UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State men's basketball team (20-6, 10-5) faces Indiana (17-9, 7-8) for the second time this season in a noon ET game on Sunday, Feb. 23. FS1 will broadcast the contest from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall with Brandon Gaudin and Donny Marshall on the call.
The Nittany Lions have only three wins in Bloomington all-time, one under coach Patrick Chambers, a 66-65 victory over the Hoosiers, in February 2014.
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INDIANA
Coach: Archie Miller (NC State, 2002)
Record at Indiana: 52-40 (Third season)
Career Record: 191-103, (Ninth season)
2019-20 Record: 17-9, 5-4 Big Ten
Top Scorer
#4 Trayce Jackson-Davis, Fr., F – 14.1 ppg
Top Rebounder
#4 Trayce Jackson-Davis, Fr., F – 8.0 rpg
Top Assists Leader
#10 Rob Phinisee, Jr., G – 3.3 apg
PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS
Coach: Patrick Chambers (Philadelphia, 1994)
Penn State Record: 147-146 (Ninth season)
Career Record: 189-174 (11th season)
2019-20 Record: 20-5, 10-4 Big Ten
Top Scorer
#11 Lamar Stevens, Sr., F – 17.5 ppg
Top Rebounder
#24 Mike Watkins, Sr., F –7.9 rpg
Top Assists Leaders
#5 Jamari Wheeler, Jr., G – 3.3 apg
#0 Myreon Jones, So., G – 3.0 apg
STARTING 5
Senior forward Lamar Stevens, with 2,116 career points, is approaching the No. 2 spot on Penn State's all-time scoring list, currently held by 1954 All-American Jesse Arnelle (2,138 points).
Penn State is the only team in the Big Ten to play nine games in February this year (29 days). The nine games in February are the most for the Nittany Lions since the 1989-90 season when they played 10 and posted an 8-2 record.
Coach Patrick Chambers was named to the Werner Ladder Naismith Coach of the Year Late 2020 Season Watch List. Chambers has guided Penn State to a 20-6 record this year and the Nittany Lions reached the 20-win mark by Feb. 15, the earliest, by date, the Penn State has won 20 games.
The Nittany Lions earned their 10th Big Ten Conference victory last Saturday, the second-highest Big Ten win total in program history.
Penn State moved to No. 9 in Monday's Associated Press poll, tying the 1995-96 and 1953-54 teams for the highest ranking in program history.
SERIES VS. INDIANA
The last four games played between Penn State and Indiana at Bloomington have been decided by an average of 4.0 points (4, 8-3ot, 3 & 1).
Coach Patrick Chambers has guided the Nittany Lions to one of their three all-time wins at Assembly Hall, a 66-65 victory on Feb. 12, 2014.
Series streak: Penn State, W1
Overall series: Indiana leads 39-12
At Bloomington: Indiana leads 20-3 (PC 1-5)
Last game: at BJC, University Park
Penn State 64, Indiana 49, 1/29/2020
Chambers vs. Indiana: 4-11 (PS: 3-11, BU: 1-0)
FIVE MORE IN FEBRUARY
In 2018-19, Penn State recorded five wins in the month of February for the first time since the 1997-98 season. The last time the Nittany Lions had three-straight seasons with at least four wins in February was prior to PSU joining the Big Ten in 1991-92 (independent) and 1989-90 and 1990-91 (Atlantic 10).
Penn State has back-to-back five-win Februaries for the first time in its Big Ten era (1992-present).
SINGLE-SEASON B1G WINS
The 1995-96 edition of the Nittany Lions owns the record for most B1G wins in a single season with 12. Coach Patrick Chambers has two of the top three and four of the top seven Big Ten win totals, including 10 B1G victories in the 2019-20 season.
Rank -- Wins (Season, Coach)
1.-- 12 (1995-96, Jerry Dunn)
2.-- 10 (2019-20, Patrick Chambers; 2008-09, Ed DeChellis)
3. -- 9 (2017-18, Patrick Chambers, 2010,
Ed DeChellis, 1994-95, Bruce Parkhill)
7.-- 7 (2018-19, 2015-16, Patrick Chambers, 2000-01, Jerry Dunn)
BY THE NUMBERS
3 -- The 2019-20 Nittany Lions are one of only three teams in program history with at least 10 Big Ten Conference wins (10: 2019-20, 2008-09; 12: 1995-96).
6 -- Penn State has six wins over teams ranked in the NCAA NET top 50 (as of Feb. 20).
17 -- Seventeen of the Nittany Lions' 26 opponents this year have been held to 70 points or less.
23 -- Senior forward Lamar Stevens, currently with career 2,116 points, needs 23 to move past Jesse Arnelle (1951-55) for the No. 2 spot on Penn State's all-time scoring list.
42 -- Junior guard Jamari Wheeler leads the Big Ten with 42 steals (1.6 pg) and has an assist-to-turnover ratio
of 2.5:1 over the last four games.
60 -- Wins over the last three seasons (2017-18 through present) under coach Patrick Chambers, the highest total in any three-span since Penn State joined the Big Ten (1992).
133 -- Penn State's team blocked shots total ranks seventh on PSU's single-season list. Seven of the top 10 team season totals have been registered since 2011-12.
LAST TIME OUT: PENN STATE FALLS TO ILLINOIS IN ALL-ACCESS ROCK FIGHT
Penn State fell 62-56 to Illinois Tuesday, Feb. 18 in the Bryce Jordan Center. Lamar Stevens and Izaiah Brockington finished in double figures, scoring 13 and 10 points, respectively. Stevens had a game-best nine rebounds.
Illinois guard Ayo Dosunmu, who returned from an injury, led all scorers with 24 points, going 9-15 from the field.
Leading by four, 30-26, at halftime, Illinois extended its lead to six out of the break and up to eight at the 14:39 mark. The Nittany Lions erased the deficit with a 9-0 run, capped by an Izaiah Brockington jumper that gave the Nittany Lions a 41-40 lead with 10:57 to play.
The Illinois offense responded and snatched the lead back, making six of seven field goals and using the 12-4 run for a 54-45 score with 6:07 left in the game.
Penn State battled back with three different Nittany Lions scoring baskets and free throws from Stevens and Seth Lundy to pull within two, 58-56, with 71 seconds remaining.
On the following possession, the Nittany Lion defense forced a jump ball, but the alternating possession stayed with Illinois. Dosunmu drove the lane for the score to give the Illini a four-point lead at 60-56 and Illinois held on for the win.
The first half included all seven of the game's ties as the Nittany Lions and Illini traded the lead. Lundy had a dunk for a 24-22 lead, but Dosunmu made back-to-back baskets for a 26-24 Illini lead.
Mike Watkins knotted the game at 26 with 2:52 to play in the first half, but Illinois connected on two free throws and Giorgi Bezhanishvili added a layup with 28 seconds for the halftime score.
