By Andrew Robinson
Collegian Staff Writer
Three times before, Talor Battle had tried to hit 30 points, but always stopped short at 29.
Monday night, the junior point guard finally broke that barrier, scoring a career-high 32 points in leading the Nittany Lions (5-2) to a 69-66 win over Virginia (4-3).
“I was glad for him because he’s really worked on his shooting,” Penn State coach Ed DeChellis told the Penn State Radio Network. “He hadn’t been making many threes and we needed somebody to bang a couple and he was able to do that for us.”
Battle finally found his stroke from deep, hitting 5-of-9 from beyond the arc and 9-of-15 overall. Freshman guard Tim Frazier was the only other Lion to score in double figures with 11 while junior forward Jeff Brooks led the team with nine rebounds….
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