Men’s basketball finds key to success on sideline:
“With the ankle injury to Marlon Smith just three minutes into Penn State’s game against Rutgers on Wednesday night, the most integral person on the Nittany Lion team was able to show off his talent.
“Freshman Danny Morrissey, Smith’s replacement for the remainder of the Nittany Lions’ 83-80 upset over the Scarlet Knights, had an outstanding game, but the MVP, in this case, the Most Valuable Participant award, goes to Penn State coach Ed DeChellis. After playing five games of the season, two of which were home, and against less-than-challenging teams, DeChellis hauled his team to Piscataway, N.J., to face a squad that lost in the NIT Championship last year.
“The majority of DeChellis’ team has never experienced playing in the atmosphere it did against Rutgers….”