LAST TIME OUT
Lamar Stevens scored 21 of his season-high 27 points in the second half and the Nittany Lions outscored Bucknell 53-28 in the final 20 minutes en route to a 98-70 non-conference victory Nov. 19.
Penn State has now scored 80-plus points in four straight games for the first time in program history. Mike Watkins finished with 18 points, five rebounds and four blocks, while Myles Dread was 4-for-4 from beyond the arc and scored 12 points.
HEAD COACH PATRICK CHAMBERS
- Head Coach Patrick Chambers is in his ninth season leading the Nittany Lions and now has 131 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 14 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: YALE
- 2019-20 Record: 3-2 Overall, 0-0 Ivy League
- Junior forward Paul Atkinson leads the Bulldogs with 19.0 points per game and has scored in double figures in each of Yale's first five games, including a season-best 26 points vs. Stony Brook. Senior forward Jordan Bruner is averaging 9.4 points and 9.2 rebounds, while also totaling a team-high 19 blocks and 24 assists.
- Head coach James Jones, the longest tenured Ivy League coach, has 313 victories and has guided Yale to four Ivy League titles and two NCAA Tournament appearances.
- Series Record: Yale leads 4-2
PLAYER TO WATCH: MIKE WATKINS
Senior Forward
- Through the Nittany Lions' first four games, Watkins is averaging 11.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. He also leads the team with a 67.9 field-goal percentage and 16 blocks.
- Recorded a season-high 18 points, as well as eight rebounds and four blocks, vs. Bucknell.
- 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