Penn State hosting No. 1 Illinois tonight:
“Penn State was humiliated by the No. 5 Indiana Hoosiers in a 105-57 road loss in 1993.
“Exactly a month later, the Hoosiers came into Rec Hall ranked No. 1 and ready to take on the Nittany Lions. But Penn State put up its most impressive fight of its 7-20 season before a controversial call left the Lions with a dramatic 88-84 loss.
“That’s the anecdote Penn State coach Ed DeChellis has been telling his 7-16 squad, which lost to No. 1 Illinois in Champaign, Ill., on Jan. 12 by 26 points. …”