Spartans Handle Nittany Lions As Program Looks Ahead

The Nebraska Cornhuskers fell to the Penn State Nittany Lions 76-67 in overtime in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament, marking Nebraska’s fifth consecutive loss.

Penn State learned this the hard way on Wednesday, as No. 8 Washington pounced on almost every chance the Nittany Lions gave them, en route to a dominating 13-1 victory in five innings. “I think Watkins had a big deal to do with that”.

Miles Bridges and Nick Ward combined for 30 points and 18 rebounds as the Spartans rolled into the quarterfinal round by dismantling Penn State, 78-51.

Heading into a match-up against the league’s quasi-perennial penultimate in Penn State, Michigan State basketball was a bubble team. “We out-rebounded them by 15 [today]”, Izzo said.

The pair of stars from Roman Catholic in Philadelphia got hit with a pair of technical fouls after officials called a foul on Penn State guard Josh Reaves. It wasn’t always pretty, with Penn State struggling to score down the stretch, but Pat Chambers program was able to pull away in the extra period.

The two teams met at Madison Square Garden in NY, N.Y., last season as part of the Big Ten Super Saturday doubleheader with men’s basketball. The over/under total for the game is listed at 137 points. The Huskers shot at a 55 percent clip from the field while holding the Nittany Lions to 40 percent. The Golden Gophers will be hungry, though, as they’ve lost twice to Michigan State this season already. “I knew coming in here it wasn’t going to be all roses and giggles, there were going to be some tough times and we were going to have to get through some things, but I would say that I’m definitely willing to put in the time and effort that this turns out the way we all want it to be”.

“The season itself was just a rollercoaster of ups and downs, but we’re a young team”.

The lone Penn State run came via a Washington throwing error after Manti had been removed from the game.

Stevens and Garner ended up with 16 points each, but it was Nebraska’s inability to find an answer for Watkins that was the difference in the game.

Three players are averaging at least 9.4 points per game for Nebraska, they are: Webster (17.2), Watson Jr.

Meanwhile, Nebraska is 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games following a straight-up loss, and 1-4 ATS in their last five games following an ATS loss.

“The first time they out-rebounded us by 10”. Assists-Penn St. 11 (Carr 6), Nebraska 7 (Webster, Watson 3).