{"id":25,"date":"2009-07-14T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T09:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/cdt-nittany-lions-rookie-passing-most-of-tests\/"},"modified":"2009-07-14T09:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T09:43:00","slug":"cdt-nittany-lions-rookie-passing-most-of-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/cdt-nittany-lions-rookie-passing-most-of-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"CDT: Nittany Lions rookie passing most of tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style: italic\">By Jeff Rice<\/span><br \/>You could say Penn State&#8217;s basketball veterans use the summer pickup games to stay in shape, to stave off boredom or to try a new move or two.<\/p>\n<p>What they\u2019re really doing, though, is sizing up and building up the new guys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just trying to pick apart what they\u2019re doing good, what they\u2019re doing wrong,\u201d junior forward Andrew Jones said.<\/p>\n<p>Four Nittany Lion freshmen are being gently but frequently scrutinzed by their upperclassman peers this summer. Jones\u2019 pet project is Sasa Borovnjak, the 6-foot-9, 230-pound forward from Veritas Christian Academy in Fletcher, N.C.<\/p>\n<p>Borovnjak averaged 26 points and 12 rebounds per game for Veritas as a senior. His likely position at Penn State is power forward, but he\u2019s gone up against Jones \u2014 who starts at center for the Nittany Lions but is essentially a power forward\u2014 to get an idea of the physical specimens he will see in the Big Ten.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard,\u201d said the Serbian- born Borovnjak, who speaks English confidently if not perfectly. \u201cHe\u2019s a big guy, and I have to work more and more to get stronger, to be equal with him. He\u2019s taller and stronger. I\u2019m learning from him.\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeff RiceYou could say Penn State&#8217;s basketball veterans use the summer pickup games to stay in shape, to stave off boredom or to try a new move or two. 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