LAST TIME OUT
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Penn State's starting frontcourt of Lamar Stevens and Seth Lundy combined for 39 points, but the No. 16 Nittany Lions faded in the second half of a 77-68 loss at Iowa.
Stevens scored 20 points as part of his 16th career double-double with 10 rebounds, while Lundy's 19 points were a career best.
HEAD COACH PATRICK CHAMBERS
- Head Coach Patrick Chambers is in his ninth season leading the Nittany Lions and now has 148 wins at Penn State, tied for fourth on the program’s all-time list.
- Chambers' players have earned 29 Big Ten Conference honors, the most under any Penn State coach.
- Chambers has 18 wins over Associated Press-ranked opponents, most of any Nittany Lion basketball coach.
- The Philadelphia native previously spent two seasons as head coach at Boston University, guiding the Terriers to their first NCAA Tournament berth in nine years in 2010-11.
- Chambers was also associate head coach of a Villanova team that reached the 2009 Final Four.
2019-20 SCHEDULE
OPPONENT NOTES: MICHIGAN STATE
- 2019-20 Record: 20-9 Overall, 12-6 Big Ten
- Senior guard Cassius Winston leads the Spartans, and is third in the Big Ten, with 18.5 points per game, while also averaging a team-best 5.8 assists per outing. Xavier Tillman is averaging a double-double with 13.3 ppg and 10.2 rpg. He also leads Michigan State with 61 blocks.
- Head coach Tom Izzo, a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer, is now in his 25th season in East Lansing, having guided the Spartans to the 2000 national title, nine regular season Big Ten titles, six Big Ten Tournament titles and eight Final Four appearances.
- Series Record: Michigan State leads 36-14
PLAYER TO WATCH: MIKE WATKINS
Senior Forward
- Watkins is averaging 9.6 points and a team-best 7.6 rebounds per game. He has also totalled 66 blocks and is the NCAA active career leader in blocks (265).
- Recorded a season-high 19 points at Purdue, as well as 10 rebounds.
- Owns Penn State career field goal percentage record at 61.7 percent, which ranks 22nd among NCAA active career leaders.
BRYCE JORDAN CENTER
The Bryce Jordan Center, one of the premier collegiate basketball facilities in the nation, is the home of the Penn State Nittany Lions. Located on Curtin Road adjacent to Beaver Stadium, the spacious arena has a seating capacity of 15,261 for basketball and 16,000-plus for other events. The Jordan Center has a variety of uses, including athletic competitions, commencements and other academic events, trade shows, popular music concerts, artistic and cultural performances and family events. The Bryce Jordan Center is the largest arena in the state outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Credits:
Mark Selders, Craig Houtz