Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Penn State wins NIT title

NEW YORK - Penn State coach Ed DeChellis met with his team acouple of hours before playing Baylor in the NIT title game and hadonly one request.

"Give me everything you have," he said. "If it's good enough,it's good enough; if it's not, it's not. Just leave it all on thefloor."

The Nittany Lions certainly did. And it was plenty.

Jamelle Cornley scored 18 points and the scrappy Nittany Lions,chasing every loose ball and hustling for every rebound, outlastedthe Bears 69-63 on Thursday night to win only the second postseasontournament title in school history.

Talor Battle added 12 points, all in the second half, for theNittany Lions (27-11), who were …

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