  With that said something besides both of those might have been the most impressive thing Penn State did all night. 

Penn State's bench played great all game long and combined for 29 points, compared to just 14 for Indiana. 

"We've been talking to them (the bench) a lot about how we need everybody and they have to come into the game and make an impact. I thought they really did that," said Washington.

The coach also added how pleased she was with how versatile the bench was all game long, giving the team different things when it needed it.

"I thought Talia came off the bench from the very beginning of the game and made her presence felt. I thought Gizelle (Studevent) came in and made her presence felt. She got some rebounds, hit a couple baskets," Washington said.  "Ariel (Edwards) always does some good things for us. She was even running point at the end of the game. She's just so versatile."

With the starters in Lucas and Greene playing as well as they did to go along with an extremely versatile bench this Lady Lions team is going to be tough to stop.