March 19, 2018
Take a look at your Nittany Lions and some of the impressive numbers they have posted during the 2017-18 campaign.
2.29
Steals per game by Josh Reaves in 2017-18, a total that leads the Big Ten and ranks 13th nationally. The junior guard has 71 on the season, good for ninth on the Nittany Lions' single-season list.
6
Number of NCAA Division I teams in 2017-18, including Penn State, that have not lost a game by more than 12 points. The Nittany Lions' company in this category includes Duke, Lamar, Purdue, UNC Greensboro and Villanova.
26
The Nittany Lions have scored 70 points or more in 26 games in 2017-18, the most in any season. The previous high was 24 games by the 1999-2000 team.
38.1
Penn State's 38.1 3-point field goal percentage for the 2017-18 season ranks as the fourth-best in program history and the highest percentage since the 1988-89 team shot 38.7 percent from beyond the arc.
69
Sophomore forward Lamar Stevens has been a mainstay in the Penn State lineup and has started all 69 games in the last two seasons, the longest streak by any current Nittany Lion on the roster.
88
The total number of wins over the last five years (2013-2018), most of any five-year span since Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1992-93. As a fourth-year senior, Shep Garner has been a part of 72 wins in his career, tied for tops with the seniors who played from 1997-2001 and 2007-2011.
100
The men's basketball team was one of nine Penn State squads to earn a Graduation Success Rate of 100 percent. Men's Basketball led the Big Ten in this academic statistic with a perfect 100 percent GSR score for the fifth consecutive year and a graduation figure 22 points higher than the Division I average (100 to 78 percent).
107
With his four 3-pointers in the NIT second-round game at Notre Dame, senior Shep Garner has connected on 107 during 2017-18 which ties him with Steve Alford of Indiana for 10th on the Big Ten single-season list (1986-87). Joe Crispin (2001) currently owns the Penn State single-season record with 108.
138
Graduate student Julian Moore now owns the Penn State record for most games played in a career with 138. He ranks 21st among all active NCAA Division I players.
185
The number of blocked shots recorded to date in 2017-18, a Penn State single-season record. The Nittany Lions broke the record of 182 set in 2016-17.
664
Guard Tony Carr moved past Talor Battle (635, 2009) for the sophomore scoring record with 664 points. He has 1,100 points in his two years, the only Penn State men's basketball sophomore to achieve the 1,000-point milestone.
2,673
Penn State's team scoring record for a single season, breaking the old mark of 2,572 by the 2000 Nittany Lion team. The 2017-18 edition of the Nittany Lions is averaging 74.2 points per game, the highest since the 2000-01 Penn State squad averaged 76.8.
Penn State advanced to the quarterfinals of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) with a 73-63 win over No. 1 seed Notre Dame. The Nittany Lions play next on Tuesday, March 20 vs. No. 2 seed Marquette at the Al McGuire Center. Tipoff is 7 p.m. on ESPN.
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