he scene is becoming a familiar one.
An opposing head coach, fresh out of
the locker room, sits down with the media
to talk about the game that just ended.
His facial expression isn't one of frustration or
anger, necessarily, but more of a dumbstruck
gaze. Re,ecting on the previous two or three
hours, he explains that, for the life of him, he
simply could not +gure out how to stop D.J.
Newbill. Replaying the game in his head, he sees
the Nittany Lion senior guard make one dagger
play a-er another. The words come haltingly,
painfully.
"We... we... we couldn't guard him there down
the stretch."
That was Buzz Williams' take, half an hour a-er
his Virginia Tech Hokies fell, 61-58, to Newbill
and the Nittany Lions at the Bryce Jordan Center
in early December. His assessment echoed that
of Bucknell's Dave Paulson +ve days earlier, a-er
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D.J. Newbill's
torrid shooting
has the Lions
o to their
hottest start
in years
HISTORY MAKER
Although he's
only just starting
his third season
with the Nittany
Lions, Newbill
ranks 12th in
school history
in scoring.
Photo by Bill
Zimmerman
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