Penn State faces tough test on road:
“The wait is almost over.
“The Penn State men’s basketball team is five games into its season, but the real test begins tonight when the Nittany Lions play Rutgers at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, known as The RAC.
“The better-than-.500 record, three wins, two-game winning streak, forward Aaron Johnson’s double-doubles and the freshmen’s somewhat smooth transitions thus far are irrelevant heading into Penn State’s game against a team that is giant steps ahead of the Lehighs, Sacred Hearts and East Stroudsburgs.
“Rutgers finished 20-13 last season after a loss to Michigan in the NIT Championship Game.
“‘The RAC is a hard place to play, but not any harder than teams we play in the Big Ten, but [the freshmen] get a taste really quickly of what that’s all about,’ Penn State coach Ed DeChellis said. ‘Are they ready for that, I don’t know. We’ll see.'”