By Kris Wright
Virginia fans watched the fast and the furious on Monday night at the John Paul Jones Arena.
The latter belonged to the Hoos, who made a furious rally in the final three minutes before falling short of a comeback win. The fast part belonged to Talor Battle, who jetted his way around the court for 32 points as Penn State claimed a 69-66 victory in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. PSU has posted three straight wins in the conference clash.
“We won Virginia Tech at home, then at Georgia Tech and now at Virginia and we’ll talk about for a couple minutes but that’s about it. We have another game on Saturday,” Penn State coach Ed DeChellis said. “I think that coming into this environment and winning a nice game on the road is good. We’re just happy to have the win but we’ll move on.”
After UVa’s late surge, DeChellis probably is thrilled to have escaped a miracle comeback. The Hoos trailed by 12 points entering the final three minutes before mounting a final charge behind fullcourt pressure and fouling to extend the game. Over those three minutes, Penn State made 14 of 20 free throws while Virginia hit five 3-pointers, one from Sylven Landesberg that unintentionally banked in and four from Sammy Zeglinski, who had a similar shooting barrage late against Liberty last season….
Read it all: TheSabre.com – Penn State Posts Win At UVa.