LAST TIME OUT
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — No. 13 Penn State won its eighth straight game and 20th of the season with a 77-61 victory Saturday against Northwestern.
Four Nittany Lions scored in double figures, led by Lamar Stevens with 23 points. Myles Dread drained four 3-pointers for a season-best 16 points, while Mike Watkins had a game-high nine rebounds.
HEAD COACH PATRICK CHAMBERS
- Head Coach Patrick Chambers is in his ninth season leading the Nittany Lions and now has 147 wins at Penn State, fifth 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: ILLINOIS
- 2019-20 Record: 16-9 Overall, 8-6 Big Ten
- Leading scorer Ayo Dosunmu, who is averaging 15.8 points per game, is not projected to start due to injury. Freshman center Kofi Cockburn has scored 13.6 points and a team-best 9.0 rebounds per outing. Andres Feliz is also averaging double-digit points with 11.2 points per game.
- Head coach Brad Underwood is now in his third season at Illinois after guiding Stephen F. Austin to four-straight NCAA Tournament appearances, including first-round victories in 2014 and 2016.
- Series Record: Illinois leads 28-19
PLAYER TO WATCH: SETH LUNDY
Freshman Forward
- Lundy has become a strong presence in the Nittany Lions' starting lineup as a first-year player.
- He has scored in double figures in six games, including a career-high 18 points last week at Purdue in which he drained six 3-pointers.
- Lundy led Roman Catholic to the Catholic League championship and the team's third PIAA state title in 2017-18.
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