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March 4, 2015
- Full Preview
- Senior Night Feature
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The men's basketball game between Penn State and No. 23 Ohio State will tip at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Bryce Jordan Center. The university is closed Wednesday because of inclement weather and fans are encouraged to exercise caution in traveling to the arena.
All Penn State students with an ID will be admitted to the game free of charge and directed towards specific sections open for general admission seating. Student season ticket holders will be able to enter the building beginning at 4:45 p.m. through Gate A. All additional students presenting ID will be granted entry beginning at 5 p.m. through Gates A or D.
The CATA bus loop will run throughout the day with a dropoff location located adjacent to Gate D.
Non-student season ticket holders who are unable to attend the game are able to list their tickets on the Ticket Exchange through their season ticket holder account manager.
PROMO PLANS
Giveaway: D.J. Newbill bobbleheads will be available to all fans while supplies last
Dollar Dog Night: Dietz & Watson hot dogs will be available for $1 while supplies last
QUICK HITS
SENIOR NIGHT | Four Nittany Lion players - Kevin Montminy, D.J. Newbill, Ross Travis and Alan Wisniewski - and five team managers will be honored prior to tipoff Wednesday. The managers are: Derek Null, Sam Rose, Mike Scheier, Chris Conti and Andrew Santo. The group will be honored at the 15:00 mark of the pregame countdown, around 5:40 p.m. Fans are encouraged to be seated by 5:30 p.m.
MR. NEWBILL | D.J. Newbill has led the Big Ten in scoring since the season tipped off, averaging 20.4 ppg to lead all NCAA players from power 5 conferences. He is fourth in Penn State career scoring, after three seasons, and is poised to become third player all-time to produce back-to-back 600-plus point campaigns. He is just the second PSU player with three-consecutive 500-plus point seasons. [MORE: 17-18]
OHIO STATE | The Buckeyes are coming off a 65-61 comeback win over Purdue Sunday. They are 21-8 on the season, 10-6 in the Big Ten and ranked No. 23 in the AP Poll released Monday.
SCORING DEFENSE | In 11 of 16 Big Ten games, Penn State has held its opponent below their season scoring average, including nine of the last 11.
KING OF BOARDS | Ross Travis is the third-ranked rebounder in Penn State history with 784. He is in the Top 35 among active NCAA Division I players and No. 3 among current Big Ten players.
SO CLOSE | Eleven of Penn State's Big Ten games have been decided by single digits, tied for the second-most among Big Ten schools, most recently with a four-point loss to Iowa Feb. 28. The 10 single-digit losses in conference play have been separated by an average of 5.2 points.
ALL CLASS | D.J. Newbill was named one of 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, an accolade presented annually to the senior student-athlete with high accomplishments in all four areas of classroom, community, character and competition. VOTE: bit.ly/Vote4Newbill
UP NEXT | Penn State will close out the regular season on the road at Minnesota, tipping at 1 p.m. ET Sunday on BTN.