Penn State Sports Magazine
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PENN STATE 85, UTEP 77 M A R C H 1 8 @ B A T O N R O U G E , L A . PLAYER OF THE GAME Alex Bentley had 23 points, five assists and three steals to help propel Penn State into the second round of the NCAA tourna- ment. STAT OF THE GAME Penn State prevailed even though it lost the rebounding battle 45-36. TURNING POINT The Lady Lions outscored UTEP 15-6 to open the second half. QUOTABLECoquese Washington: "I don't think we got rattled. I don't think we felt pressured. I think we stayed calm and composed and just let the game play out." UTEP NAME Thornton Steinberga Smith FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 5-12 TOT-FG 3-PT 0-0 1-3 0-0 Willingham 4-7 Warren Eglite Davis Green Rodriguez Brown Vitola Nash Houston Parker Mendes TEAM Totals 1-3 0-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 6-17 0-1 5-11 0-2 3-4 2-4 28-67 0-0 0-0 3-4 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-3 REBOUNDS 5-6 4 8 12 4 15 1 2 0 0 28 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 7 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 0-0 1 1 2 1 11 5 2 0 0 32 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 18 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6-6 5 5 10 4 18 1 4 3 4 30 1-2 1 2 3 3 1 0 2 1 0 16 3-5 1 2 3 3 13 2 2 0 1 24 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 2-2 1 1 2 2 8 1 0 0 1 16 0-0 0 5 5 3 5 1 1 0 1 14 2 2 4 4-10 17-21 15 30 45 20 77 14 17 5 9 200 TOTAL FG PCT 1st Half: 16-31 51.6% 2nd Half: 12-36 33.3% Game: 41.8% 3-PT FG PCT 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd Half: 1-5 20.0% Game: 40.0% FT PCT 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 13-15 86.7% Game: 81.0% NAME Nickson Greene Gray Bentley Lucas East Edwards Studevent Wolfe Waldner TEAM Totals FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 0-5 TOT-FG 3-PT 0-0 3-9 6-11 7-14 7-17 0-1 3-7 0-0 1-1 0-0 27-65 PENN STATE REBOUNDS 0-0 2-5 1-2 2-7 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-4 4 2 6 2 4 2 0 0 0 19 6-7 4 5 9 5 12 0 2 3 1 29 1-2 1 3 4 3 15 2 2 0 1 34 6-8 0 2 2 2 21 5 3 1 3 39 7-8 1 3 4 0 23 1 3 1 0 38 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0-1 0 4 4 2 7 0 2 0 0 18 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1-1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 2 2 4 6-15 25-31 12 24 36 15 85 10 13 5 6 200 TOTAL FG PCT 1st Half: 14-37 37.8% 2nd Half: 13-28 46.4% Game: 41.5% 3-PT FG PCT 1st Half: 5-13 38.5% 2nd Half: 1-2 50.0% Game: 40.0% FT PCT 1st Half: 6-7 85.7% 2nd Half: 19-24 79.2% Game: 80.6% OFFICIALS Cameron Inouye, Bruce Morris, Diana DePaul TECHNICAL FOULS UTEP-None. Penn State-None. SCORE BY PERIODS UTEP Penn State 1ST 2ND TOTAL 39 39 38 46 77 85 Points in the paint-UTEP 32,PSU 32. Points off turnovers-UTEP 11,PSU 22. 2nd chance points-UTEP 20,PSU 12. Fast break points-UTEP 2,PSU 4. Bench points-UTEP 47,PSU 10. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-3 times. Last FG- UTEP 2nd-00:20, PSU 2nd-01:09. Largest lead-UTEP by 7 1st-04:26, PSU by 14 2nd-12:46. NAME East Gray Bentley Nickson Studevent Lucas Wolfe Waldner Greene TEAM Totals PURDUE 68, PENN STATE 66 M A R C H 3 @ I N D I A N A P O L I S PLAYER OF THE GAME Purdue's Brittany Ray- burn scored 14 points, including the game's decisive basket, in an upset victory at the Big Ten tourna- ment. STAT OF THE GAME The Lady Lions' front- court was overmatched, allowing Purdue to build up a 54-32 rebound- ing advantage, including 19 offensive rebounds. TURNING POINTRayburn hit a layup with 1.6 seconds left to break a 66-66 tie and knock the top-seeded Lady Li- ons out of the tournament in the semifinals. QUOTABLECoquese Washington: "Obvi- ously, if you give up [a differential of] 22 rebounds and 19 offensive re- bounds, it's going to be tough for you to win the game." PURDUE NAME Howard Rayburn Moses Williams Houser Ostarello