Non-conference games highlight week:
“Penn State’s performance on Saturday was a lot like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — polar opposites acting out at different times.
“And which one shows up this week is anybody’s guess.
” ‘Early I thought we were very impatient,’ Penn State men’s basketball coach Ed DeChellis said. ‘But I thought the last 10, 12 minutes we played the way we should play — trying to push it a little bit more.’
“The Nittany Lions managed only 29 points during the first 28 minutes of the game — but exploded for 37 points during the final 12. Penn State will look to continue that high-scoring trend when it takes on Nicholls State at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow and Long Island at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the Bryce Jordan Center. … “