{"id":975,"date":"2009-12-06T08:31:48","date_gmt":"2009-12-06T15:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/?p=975"},"modified":"2009-12-06T08:31:48","modified_gmt":"2009-12-06T15:31:48","slug":"cdt-penn-state-falters-in-defensive-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/cdt-penn-state-falters-in-defensive-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"CDT: Penn State falters in defensive battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeff Rice<\/p>\n<p>PHILADELPHIA \u2014 Temple senior guard Ryan Brooks is putting a lot on his shoulders this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s still figuring out that trying to be the best defensive player on the team, and trying to figure out how to be our leading scorer as well, it\u2019s not an easy thing to do,\u201d Temple coach Fran Dunphy said.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks was both for the Owls in the second half Saturday, scoring 11 of his game-high 19 points and locking down Talor Battle as Temple held off Penn State 45-42 in a defensive brawl in the Liacouras Center. It was the second- lowest-scoring game in the arena\u2019s 12-year history.<\/p>\n<p>Battle, who scored 28 of his career-high 32 points in Monday\u2019s 66-66 win at Virginia, was held to four points on 2-of-6 shooting by Temple\u2019s Luis Guzman in the first half and was 1-of- 9 after the 6-foot-4, 200-pound Brooks began shadowing him after halftime. Battle finished with eight points, five rebounds and three turnovers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just tried to focus on staying on his hip,\u201d Brooks said. \u201cMaking sure I knew where he was on the floor and recognizing the set plays they were running for him.\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read it all:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/sports\/story\/1663406.html\">Penn State falters in defensive battle | Penn State News | Sports &#8211; Centre Daily Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeff Rice PHILADELPHIA \u2014 Temple senior guard Ryan Brooks is putting a lot on his shoulders this season. \u201cHe\u2019s still figuring out that trying to be the best defensive player on the team, and trying to figure out how to be our leading scorer as well, it\u2019s not an easy thing to do,\u201d Temple &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/cdt-penn-state-falters-in-defensive-battle\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;CDT: Penn State falters in defensive battle&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CDT: Penn State falters in defensive battle - PennStateHoops.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/cdt-penn-state-falters-in-defensive-battle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CDT: Penn State falters in defensive battle - PennStateHoops.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Jeff Rice PHILADELPHIA \u2014 Temple senior guard Ryan Brooks is putting a lot on his shoulders this season. \u201cHe\u2019s still figuring out that trying to be the best defensive player on the team, and trying to figure out how to be our leading scorer as well, it\u2019s not an easy thing to do,\u201d Temple &hellip; 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