By Andrew J. Cassavell
Collegian Staff Writer
Chris Babb had enough of the bench.
After playing just 23 minutes in the Penn State men’s basketball team’s first game because of foul trouble, the sophomore guard picked up two fouls in the first 10 minutes of Monday’s 80-61 victory over Robert Morris and subsequently spent the remainder of the half on the bench.
When Babb – who scored 15 points, all on 3-pointers – stepped onto the floor for the second stanza, his goal was to put the season’s first 60 minutes behind him.
“At halftime coach [Ed DeChellis] told me he needs me to come back as well as Jeff [Brooks] who was also in foul trouble],” Babb said. “Both of us came back ready to play and had cleared that out of our minds.”
With the Nittany Lions leading by just one at the break, it was Babb’s four threes in the first 4:37 of the second half that sparked a 23-4 run to open the half and turned a back-and-forth contest into a blowout almost instantly.
After his 3-pointer on the fast break put the Lions up by seven and sent the crowd into a chorus of “Zombie Nation,” Babb raised both hands in the air, waving the fans on.
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