PSU battles back after sluggish first half, defeats Sacred Heart:
“The Penn State men’s basketball team was its own toughest opponent in the first half of Saturday’s game against Div. I Northeast Conference (NEC) Sacred Heart University.
“The Nittany Lions shot a scrappy 25 percent from the field and missed 12 lay-ups before trailing Sacred Heart (1-3) by a point at the half. But Penn State (3-2) responded to a 29-point first-half performance by scoring 40 points and shooting 41 percent from the field in the second half to capture a 69-61 win against the Pioneers.
” ‘We shot 33 percent [from the field for the game],’ Sacred Heart coach Dave Bike said. ‘We were fortunate they shot 31 percent because they kept us in the game.’ “