Penn State Advances to NIT Final Four
Penn State advances to the NIT Final Four with a win over the Florida Gators
Nittany Lions (71) @ Gators (62)
Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009, 9:00 PM EDT
National Invitation Tournament - Quarterfinals - Stephen C. O`Connell Center
| Final - 3.24.2009 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn St. Nittany Lions | 33 | 38 | 71 |
| Florida Gators | 32 | 30 | 62 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn St. | 33 | 38 | 71 |
| Florida | 32 | 30 | 62 |
| Penn St. | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamelle Cornley | 39 | 11-14 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 12-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 23 |
| David Jackson | 27 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 14 |
| Andrew Jones III | 26 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 7-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 3 |
| Stanley Pringle | 38 | 5-11 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 15 |
| Talor Battle | 39 | 4-13 | 1-8 | 4-4 | 3-0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3-0 | 13 |
| Chris Babb | 7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jeff Brooks | 9 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Danny Morrissey | 15 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 3 |
| Adam Highberger | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Joonas Suotamo | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Cammeron Woodyard | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Billy Oliver | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Will Leiner | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Steve Kirkpatrick | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Andrew Ott | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 26-54 | 8-25 | 11-12 | 37-11 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 10-0 | 71 | |
| .481 | .320 | .917 | Team Reb: 2 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Florida | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Werner | 33 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Alex Tyus | 29 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 15 |
| Erving Walker | 35 | 6-12 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 16 |
| Walter Hodge | 29 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Nick Calathes | 36 | 3-12 | 0-6 | 4-6 | 2-1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Ray Shipman | 16 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Kyle McClanahan | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Chandler Parsons | 21 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3-0 | 4 |
| Allan Chaney | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Kenny Kadji | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Eloy Vargas | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Adam Allen | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Hudson Fricke | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Vernon Macklin | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 25-60 | 5-22 | 7-9 | 27-10 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 13-0 | 62 | |
| .417 | .227 | .778 | Team Reb: 2 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
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