POSTGAME NOTES
Penn State vs Nebraska
2/19/2019
Bryce Jordan Center (State College, PA.)
Attendance: 8,049
Penn State Scoring Leader: Lamar Stevens (29)
Penn State Rebounding Leader: Lamar Stevens (8)
Penn State Assist Leader: Josh Reaves & Jamari Wheeler (5)
Miscellaneous Notes
- With the win Head Coach Patrick Chambers improves his Penn State record to 123 wins and his career wins total to 165. With the 123 wins, Chambers now has sole possession of the No. 5 spot for coaching wins as Nittany Lion head basketball coach.
- Penn State has won the last three of its five games.
- The Nittany Lions are now 3-0 this season and 8-0 overall when wearing their black and pink uniforms.
- In the last 10 games of the series between Penn State and Nebraska, the home team has won the game. Neither team has won more than two straight games.
- Penn State starting lineup: Myles Dread, Jamari Wheeler, Lamar Stevens, John Harrar, Josh Reaves (10th game with this starting lineup).
Penn State Team Notes
- The 95 points scored are the most points scored in a Big Ten regulation game in program history.
- The 95 points is the most Penn State has scored in regulation since defeating Morgan State 96-55 on Dec. 21, 2016.
- The 24-point margin of victory is the largest in a game between the two teams in their Big Ten meetings. Penn State saw their largest margin of victory this season with a 24-point differential, highest differential in both a Big Ten game (7-at Northwestern, 2/4/2019) this season and nonconference game (22-UMBC, 12/29/18) in 2018-19.
- This marked Penn State's third-straight home game with 40 plus points at the half and the 51 second-half points are the most since 50 vs. Campbell in the Nittany Lions' 2017-18 season opener (11/10/2017).
- The Nittany Lions saw their highest field goal percentage in a Big Ten game this year shooting at 55.6 percent.
Nittany Lions Individual Notes
- Senior guard Josh Reaves reached the 1,000 career-points mark with 10 points, hitting a 3-pointer at the 2:46 mark of the second half.
- Lamar Stevens and Rasir Bolton teamed up for the second time this season with 20 points each in the game with Stevens at 29 and Bolton at 21. The first was against Jacksonville State on Nov. 21, 2018 as each had 25 points. Stevens has been involved with nine 20-point tandems in his career.
- With six rebounds Mike Watkins moves to 13th on Penn State's all-time rebounds list (685) surpassing Andrew Jones (681; 2007-11).
- Lamar Stevens's notched his 79th career game with at least 10 points, and 29th career game with 20 or more points with a game-best and his individual season-best 29 points.
- Stevens moved to 19th on the career-rebounds chart with eight rebounds for a career total of 622 surpassing both James Barnes (617; 1987-91) and Bill Stansfield (617; 1972-75).
- Rasir Bolton set a Big Ten career best with 21 points and tied his Big Ten high for three-pointers with three.
- With three 3-point field goals in the game, Myles Dread passes Shep Garner for third-most three-pointers by a freshman in a season (60).