Scout.com: Hoop Team Bags Nicholls State:
“Guns N Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle” blared over the Jordan Center sound system before Penn State’s Wednesday evening game against Nicholls State, reverberating at painful decibel levels in the near-empty arena.
“But the rock anthem didn’t quite capture the spirit of the night. “Welcome to the Forest” would have been more like it. Because like the central Pennsylvania woods that surround it, the BJC was relatively desolate and quiet as could be.
“And this is, after all, the Nittany Lions’ version of turkey season, with the now 0-3 Colonels filling the role of second course among the three home gobblers to open the campaign.
“Nicholls, looking every bit as lost in these parts as you’d expect of an overmatched outfit from the swamps of Thibodaux, La., was a gracious guest, putting up the obligatory early scrap before being overwhelmed by the rebuilding Nittany Lions, 93-56.
“Penn State, which received eight or more points from seven players as third-year coach Ed DeChellis substituted early and often, improved to 2-0 on the season for the first time since 2000-01. Of the four Lions who reached doubles, three were reserves (led by freshman forward Jamelle Cornley’s 17). Every healthy player on the roster scored.
“Which is the idea behind a toned-down nonconference schedule that continues here Saturday with a visit from Long Island …”