PeauxRouge
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Does a Nittany Lion sounds like a cougar? Because that's what PSUs growl sounds like. Weird.
Yep. Just looked at the box score. Griz shot 40.7% on twos, 30% on treys, and 46.7% from the foul line. PSU was 50%, 50% and 58.3%. Nine steals and 2 ahead on rebounds (10-4 on the offensive boards) are what kept the Griz in the game for awhile.AZDoc said:They still go through scoring droughts though. Kills them
RIGHT ON! :thumb:CDAGRIZ said:Didn't get to see the game. From the recap, it sounds like we were never out of it. TDC and Co. don't appear to be suckers for moral victories, and I'm sure the guys are pissed enough for all of us regarding the foul shooting and final run. I think this team has a great mentality going forward.
A Nittany Lion is a cougar/mountain lion (now extinct in PA) from Mount Nittany (a nearby mountain range that you can see from the football stadium). They have a taxidermied "Nittany Lion" (the last one?) in the lobby of the campus library.PeauxRouge said:Does a Nittany Lion sounds like a cougar? Because that's what PSUs growl sounds like. Weird.
State4Life said:A Nittany Lion is a cougar/mountain lion (now extinct in PA) from Mount Nittany (a nearby mountain range that you can see from the football stadium). They have a taxidermied "Nittany Lion" (the last one?) in the lobby of the campus library.PeauxRouge said:Does a Nittany Lion sounds like a cougar? Because that's what PSUs growl sounds like. Weird.
Anyway - Penn State basketball fan here (as you may have seen on TV, there are not that many of us). I have some family throughout Montana, including Missoula, so I always pull for the Grizz when I can.
This Montana team, the little bit I have seen, appears to be a good mid-major who is going to make some noise in the Big Sky this year. I like the confidence that your team plays with on the road, across the country, against high-major programs (Pitt and Penn State). I am definitely going to try to watch some more of your games this season.
This Penn State squad has a shot at the Big Dance this year. The sophomore class is the heart of the team - it was a top 25 recruiting class and features the top two recruits from PA (4* Tony Carr and Lamar Stevens), as well as an additional 4* big (Mike Watkins) who is a RS soph. Carr is a 6'5 204 lb pg who has NBA potential, Watkins is also a rim protector with NBA potential. Carr, Stevens, and Bostick where all teammates in HS, from the same high school as fellow teammate Shep Garner, as well (Shep was the guard who made those threes at the end -- all 4 of the players that I have mentioned are from Philly). Other than Watkins, our bigs are nothing to write home about and we would be hurting without Watkins.
Josh Reaves (#23) is a jr from Oak Hill Academy in VA (the same school as Melo Anthony, and so many other stars) and has a never-ending motor. He had a huge day against FDU. We can go 7-8 1/2 deep, but past that it's a pretty large drop-off in talent.
I just thought that I would offer a little scouting report, allbeit after the fact, to give you a better idea of who you just faced. PSU is a better team than Pitt this year and you gave us a heck of a fight. I was worried when you made it 51-50 late in this one.
Good luck with the rest of the season, and I hope that I get to watch the Griz play in the Big Dance this March!
State4Life said:A Nittany Lion is a cougar/mountain lion (now extinct in PA) from Mount Nittany (a nearby mountain range that you can see from the football stadium). They have a taxidermied "Nittany Lion" (the last one?) in the lobby of the campus library.PeauxRouge said:Does a Nittany Lion sounds like a cougar? Because that's what PSUs growl sounds like. Weird.
Anyway - Penn State basketball fan here (as you may have seen on TV, there are not that many of us). I have some family throughout Montana, including Missoula, so I always pull for the Grizz when I can.
This Montana team, the little bit I have seen, appears to be a good mid-major who is going to make some noise in the Big Sky this year. I like the confidence that your team plays with on the road, across the country, against high-major programs (Pitt and Penn State). I am definitely going to try to watch some more of your games this season.
This Penn State squad has a shot at the Big Dance this year. The sophomore class is the heart of the team - it was a top 25 recruiting class and features the top two recruits from PA (4* Tony Carr and Lamar Stevens), as well as an additional 4* big (Mike Watkins) who is a RS soph. Carr is a 6'5 204 lb pg who has NBA potential, Watkins is also a rim protector with NBA potential. Carr, Stevens, and Bostick where all teammates in HS, from the same high school as fellow teammate Shep Garner, as well (Shep was the guard who made those threes at the end -- all 4 of the players that I have mentioned are from Philly). Other than Watkins, our bigs are nothing to write home about and we would be hurting without Watkins.
Josh Reaves (#23) is a jr from Oak Hill Academy in VA (the same school as Melo Anthony, and so many other stars) and has a never-ending motor. He had a huge day against FDU. We can go 7-8 1/2 deep, but past that it's a pretty large drop-off in talent.
I just thought that I would offer a little scouting report, allbeit after the fact, to give you a better idea of who you just faced. PSU is a better team than Pitt this year and you gave us a heck of a fight. I was worried when you made it 51-50 late in this one.
Good luck with the rest of the season, and I hope that I get to watch the Griz play in the Big Dance this March!