Pantagraph.com: ISU transfers into win column

MILWAUKEE — Penn State basketball coach Ed DeChellis certainly made the biggest understatement of the night Sunday at the Bradley Center during the Black Coaches Association Classic.

‘Those two kids are really going to help them,’ said DeChellis, referring to Illinois State junior college transfers Lorenzo Gordon and Nedu Onyeuku.

The ISU newcomers tore up Penn State’s defense in the second half, combining for 30 of their team’s 50 points, to lead the Redbirds to a season-opening 82-73 victory.

ISU rode a wave of scoring from Gordon, Onyeuku and Trey Guidry to defeat a team from the Big Ten Conference for only the fifth time in school history.