National Basketball Association
Lafayette 61, Penn St. 57
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Where: Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, Pennsylvania
Officials:
# Jim Burr, # Tim Clougherty, # Jim Schippers
Attendance:
5462
By SportsDirect Inc.
Seth Hinrichs hit four 3-pointers and finished with 14 points as Lafayette upset host Penn State 61-57 on Wednesday.
Jim Mower also scored 14 points while Nick Petkovich, who matched Hinrichs’ effort behind the arc, added 13 points and eight rebounds as the Leopards (4-5) ended a three-game slide.
Lafayette, playing its third consecutive game against an NCAA Tournament team, appeared to be outclassed early on as it quickly fell behind 7-0 within the first two minutes of the game.
However, the Leopards scored 24 of the next 33 points to grab an eight-point advantage.
Although Penn State (6-4) moved to within two points on two occasions late in the game, it could never regain the lead, thanks to a Lafayette defense that shut down junior guard Tim Frazier - the Big Ten’s leading scorer - and held the Nittany Lions to 32.8 percent shooting from the field.
Frazier missed all 12 of his field goal attempts and finished with a season-low three points, 16 below his average. He had nine assists.
Guard Jermaine Marshall finished with 20 points and a career-high nine rebounds for Penn State, which lost for the fourth time in 16 all-time meetings despite grabbing 18 offensive boards and outrebounding the Leopards 44-24.
Top Game Performances
Lafayette |
|
Penn St. |
Seth Hinrichs 14 |
Scoring |
Jermaine Marshall 20 |
Rob Delaney 9 |
Assists |
Tim Frazier 9 |
Nick Petkovich 8 |
Rebounds |
Matt Glover 9 |
Jim Mower 8 |
Free Throws Made |
Jermaine Marshall 9 |
Seth Hinrichs 2 |
Steals |
Jermaine Marshall 3 |
Dan Trist 2 |
Blocks |
Jermaine Marshall 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Lafayette
|
61 |
38.3 |
9-30 |
16-20 |
15 |
24 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
Penn St.
|
57 |
32.8 |
3-23 |
16-26 |
14 |
44 |
1 |
6 |
13 |