Nov. 30, 2012
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UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., NOV. 30, 2012 - Penn State (3-3) will look to rebound from an ACC/Big Ten Challenge loss to Boston College, 73-61, on Wednesday when longtime rival Penn (2-5) comes to town Saturday for a 2:00 p.m. tip at the Bryce Jordan Center. The game can be seen on the ESPN3 on-line platform and heard live on the Penn State Sports Network with Steve Jones and Dick Jerardi calling the action.
It will be a Subway Full Court 4-Pack game with fans able to receive four tickets and vouchers for four six-inch Subway subs and four drinks for just $40. Fans will also receive a special holiday treat with the Penn State Shelf Elf giveaway at the gates while supplies last. It is also an AT&T Social Media day with fans able to print a buy-one-get-one-free voucher from the Penn State Basketball facebook page.
Penn State and Penn will be meeting for the 48th time in a series that dates to 1901. Penn leads the series 30-17, but Penn State has the last two meetings and six of the last seven, posting a 70-55 victory over the Quakers in the BJC in the last meeting in 2009.
Jermaine Marshall (25) and D.J. Newbill (22) both posted 20-point outings in the Lions' loss to B.C. on Wednesday. Ross Travis added a career high 13 rebounds and now ranks third in the Big Ten posting 7.8 rpg.
The head coaches from both teams share close ties as Patrick Chambers and Penn coach Jerome Allen played on the same Philadelphia high school team at Episcopal Academy under coach Dan Dougherty. Chambers also had two brothers, Tim and Paul, who were star athletes for the Quakers.
Penn brings a 2-5 record into Saturday after snapping a five-game losing streak with a 65-54 victory over Binghamton on Wednesday. They are led by 6-8 junior forward Fran Dougherty who is posting 18.6 ppg and 9.7 rpg.
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For all the latest information, notes, pictures and related links on Penn State basketball follow Associate Athletic Communications Director Brian Siegrist (@PSUSTRETCH) and the official Penn State men's basketball handle (@PennStateMBB) on Twitter and check GoPSUsports.com. The Nittany Lions are also on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pennstatebasketball.
PENN STATE (3-3; 0-0 Big Ten) vs. PENN (2-5; 0-0 IVY)
SATURDAY, DEC. 1, 2012 @ 2:00 P.M. (ET)
BRYCE JORDAN CENTER (15,261)
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.
GAME INFO
TELEVISION: ESPN3: Dave Leno (p-by-p) & Nate Ross (analyst)
RADIO: Penn State Sports Network: Local (1450 AM); Steve Jones (p-by-p) & Dick Jerardi (analyst)
Sirius/XM: 134 & 198
LIVE STATS:
COACHES:
PENN STATE: Patrick Chambers - 15-23 (2nd at PSU); 57-51 (4th Overall)
PENN: Jerome Allen - 41-48 (3rd at Penn); Same overall
NEXT UP:
PSU will play the second of back-to-back games vs. Philadelphia schools when it travels to the Palestra to face La Salle on Wednesday. La Salle owns a 2-1 lead in the series, including a victory in the 1954 NCAA Final Four. Penn State won the last meeting 59-58 at the AMI Classic in Miami in 1986. This will be the first meeting in 26 years.
THE GAME:
Penn State and Penn will meet for the 48th time on Saturday with Penn holding a 30-17 lead in the series. Penn State has won the last two meetings and six of the last seven. The Lions posted a 70-55 victory in the BJC in 2009 in the last meeting. Penn State is 37-47 vs. Ivy League teams and 65-109 vs. Philadelphia's Big 5. Penn State has not lost back-to-back games on the season and will look to follow up Wednesday's 73-61 loss to B.C. with a victory.
PHILLY COACHING TIES:
Penn State head coach Patrick Chambers and associate head coach Eugene Burroughs both played with Penn head coach Jerome Allen at Philadelphia's Episcopal Academy under legendary Philadelphia coach Dan Dougherty. Allen was a sophomore sixth man on the team with seniors Chambers and Burroughs in the starting backcourt. Episcopal also competed against Penn State assistant coach Brian Daly and his Monsignor Bonner (Philadelphia) team.
PENN TIES:
Two of coach Patrick Chambers eight brothers were standouts athletically for the University of Pennsylvania. Patrick is the youngest of 12 children. The second youngest and closest to him in age, Paul, was a three-year starting starting point guard on Penn teams from 1989-92 and graduated fifth on the Quakers career assists chart with 396. He played one season alongside current Penn head coach Jerome Allen. Another older brother, Tim, was the 1984 Ivy League Player of the Year as a defensive back on a Penn football team that won three-consecutive Ivy League titles.
NOTES TO KNOW:
• Ross Travis led Penn State in rebounding for the fourth time on the year with a career high 13 vs. B.C. He leads the team and ranks third in the Big Ten posting 7.7 rpg and leads the Big Ten with 3.3 offensive rebounds per game.