Jones Guyton Poston TEAM Totals FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 5-14 TOT-FG 3-PT 0-1 4-11 8-12 0-0 2-7 2-3 0-2 3-5 2-5 26-59 1-4 4-6 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 REBOUNDS 3-5 5 8 13 2 13 2 3 0 0 27 5-6 0 6 6 2 14 1 0 0 2 26 1-2 0 3 3 3 21 2 5 0 1 37 0-0 1 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 9 0-0 2 0 2 0 5 4 5 0 0 23 0-0 1 4 5 4 4 0 3 2 0 13 1-2 4 5 9 3 1 3 3 0 0 25 0-0 1 2 3 2 6 0 0 0 0 15 0-1 1 3 4 1 4 1 2 1 0 25 4 4 8 6-14 10-16 19 35 54 22 68 16 21 3 3 200 TOTAL FG PCT 1st Half: 15-36 41.7% 2nd Half: 11-23 47.8% Game: 44.1% 3-PT FG PCT 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 42.9% FT PCT 1st Half: 2-3 66.7% 2nd Half: 8-13 61.5% Game: 62.5% FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 2-4 TOT-FG 3-PT 0-0 3-11 8-18 4-8 0-1 3-11 1-2 0-0 4-13 25-68 PENN STATE REBOUNDS 2-8 2-3 0-0 0-1 0-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 17 0-0 0 1 1 2 8 0 2 0 1 39 4-5 0 3 3 5 22 4 3 0 3 37 1-1 4 9 13 3 9 2 0 3 3 37 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3-3 1 2 3 2 9 5 1 0 3 40 0-1 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4-7 1 2 3 3 12 0 2 2 1 22 3 3 4-17 12-17 12 20 32 16 66 11 8 6 11 200 TOTAL FG PCT 1st Half: 14-33 42.4% 2nd Half: 11-35 31.4% Game: 36.8% 3-PT FG PCT 1st Half: 1-7 14.3% 2nd Half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 23.5% FT PCT 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd Half: 7-10 70.0% Game: 70.6% OFFICIALS Laura Morris, Bob Trammell, Mark Zentz TECHNICAL FOULS Purdue-None. Penn State-None. ATTENDANCE 5,209 SCORE BY PERIODS Purdue Penn State 1ST 2ND TOTAL 35 34 33 32 68 66 Points in the paint-PUR 34,PSU 34. Points off turnovers-PUR 2,PSU 13. 2nd chance points-PUR 17,PSU 7. Fast break points-PUR 2,PSU 4. Bench points- PUR 23,PSU 6. Score tied-5 times. Lead changed-2 times. Last FG-PUR 2nd- 00:02, PSU 2nd-00:20. Largest lead-PUR by 8 1st-12:23, PSU by 1 2nd- 07:32. W W W . B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M NAME Banham 10-21 Kellogg Cotton Riche Noga Loberg Buford Mastey Voight TEAM Totals 0-3 0-2 3-4 0-3 2-4 7-13 4-5 3-6 29-61 FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 2-7 TOT-FG 3-PT MINNESOTA REBOUNDS 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-2 3-4 1 8 9 1 25 2 3 0 3 37 0-0 2 3 5 4 0 1 4 1 1 18 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 8 0-0 0 3 3 3 6 0 3 0 0 23 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 17 0-0 0 3 3 0 4 2 3 1 0 17 5-6 2 2 4 3 19 2 2 0 2 30 2-2 0 3 3 3 10 1 5 0 0 28 3-5 0 2 2 5 10 3 0 0 2 22 2 8 10 3-13 13-17 9 33 42 23 74 12 22 2 9 200 TOTAL FG PCT 1st Half: 16-33 48.5% 2nd Half: 16-24 66.7% Game: 56.1% 3-PT FG PCT 1st Half: 0-3 0.0% 2nd Half: 4-7 57.1% Game: 40.0% FT PCT 1st Half: 3-3 100 % 2nd Half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 75.0% NAME East Gray Bentley Nickson Studevent Lucas Wolfe Waldner Greene TEAM Totals FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 1-2 TOT-FG 3-PT 0-0 5-11 5-21 4-7 0-0 6-16 0-0 0-0 4-12 25-69 4-6 0-4 0-0 0-0 3-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 PENN STATE REBOUNDS 0-0 0 4 4 2 2 0 1 2 0 13 5-6 1 2 3 1 19 1 2 0 0 40- 2-6 0 2 2 3 12 5 5 0 7 35 2-2 4 4 8 2 10 0 0 0 3 34 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9-9 0 7 7 3 24 2 3 0 1 39 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 3-4 6 2 8 3 11 0 1 1 2 29 3 3 6 7-17 21-27 14 26 40 16 78 8 15 3 14 200 TOTAL FG PCT 1st Half: 10-34 29.4% 2nd Half: 15-35 42.9% Game: 36.2% 3-PT FG PCT 1st Half: 4-11 36.4% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 41.2% FT PCT 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd Half: 16-21 76.2% Game: 77.8% OFFICIALS Barb Smith, Felicia Grinter, Carol Comanita TECHNICAL FOULS Minnesota-None. Penn State-None. ATTENDANCE 8,681 SCORE BY PERIODS Minnesota Penn State 1ST 2ND TOTAL 36 29 38 49 74 78 Points in the paint-MINN 32,PSU 28. Points off turnovers-MINN 12,PSU 26. 