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February 24, 2018
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State travels to Nebraska for its final regular-season game of the 2017-18 season on Sunday, February 25. Tipoff is at 5:15 p.m. ET at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
GAMEDAY
Penn State (19-11, 9-8 Big Ten) at Nebraska (21-9, 12-5 Big Ten)
Sunday, February 25
5:15 p.m. ET
Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,000)
WATCH: BTN and BTN2Go
Kevin Kugler (pxp) and Shon Morris (analyst)
LISTEN: Penn State Sports Network, Steve Jones (pxp) and Dick Jerardi (analyst)
2017-18 Affiliates and free online at GoPSUsports.com/lionvision
LIVE STATS: Live Stats
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NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS
RECORD: 21-9, 12-5 Big Ten
Coach: Tim Miles (6th year at Nebraska)
2017-18 Leading Scorer
#24 James Palmer Jr, Jr., G - 14.5 ppg
2017-18 Leading Rebounder:
14 Isaac Copeland, Jr., F - 6.1
#15 Isaiah Roby, Jr., F - 6.1 rpg
2017-18 Assists Leader:
#3 Glynn Watson, Jr., G - 3.3 apg
PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS
RECORD: 19-11, 9-8 Big Ten
Coach: Patrick Chambers (Seventh year at Penn State)
2017-18 Leading Scorer:
#10 Tony Carr, So., G - 19.6 ppg
2017-18 Leading Active Rebounder:
#11 Lamar Stevens, So. F - 6.2 rpg
2017-18 Assists Leader:
#10 Tony Carr, So., G - 4.9 apg
NITTANY LION LAST GAME STARTERS
# / Name / Pos. / ELG. / Pts / REB / STAT / NOTES
11 / Lamar Stevens / F / So. / 15.3 / 6.2 / 2nd ppg/rpg/mpg | Dbl-figure scoring in all but 5 gms 17-18, 19 vs UM
44 / Julian Moore / F / Gr-Sr. / 1.7 / 1.6 / 132 career games played | 18 straight gms played; 5-7 FG, 6 pts last 2 gms
23 / Josh Reaves / G / Jr. / 10.6 / 4.8 / B1G stls leader | 54.5 FG%; 5.1 rpg, 2.67 apg, 2.0 spg last 9 gms
10 / Tony Carr / G / So. / 19.6 / 4.6 / #2 B1G ppg | Dbl-figure pts last 9 gms, 5.2 apg last 6; 985 car pts
33 / Shep Garner / G / Sr. / 10.3 / 2.0 / #10 PS all-time scoring w/1,492pts; 303 car 3FG
OPENING TIP
Penn State's 19 overall wins and nine Big Ten Conference wins are the most under coach
Patrick Chambers in his seven-year tenure.
By date, the 2017-18 team won its 19th game earlier (2/15) than any other Nittany Lion team in the Big Ten era.
SERIES RECORD VS. NEBRASKA
The home team has won the last eight regular-season meetings between Nebraska and Penn State with the Huskers holding a 6-1 lead in meetings at Lincoln.
Since Nebraska joined the Big Ten in the 2011-2012 season, the Nittany Lions and Huskers have played 13 times with Penn State holding a 7-6 advantage in those games. Nebraska and Northwestern (2x) are the only Big Ten opponents to have back-to-back overtime games in their series with the Nittany Lions.
Streak: Penn State, W2
Overall series: Penn State leads 9-7
at Lincoln: Nebraska leads 6-1
Big Ten games: Penn State leads 7-6
QUICK HITS
- Penn State has a No. 28 ranking in the most recent kenpom.com rankings (2/24) with an adjusted defense ranking of 17th.
- The Nittany Lions received six Associated Press votes in the February 19 poll, the first time they had received votes since December 29, 2014, and the most votes received since a total of 14 on January 31, 2011.
- With the win at Illinois, Penn State matched its program high three conference road wins (at Iowa, at Ohio State and at Illinois) since joining the Big Ten in 1992-93.
- Guard Tony Carr is approaching the 1,000-point milestone (985, 61 games, 16.1 ppg, 2016-17 & 2017-18) and would become first Penn State men's basketball sophomore to reach that mark.
Nittany Lion guard Talor Battle scored 952 points in his first two seasons. (13.8 ppg, 69 games, 2007-08 & 2008-09).