• Jermaine Marshall scored 25 points, the second highest total of his career, to lead Penn State vs. B.C. He led the Lions in scoring for the second straight game and fifth time on his career and posted his 25th career double-digit scoring game and fifth career 20-point game.
• Marshall ranks 3rd in the Big Ten posting 2.2 steals per game.
• D.J. Newbill posted his second 20-point game of the season with a career high 22 vs. B.C., going 8-of-11 at the foul line. He has scored in double-digits in 5-of-6 games on the year. Newbill is averaging six free throws attempts per game on the year and leads Penn State ranking eighth in the Big Ten posting 15.0 ppg.
• Newbill, a natural off-guard, has taken over point guard duties in the absence of Tim Frazier, playing the bulk of time at the position the last three games. He stands third in the Big Ten playing 35.7 minutes per game.
• Freshman Brandon Taylor entered the starting line-up for the first time in the win vs. Bucknell and hit 4-of-8 from three for a career high 16 points. Taylor leads PSU shooting 37.5% (6-16) from three and 51.9% from the floor.
• Penn State has garnered 13 or more offensive rebounds in 5 of 6 games this year and rank fourth in the Big Ten in offensive rebounding with 13.5 per game. Ross Travis leads the Big Ten posting 3.3 offensive boards per game.
• Penn State is posting 33.7 ppg and shoting 39.0% in the second half vs. 23.7 ppg and 31.6% in the first half of games. The Lions have 50 turnovers in the first half vs. just 29 in the second. D.J. Newbill, running the point, accounts for the biggest difference with just six second half turnovers vs. 19 in the first half.
• Penn State has outscored just one opponent at the three-point arc and is being outscored 123-90 at the arc on the year.
I CAN RELATE:
Penn State coach Patrick Chambers can relate to star guard Tim Frazier's recent injury, in fact Frazier is using the exact same motorized scooter Chambers used this summer after he underwent arthroplastic surgery to repair the knee joint on his left leg and was limited to riding the scooter and non-weight bearing crutches for six weeks and the use of crutches for two months. Chambers has said the insertion of a wedge and six screws to re-align his knee joint was one of the toughest things he's had to deal with and will use the recent experience to help guide Frazier through his rehabilitation.
NEWBILL ON POINT:
D.J. Newbill, a natural off-guard, has taken over point guard duties since the injury to Tim Frazier in the fourth game of the season. He is logging big minutes at the position playing 35.7 per game (3rd in the Big Ten). Working through growing pains at the position, he has posted three-straight double-digit scoring games (including two 20-point outings) since taking over and is averaging 17.3 ppg and 5.0 apg since moving to the point. The bulk of his turnovers have come in the first half as he adjusts to running the offense. He had six in the first half vs. B.C. and none in the second. On the year he has 19 first half turnovers and just six second half.
SECOND HALF TEAM:
Penn State is not only shooting and scoring better in the second halves of games, but taking care of the ball considerably better. The Lions are posting 33.7 ppg and shooting 39% in the second half vs. 23.7 ppg and 31.6% shooting in the first, but bigger still is a 50-29 turnover ratio between the first and second half. The biggest second half scoring difference comes from Jermaine Marshall who is posting 9.0 of his 13.8 ppg in the second half while shooting 43.6% as opposed to 29% in the first half.
FRAZIER REMAINS ACTIVE:
Since his season-ending Achilles injury, Tim Frazier has remained a vocal and active presence on the team attending every practice and shouting instructions and pulling teammates aside during breaks in the action at practice and sitting near the bench in games and encouraging his teammates. He has been particularly active in helping to guide D.J. Newbill in his transition to the point guard position and coach Patrick Chambers has referred to him as an assistant coach now.
LAST TIME OUT: BOSTON COLLEGE 73, PENN STATE 61, Nov. 28, 2012 • Bryce Jordan Center
Trailing 59-39 with 5:22 to play, the Lions reeled off 14 straight points in just over a minute and strung together an 18-1 run that sliced the lead to 60-57 with 3:08 to play, but would get no closer falling to Boston College, 73-61. Jermaine Marshall led PSU with 25 points, including 21 in the second half and 11 in the 18-1 run, and D.J. Newbill added 22 points playing 36 minutes at point guard, but the Lions couldn't overcome 10 first half turnovers and a 27-17 B.C. scoring advantage at the foul line. Freshman Brandon Taylor was saddled with foul trouble all night and posted just three points after a 16-point outing the game before. The Lions trailed 31-24 at the half and suffered through a 10+-minute drought without a field goal as B.C. used a 23-8 run to build a 20-point lead. The Lions shot 35 percent from the floor and 6-of-20 from three while B.C. hit 42 percent and 8-of-18 from the arc led by 22 points from Olivier Hanlan who went 15-of-19 at the foul line.
For all the latest information, notes, pictures and related links on Penn State basketball follow Associate Athletic Communications Director Brian Siegrist on Twitter (@PSUSTRETCH) and check GoPSUsports.com. The Nittany Lions are also on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pennstatebasketball.
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