Page's Unconventional Path to Penn State

By ANNA PITINGOLO, GoPSUsports.com Student Staff Writer

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Like many college basketball players, Teniya Page was introduced to the sport at a young age. She picked up a basketball when she was in kindergarten, and immediately began working on her skills.

"I started off with a lot of drills around kindergarten," Page said. "I wasn't allowed to play organized basketball until about fourth and fifth grade because my dad thought starting when I was five or six years old would take the fun away immediately."

But unlike other college players, her inspiration to start playing didn't come from watching any of the greats play; it came from watching "Love and Basketball".

"[Teniya]…