National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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

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