Game Day Essentials: Game #31 at Penn St.

[hhcmatt]

Nebraska Cornhuskers #12 (13-17) vs Penn St Nittany Lions #13 (16-15)

Date: Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2015
Time: 3:30 p.m. CST
Arena: United Center
Capacity: 20,500


Broadcast Information

Television: ESPN2

Online: WatchESPN

Announcers: Mike Tirico and Dan Dakich

Satellite Radio: Sirius (Ch. 91); XM (91)
Play-by-play: Kent Pavelka
Expert Analysis: Matt Davison

Penn St Scouting Thread

Penn St Info


Head Coach: Pat Chambers
Location: University Park, PA
Conference: B1G 10
Nickname: Nittany Lions
Last time out: Won vs MInnesota
Typical Rotation Depth: 8-9 players
Line: Penn St by 2

The Skinny

After thumping the Huskers at home Penn St was a DJ Newbill last second shot away from also losing the rest of their conference games since our last meeting. It's fairly improbable for the Huskers to win the tournament but winning a game a lackluster Penn St would make everyone feel just a tiny bit better. Full court pressure seemed to shake the Nittany Lions but realistically it was because they were already grinding the clock. Pressing this team early or with a lead seems like a recipe for easy points, though Miles probably knows this.

The Huskers shot 10% from three vs Penn St and would have lost by 1 had that number been a pedestrian 30% though we might be talking the NIT right now if the Huskers could hit a pedestrian number of 3s. If Nebraska can play with the same aggressiveness on offense they had vs Maryland, they will win this game. If not, welcome to your off season.

Prediction: Nebraska 60 - Penn St 57

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[Red Don]

      Let’s End the Husker’s Eight-Game Losing Streak 
 

    (Penn State had a Six-game losing streak, defeating Minnesota Sunday)

 

o Game Officials: D J Carstensen, Paul Szelc & Buddy Mayborg

 

 

(Benny Parker has 97 career Steals, only 3 short of reaching 100)

 

STARTERS

Nebraska                                          2014-15 stats

No. Name  *            Pos Yr.  Ht.   Wt.    G/GS   PPG   RPG   Other

2   David Rivers         F    Sr    6-7   200   29/24     4.4     4.1      0.7 Apg

3   Benny Parker        G    Jr    5-9   172   30/24     4.3     2.2      1.8 Apg & 1.4 Spg

5   Terran Petteway    G    Jr    6-6   215   30/30   17.8     5.0      2.8 Apg

21  Leslee Smith        F    Sr    6-8   255   16/8       3.1     2.8      47.8% FG

31  Shavon Shields  G/F   Jr    6-7   221   30/30    15.3    5.9      2.1 Apg

 

Bench

0   Tai Webster          G    So   6-4   199   29/4       4.0    1.9      1.1 Apg

11 Tarin Smith           G    Fr    6-2   175   30/3       4.5    1.6      0.7 Apg

12  Moses Abraham  C   Sr    6-9    247   20/0      1.5     3.1      0.1 Apg

23  Nick Fuller           F  RFr   6-7   207   16/1       2.1    1.3      0.3 Apg

35 Walter Pitchford    F    Jr   6-10   237   29/26    7.5    4.7       0.5 Bpg

 

 

Penn State                                         2014-15 stats

No. Name  *             Pos  Yr.  Ht.   Wt.  G/GS   PPG   RPG    Other

2   D. J. Newbill          G    Sr    6-4   210   31/31   20.7     4.8      3.2 Apg

13  Geno Thorpe         G   So    6-3   180   31/14     8.8     2.5      1.0 Spg

32  Jordan Dickerson  C    Jr     7-1   245   31/16     2.6     3.4      1.6 Bpg

33  Shep Garner          G    Fr    6-1   185   31/30     9.1     2.8      2.4 Apg

43  Ross Travis            F    Sr    6-7   235   31/24     5.1     6.3      0.7 Spg

 

Bench

5   Donovon Jack         F    Jr    6-9   210   31/12     3.6      2.8      0.7 Bpg

10 Brandon Taylor       F    Jr    6-6    225  29/25      9.3     5.3      1.0 Apg

 

Players to Watch:

Fifth-year Senior D.J. Newbill (#2) is the leading scorer in the B1G @ 20.7 ppg;  with 3.2 assists and 4.9 Rebounds.  He can score from anywhere; Huskers’ best bet is to try to keep him shooting 3s from the perimeter, not his strongest point.

 

Junior Brandon Taylor (#10) averages 9.3 points per game and has made 37  3-pointers.

 

Freshman Shep Garner (#33) averages 9.1 ppg.

 

All three players have made 50 3-Ptrs each.

[hhcmatt]

EDIT:  Bracket Listing shows the game being carried on ESPN2 !!!!!! (instead of ESPNU)

 

Good eye. That's a missed transfer from my previous Penn St stuff