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It appears the CDT staffed the game – Ed.

Centre Daily Times | 11/28/2004 | Reserves play key role in PSU victory over Sacred Heart:

“It is not a deep bench, nor one that is being asked to deliver much. But there will be a few times this season when Penn State will need some sort of a spark from its reserves.

“The Nittany Lions certainly did on Saturday. And they got it.

“Sixth man Danny Morrissey scored eight of his 11 points in the first eight minutes of the second half, helping Penn State to a 69-61 defeat of Sacred Heart at the Bryce Jordan Center.

Kevin Fellows and Jason McDougald also were solid in reserve for the Nittany Lions (3-2), who didn’t make it easy on themselves but gutted out their third win in four games.

“‘Everyone has a role on the team, and everyone’s filling it,’ said Aaron Johnson, who led Penn State with 18 points and 20 rebounds. ‘It’s something you’ve got to learn how to do — bring energy and bring emotion. Even if you don’t score or get a rebound, if you bring energy, positive plays will happen.'”

BlueWhiteIllustrated.com: Raw Post-Game Audio Files

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Sacred Heart vs Penn State (11/27/04 at State College, Pa.):

## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN

00 Johnson, Aaron...... f 5-14 0-1 8-14 8 12 20 1 18 2 4 0 2 38

The Webmaster’s brother works for CSTV — ed.

Press Release – 0:

“STATE COLLEGE, Pa., November 26, 2004 – A 30-minute program dedicated to Penn State’s student-athletes and nationally-recognized athletic program will debut on College Sports Television (CSTV) on Sunday, November 28.

“‘Penn State Primetime’ will debut Sunday at 9:30 p.m. ET on CSTV, the nation’s fastest-growing independent cable network, which is dedicated solely to college sports. ‘Penn State Primetime’ will consist of interviews with and features on Penn State student-athletes, highlights from Nittany and Lady Lion athletic events, and other features that encompass the Penn State athletic experience.

“Penn State is one of only three schools with ‘Primetime’ shows, joining Stanford and Ohio State. ”

Centre Daily Times | 11/27/2004 | Johnson providing energy, results for Penn State:

“It’s better to be caught next to Aaron Johnson at the poker table than under the boards.

“Penn State’s demonstrative junior forward, who leads the Nittany Lions against Sacred Heart at 4 p.m. today in the Bryce Jordan Center, wears his heart on his ever-untucked jersey whether his team is up by 20 or down by 20, in games or in practices. Ed DeChellis and the other Penn State coaches have tried to get Johnson to ‘hold his cards to his chest’ this season.

“They would have better luck blocking him out.

“‘Sometimes he just gets frustrated, and we’ve talked about channeling that emotion in a positive way,’ DeChellis said. ‘Some guys aren’t rah-rah. That doesn’t mean they’re not playing hard. I think he’s channeled that in the right way.’

“Johnson has channeled his emotion to the tune of a team-best 15.8 points and 13.5 rebounds per game in his first season as a starter. The 6-foot-9, 258-pounder from Exton had 25 and 12 his last time out in a 73-64 win over Lehigh and is on pace to dwarf his career averages of 9.0 points and 7.0 rebounds a game.”

Game Notes (PDF)

Fight! Fight Fight!

Why we need more NBA brawls

By Ben Mathis-Lilley

If I had to reconstruct what happened during Friday night’s Pacers-Pistons game based solely on the reactions of sports columnists, I’d probably come up with something like this: Ron Artest beats his own coach with a club, Stephen Jackson shows a homemade sex tape on the Palace’s Jumbotron, and Jermaine O’Neal grabs a mike and makes disparaging remarks about John Wooden, Mother Teresa, and “the troops.”

Luckily, I saw everything happen with my own eyes. I was in a bar on Friday night when the fight began streaming in an infinite loop. Many of us had been primed for the highlights by enthusiastic cell-phone calls. When it finally came on, most every patron in the establishment enjoyed, thoroughly and loudly, all of the hot-and-heavy action. That’s right, we loved it. Sure, it was wrong for Artest to run into the stands, and wrong for Jackson to run in after him throwing haymakers, and wrong for the fans to douse the Indiana players with beer. But when a crazy basketball player charges into the stands and tries to pounce on some drunk jerks, I don’t fly into a rage on behalf of the nation’s children. Nope, I just kick back and enjoy the spectacle.

D’Elia bringing fun to Penn St.:

“…Excepting the Nebraska debacle of two years ago, foreign fans generally give their counterparts here high marks. Central Pennsylvanians are nice, they say. The land is gorgeous.

“As for volume, though, you’d never confuse the Beav with Camp Randall in Madison or the Shoe in Columbus. And there simply is nothing here to remotely compare to the electric, stadium-shaking ‘Jump Around’ at the third/fourth-quarter break at Wisconsin or Script Ohio and Hang On Sloopy at Ohio State.

“But you may have noticed the pregame music this year that gave Beaver Stadium a little juice it didn’t have before. It’s not over the top like the infamous deafening rap that blared over the loudspeakers before the ’92 Miami game — once and only once before the plug was pulled. This is more subtle. D’Elia is responsible. “

Lions to count on youth:

The Penn State men’s basketball team is heading into Saturday’s game against Sacred Heart riding the high from its victory against Lehigh last Friday.

The Nittany Lions are looking for their first two-game winning streak since victories against Minnesota and Ohio State to open last year’s Big Ten schedule.

Penn State has a very good chance of doing that against the Pioneers. Sacred Heart can usually be found near the bottom of the Northeast conference and does not return any full-time starters from last year’s 12-15 team. Pioneer coach Dave Bike will have to rely heavily on a young quartet of players: three true freshmen and a redshirt freshman.

Let’s all hope for the best possible outcome to whatever causes this ailment – Ed.

Press Release – 3: “UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. November 22, 2004 – Penn State women’s basketball head coach Rene Portland announced today that she is taking a leave of absence from the team, effective immediately. Citing medical concerns related to her fainting episode last Sunday, Portland will not be involved in the Lady Lions’ practices or games for an indefinite period of time. Associate Head Coach Annie Troyan will serve as acting head coach in Portland’s absence. “