Centre Daily Times | 01/09/2005 | Gophers eat up Nittany Lions:
“A different Penn State team went on the road in search of a conference win Saturday night. It found the same, all-too-familiar result as its predecessors.
“The Nittany Lions lost their first Big Ten road game of the season and 25th consecutive conference road game overall, 83-62 to Minnesota at Williams Arena.
“The Golden Gophers (11-3, 1-0 Big Ten) won their ninth straight, getting 19 points from senior point guard Aaron Robinson and 18 from senior center Jeff Hagen, never trailed and led by as many as 29. The Nittany Lions (6-9, 0-2) have lost three in a row and seven of eight.
“‘They were a good team, and we just continue to let one mistake lead to another mistake,’ Penn State men’s basketball coach Ed DeChellis said. ‘We don’t pull it together on the floor, and they made some big shots.'”