Losses weigh on weary Lions, coach:
“STATE COLLEGE – It wasn’t so much what Ed DeChellis said after his team’s latest loss as much as how he looked saying it. And afterward.
“This Penn State season is getting on everyone’s nerves. And when your team spends a game finding every way imaginable to permit an open three against an opponent that shoots more threes than anyone in the league, well, you get chapped.
“After a series of purposely bland answers in the post-game conference, DeChellis whacked the table with the stat sheet as he got up and trudged off. It’s not like him in public. He’s usually measured and controlled.
“But he’s tired. His team is tired. And they aren’t winning games that are out there for the taking.
“The losing mentality DeChellis so fears and despises has very clearly set in with the Nittany Lions. And it was evident in a 66-56 loss to Ohio State (17-8, 6-5). …”