2nd chance points-MINN 6,PSU 16. Fast break points-MINN 12,PSU 12. Bench points-MINN 14,PSU 2. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-2 times. Last FG-MINN 2nd-00:05, PSU 2nd-01:03. Largest lead-MINN by 13 1st-07:55, PSU by 13 2nd-10:13. PENN STATE 78, MINNESOTA 74 M A R C H 2 @ I N D I A N A P O L I S PLAYER OF THE GAMEMaggie Lucas scored 15 of her 24 points in the second half as Penn State rallied in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tourney. STAT OF THE GAMEAll five Penn State starters scored in double figures. The starting five provided 76 of the Lady Lions' 78 points. TURNING POINTRebounding from a slug- gish first half in which they fell be- hind by 13 points, the Lady Lions, opened the second half with a 16-2 run and took their first lead since the opening minutes, 39-38, on a Nikki Greene layup with 15:21 to play. They never trailed again. QUOTABLEPSU guard Zhaque Gray: "We came out kind of tight, and then I feel like in the second half we just re- laxed and executed the game plan." PENN STATE 74, MINNESOTA 51 F E B . 2 6 @ T H E B R Y C E J O R D A N C E N T E R PLAYER OF THE GAMEMaggie Lucas scored a game-high 24 points and added eight assists, five rebounds and three steals in the Lady Lions' tri- umph. STAT OF THE GAME The victory extended Penn State's season-long winning streak to seven games. TURNING POINTMia Nickson's layup a minute and a half into the game gave Penn State a lead that it never relinquished. By the time Minnesota reached double digits, only 5:15 re- mained in the first half, and Penn State led 31-11. QUOTABLECoquese Washington: "I thought the effort was pretty good. However, I thought we played too emotional. ... It's hard to sustain that kind of emotional energy." TOT-FG 3-PT NAME Banham Kellogg Riche Buford Mastey Cotton Noga Voigt Dvorak TEAM Totals 4-9 4-11 4-13 2-2 0-1 2-4 0-2 0-4 21-59 MINNESOTA REBOUNDS FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 5-13 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-4 1 3 4 3 10 3 3 0 0 32 0-0 1 5 6 5 8 1 1 0 1 26 2-2 1 6 7 1 10 0 4 0 1 32 3-3 2 2 4 0 11 0 3 1 1 32 0-0 4 5 9 1 4 1 2 0 2 30 2-2 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 8 0-0 1 1 2 1 5 0 1 0 1 18 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 3 1 4 1 1-7 8-13 14 26 40 16 51 5 17 2 7 200 TOTAL FG PCT 1st Half: 7-30 23.3% 2nd Half: 14-29 48.3% Game: 35.6% 3-PT FG PCT 1st Half: 0-4 0.0% 2nd Half: 1-3 33.3% Game: 14.3% FT PCT 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd Half: 5-8 62.5% Game: 61.5% NAME Gray Bentley Nickson Lucas Greene East Studevent Waldner TEAM Totals FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 7-12 TOT-FG 3-PT 4-7 2-10 3-5 8-18 6-7 0-5 1-3 1-2 28-62 0-2 0-0 2-8 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 PENN STATE REBOUNDS 0-0 1 2 3 3 18 1 0 0 0 28 3-4 0 2 2 2 7 5 1 0 3 30 1-3 5 3 8 3 7 0 0 0 0 24 6-6 1 4 5 0 24 8 3 0 2 38 0-0 1 3 4 2 12 0 0 1 1 21 0-0 2 3 5 0 0 2 0 2 1 19 2-2 0 3 3 2 4 0 2 0 0 25 0-1 0 4 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 15 1 2 3 1 6-18 12-16 11 26 37 15 74 17 8 3 8 200 TOTAL FG PCT 1st Half: 16-34 47.1% 2nd Half: 12-28 42.9% Game: 45.2% 3-PT FG PCT 1st Half: 2-10 20.0% 2nd Half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 33.3% FT PCT 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd Half: 7-9 77.8% Game: 75.0% OFFICIALS Brian Hall, Michael McConnell, Bruce Morris TECHNICAL FOULS Minnesota-None. Penn State-Nickson, Mia. ATTENDANCE 13,849 SCORE BY PERIODS Minnesota Penn State 1ST 2ND TOTAL 17 39 34 35 51 74 Points in the paint-MINN 30,PSU 32. Points off turnovers-MINN 4,PSU 17. 2nd chance points-MINN 12,PSU 7. Fast break points-MINN 4,PSU 14. Bench points-MINN 8,PSU 6. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG- MINN 2nd-00:06, PSU 2nd-00:18. Largest lead-MINN None, PSU by 33 2nd- 06:28. A P R I L 1 1 , 2 0 1 2 19