“STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Mom comes to every game and sits a jump shot from the bench, with at least a few of her children in tow. Penn State’s basketball season, after all, was supposed to be her family’s affair.
“She’d see her son Talor Battle, the former Bishop Maginn star now in his senior season at State College, chase a two-headed goal — get Penn State to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in his career and play his way into the NBA.
“Battle’s half-brother Taran Buie, now in his freshman year at Penn State, would help him get there. They’d form a one-two tandem again, just like at Maginn.
“Denise Murphy even moved the whole family from Albany to Boalsburg, Pa., to be here every game — about 10 rows from the court to witness her sons living their hoop dreams.
” ‘This year I’ve been to every home game,’ she said. ‘It’s so important.’
“But the view hasn’t quite been what she expected….”