Jan. 19, 2009
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UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., Jan. 19, 2009 - After posting its first ever win at Indiana on Saturday, the Nittany Lion basketball team will square off in a crucial Big Ten game with Michigan (13-5; 3-3 Big Ten) Tuesday in the Bryce Jordan Center. The game is scheduled for a 9:00 p.m. tip on the Big Ten Network. It will be "THON Score for the Four" night with all proceeds from single game student tickets being donated to THON 2009.
Penn State enters Tuesday's game with a 14-5 record (3-3 Big Ten) after a 65-55 victory at Indiana on Saturday. Senior guard Stanley Pringle led Penn State with 19 points, six assists, four rebounds and two steals in that game. Pringle was joined scoring in double-figures by Jamelle Cornley (17) and Talor Battle (12). Penn State is unbeaten on the year (10-0) when those three score in double-digits. Penn State has the only trio in the Big Ten all ranked in the Top 10 in the conference in scoring.
Battle posted a magnificent 28-point, 13-rebound outing in last season's 69-61 defeat of Michigan in the Jordan Center. The Wolverines' Manny Harris had 29 points in that game. The pair enter Tuesday ranked one and two in the Big Ten in scoring with Harris jumping Battle this week for the top spot averaging 18.8 ppg and Battle posting 18.6 ppg.
The Wolverines, who have been ranked in the Top 25 the last several weeks, are off to a 13-5 start with big victories over UCLA (55-52) and Duke (81-73). They are 3-3 in the conference, but have lost their last two (at Illinois and at home to Ohio State) and went to overtime to win at Indiana (72-66). Harris and DeShawn Sims lead the charge. Harris leads the Big Ten scoring 18.8 ppg and adds 7.6 rebounds. Sims posts 15.6 ppg and 7.9 rpg. Four Wolverines have 20 or more threes as they lead the conference making 8.9 per game. They also have a conference leading 1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Nittany Lion basketball tickets can be purchased by calling the ticket office during regular business hours at 814-865-5555 or visiting GoPSUsports.com anytime. Penn State basketball offers the most flexible ticket package ever with the 2009 FLEX pack. For just $99 fans can receive 10 vouchers that can be redeemed in any quantity, bring one friend or nine, for any men's or women's game on any date. You pick the games, the dates and the number of tickets that work for you. The Penn State Basketball FLEX Pack - now our schedule fits yours!