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Penn State beats Lehigh 73-64:

Aaron Johnson finally revealed the secret to his intensified performances.

In fact, he was still rather hyper and extremely pleasant during Friday night’s post-game press conference after Penn State beat Lehigh 73-64.

‘I feed off energy,’ Johnson said. ‘I have my energy drink before the game and that really makes me hyper and that’s not a good thing with my coaches but on the same token I get so hyper [on the court].’

Penn State coach Ed DeChellis certainly didn’t mind Friday night’s showing when the junior led the Nittany Lions in points (25) and rebounds (12), posting his third double-double in four games.

‘He wants to win and makes great hustle plays, great plays,’ DeChellis said. ‘He is a post player and he gets in and gets fouled. We can build things around him.’

Penn State guard inactive due to ‘personal matters’:

It’s an all too familiar scene for the Penn State men’s basketball team.

Last season, four players left the Penn State program for different reasons. Brandon Cameron and DeForrest Riley-Smith transferred in the middle of the season. During the offseason, Jan Jagla opted to play professionally in Europe and Robert Summers transferred.

Now, sophomore guard Ben Luber has asked to become an inactive member of the Nittany Lions basketball team. A release from Penn State sports information stated that Luber ‘has decided to concentrate on some personal matters that are more important than basketball at this time.’

‘Luber will continue to be involved in all the team’s activities and will attend practices and games,’ the release said. ‘His active playing status will be re-evaluated on a daily basis.’

Press Release – 2: “Junior forward Aaron Johnson (Exton, Pa.) posted his third double-double in four games to lead Penn State to a 73-64 win over visiting Lehigh in the home opener for the Nittany Lions.

Johnson led all scorers with 25 points and had a game-high 12 rebounds for the double-double. It is the 11th of his career. Johnson was six of 12 from the field (including on three-pointer) and 12 of 16 from the free throw line (which are both career highs). “

BlueWhiteIllustrated.com – DeChellis & Hojo post-game audio

Post Michigan State press conference: “Someone asked me the other day about my wife and how she takes all the criticism of me. I don’t know. We never talk about it. She’s in the middle of reading Dante’s Club. And we’re talking about the fact that Dante was gay. And she wanted to know if I knew he was gay. I said, ‘Yeah I knew he was gay.’ She said, ‘Did you know Beatrice in his poem was not a woman, but a man.’ I said, ‘Yeah I knew that. I read Dante when I was 14-years-old.’ Now I didn’t read it in Italian, but I read it. That’s what we talk about.”

I’ve read two separate translations of the Inferno and I didn’t know that Dante was gay and I certainly did not know that Beatrice was a man. It will be a long time before big-time football sees a coach like this again. – Ed.

Sophomore asks off PSU team for personal reasons:

STATE COLLEGE – Seven years ago, a true freshman point guard was forced into starting action for Penn State. He shot 1-for-6 at VMI in a painful Nittany Lion loss.

He took the last shot of the game and missed it. But he wanted that shot. And it was obvious he wanted to be the leader.

He ended up OK. His name was Joe Crispin.

Last night, another true freshman was forced into the starting lineup for Penn State. He went 1-for-6.

But that one was a three and it was drained. It also turned out to be perhaps the biggest shot of the game in a Nittany Lion home win, 73-64 over Lehigh.

Press Release – 2: “Penn State vs. Lehigh – Coach Quotes “

Press Release – 2: “Penn State vs. Lehigh – Player Quotes”

Lehigh vs Penn State (11/19/04 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 6-12 1-2 12-16 5 7 12 1 25 0 0 1 1 38

It appears the CDT staffed this game – Ed.

Centre Daily Times 11/20/2004 PSU men win BJC opener with Luber on sidelines: UNIVERSITY PARK – Marlon Smith shrugged off playing for 40 minutes. He’s been there before, probably more times than any sophomore that has ever played for Penn State.

Thirty-seven minutes didn’t tire Mike Walker, either. The freshman guard said his preseason conditioning is paying off.

It’s a good thing, because all of a sudden, it’s looking like marathon games could once again become the norm for the Nittany Lions’ backcourt.

As Penn State struggled before eventually putting away a flat Lehigh team Friday 73-64, Ben Luber, wearing street clothes, watched from the bench. The 6-foot sophomore guard from Richboro, who had started the previous 29 games for the Nittany Lions, asked Friday to become an inactive member of the team to concentrate on personal matters.