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.