UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State men's basketball team (21-9, 11-8) travels to the Chicagoland area for its Saturday, March 7 game at Northwestern (7-22, 2-17). Tipoff is set for 4 p.m. ET and the Big Ten Network will carry the broadcast of the game.
The Nittany Lions have won the last three-straight games vs. the Wildcats and the only meeting last season, at Welsh-Ryan Arena, on Feb. 4, 2019.
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NORTHWESTERN
Coach: Chris Collins (Duke, 1996)
at Northwestern: 108-118 (Seventh season)
Career Record: 108-118 (Seventh season)
2019-20 Record: 7-22, 2-17 Big Ten
Top Scorer
#10 Miller Kopp, So., F – 13.0 ppg
Top Rebounder
#22 Pete Nance, So., F – 6.1 rpg
Top Assists Leader
#12 Pat Spencer, Gr., G – 3.9 apg
PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS
Coach: Patrick Chambers (Philadelphia, 1994)
Penn State Record: 148-149 (Ninth season)
Career Record: 190-177 (11th season)
2019-20 Record: 21-9, 11-8 Big Ten
Top Scorer
#11 Lamar Stevens, Sr., F – 17.6 ppg
Top Rebounder
#24 Mike Watkins, Sr., F – 7.6 rpg
Top Assists Leaders
#5 Jamari Wheeler, Jr., G – 3.2 apg
#0 Myreon Jones, So., G – 3.0 apg
STARTING 5
Senior forward Lamar Stevens has amassed 2,189 career points in his four-year career at Penn State and needs 25 more to become the Nittany Lions' all-time leading scorer. Talor Battle (2007-11) holds the record at 2,213.
The Atlanta Tipoff Club named coach Patrick Chambers one of 10 semifinalists for the Werner Ladder Naismith Coach of the Year Award Friday. Chambers is one of only two coaches in Penn State's Big Ten era to record two 20-win seasons.
To date, Penn State's 2019-20 senior class has won 76 games over the last four seasons, collecting the most wins in any four-year span in Penn State's Big Ten era.The 33 Big Ten wins from 2016-2020 also rank as the most in any four-year span in that time period.
The Nittany Lions have won a program-best four Big Ten road games this year and posted 14 wins at home, its third-highest total in program history.
Penn State's 147 3-pointers in Big Ten play in 2019-20 eclipsed the previous record of 132 set in 2000-01.
SERIES VS. NORTHWESTERN
Penn State has won three straight games vs. Northwestern and four of the last five meetings dating back to January 5, 2018.
Under coach Patrick Chambers, the Nittany Lions have held Northwestern to 70 points or less in 12 of the last 14 games.
Series streak: Penn State, W3
Overall series: Penn State leads 33-19
At Evanston, Ill.: Penn State leads 14-11
Last game: at BJC, University Park, Pa.
Penn State 77, Northwestern 61, 2/4/2020
Chambers vs. Northwestern: 7-7 (A: 4-3)
20 WINS, 10 B1G WINS
With 21 overall wins, Penn State ties the third-highest win total in its Big Ten era, and has its second-highest total in Big Ten wins with 11. The combination of at least 20 overall wins and at least 10 Big Ten Conference wins was achieved this season for only the third time since Penn State's first season in the Big Ten (1992-93).
Season -- B1G Record -- Overall Record
1995-96 -- 12-6 -- 21-7
2019-20 -- 11-8 -- 21-9
2008-09 -- 10-8 -- 27-11
TREY-MENDOUS
With 10 treys Tuesday night, the Nittany Lions have had 13 games with nine or more 3-point field goals, tying the 2015-16 season for the second-highest number of games. The 2017-18 season had 14 games with nine or more 3-pointers.
Since 2011-12, Penn State has had 82 games with nine or more 3-point field goals. The top nine single-game totals in the Chambers era have occurred since 2016-17 with the 14 against Purdue Feb. 11 tying the top mark with 14 in 2017-18. PSU's single-game record is 15.
Penn State's 137 treys in Big Ten games is a program record.
STEVENS SEASON SCORING SUCCESS
With 514 points so far this season, senior forward Lamar Stevens joins Talor Battle and D.J. Newbill as the only Nittany Lions to score 500 or more points in three seasons.
Lamar Stevens Scoring by Season
2017-18 -- 604 points
2018-19 -- 637 points
2019-20 -- 529 points
BY THE NUMBERS
3 -- The 2019-20 Nittany Lions, with 21 overall wins and 11 B1G victories, are one of only three teams in program history with at least 20 overall wins and 10 B1G wins.
25 -- Senior forward Lamar Stevens needs 25 points to become Penn State's all-time leading scorer. The top spot is held by Talor Battle (2,213; 2007-11).
41 -- Penn State's 9,190 average home attendance in 2019-20 ranks 41st natonally. The top three attendance totals in the Chambers' era occurred this season, including its first sellout since 2011.
56 -- Coach Patrick Chambers' 56 Big Ten wins from 2011-present are the most by a Nittany Lion basketball coach.
76 -- The 2019-20 seniors comprise the winningest class in Penn State's Big Ten era with 76 wins in the last four years.
134 -- Senior forward Lamar Stevens, with 134 consecutive starts, owns and continues to add to the Penn State record for career starts.
1363 -- Penn State tied is Big Ten season-best total 1,363 points Tuesday. Five of the last six seasons have produced an entry on
the Nittany Lions' top-10 list.
LAST TIME OUT: SHARP-SHOOTING SPARTANS SPOIL FINAL HOME GAME
No. 16 Michigan State shot 67.9 percent in the second half and escaped the Bryce Jordan Center with a 79-71 win Tuesday. Four Spartans combined for 44 of the team's 48 points in the second half to overcome a 46-25 deficit.
Three Nittany Lions scored in double digits with Myreon Jones returning to the starting lineup and finishing the night with a team-best 16 points. Lamar Stevens had 15 points, 13 in the second half, and Mike Watkins added 12 with a team-best nine rebounds.
A putback layup by John Harrar, then key deflection with 5:07 left to play, followed by another Harrar layup, put Penn State down by only two, 68-66. Michigan State's Xavier Tillman, made two free throws to give the Spartans a 70-66 lead at the 4:34 mark. Penn State trimmed the lead to three, 70-67, on a free throw, but couldn't get any closer. Tillman had 23 on the night and a game-high 15 rebounds.
The Spartans held on for the 79-71 win with five free throws and a pair of baskets over the game's final few minutes.
Michigan State flipped the script on Penn State in the second half. In the first half, Penn State made 7-8 field goals over a stretch of three-and-a-half minutes to take a 33-18 lead. The Spartans made their opening six shots after the break, missed two, and then made five more to reverse the score to a 57-53 MSU advantage.
The Nittany Lions opened the game with a 10-2 lead and drained 10 triples in the first half, with four from Myreon Jones and three from Myles Dread added three triples. A late bucket by Watkins beat the buzzer as Penn State took a 46-31 lead into halftime.
