March 25, 2014
By Tyler Feldman, GoPSUsports.com Student Staff Writer
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Playing team from the Southeastern Conference in the NCAA Tournament is familiar territory for No. 3 seed Penn State (23-7). The Lady Lions have faced an SEC team in the second round of the postseason tournament in each of the past three seasons.
The last two years the Lady Lions faced a stiff road test against LSU in Baton Rouge, La. However, this time around, the Blue and White are the home team and take on No. 11 seed Florida (20-12) at the Bryce Jordan Center tonight at 7 p.m.
Play within the SEC typically revolves around physicality. And, although Penn State head coach Coquese Washington made note of just that yesterday afternoon, she knows that each team within the conference has its own identity.
"I wouldn't say every team [in the SEC] is the same, but I think there is one commonality, and that is the physical play and the defensive intensity," said Washington. "We know that Florida is going to be an aggressive, physical defensive team, and we'll be ready for that and we know that is what the game is going to be like."
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