FightOnState.com: Hoop Preview : Northwestern:
“Penn State Notes:
- PSU shooting guard Morrissey hurt his right (shooting) shoulder during a collision in practice early in the week. That’s not good news for a player who has made 2 of his last 16 triples. He is expected to play today.
- With starting guard Marlon Smith lost for the season due to illness, DeChellis may be forced to use the 240-pound Travis Parker on the perimeter at times for the rest of the year. And that will likely mean seeing more of rookie Brandon Hassell at power forward.
- State is down to 11 healthy players, nine of them on scholarship. That means assistant coaches James Johnson is being pulled into five-on-five scout-team situations in practice….”