Penn State desperately needed a win today against Indiana to secure a bid to the NCAA tournament, and they got it. After barely surviving the two regular season meetings, the Nittany Lions won in a somewhat convincing fashion today. They built a lead of 25 mid way through the 2nd half, but a late Indiana surge left the final score at 66-51. Mel Cornley and Stan Pringle led the way, with 22, and 16 points respectively. A day after being named 1st team all Big Ten, Taylor Battle left the game with a foot injury. He returned but played limited minutes.
Penn State now faces Purdue, a team they split the two regular season meetings with. A win will put the Lions into the semi finals of the Big Ten tournament, and would hypothetically guarentee them a spot in the NCAA tournament. A loss, and we might still be nervous on Sunday. Realistically, we are probably in. Doug Gotleib, among other ESPN analysts, have us pegged as one of the last 4 teams in. If the Lions can make a little run now, it will be fun to see how high our seed can reach.
On a side note, Danny Morrissey was referred to as an "assassin" by Brent Munsberger.
Next up, Purdue: 9:00, Friday night.
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did anyone else think that it looked like psu felt real comfortable shooting the ball yesterday?
danny's the manny
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