SPOIL 10 I FRIDAY, Nov. 20, 2009 LINEUP SPORTS ON TV NBA Memphis at Philadelphia 7 p.m., CSN Orlando at Boston 8 p.m., ESPN NCAA Basketball 2K Sports Classic 5 p.m., ESPN2 THE WEB *For full stories: psucolleglan.com Lions head out west for championships After winning the Big Ten and placing fourth at region als, the Nittany Lions will be in Indiana Monday for the NCAA national championship race. Talented Cavaliers await Penn State Sophomore Brian Alden, who is 3-0 in the 100-yard freestyle this season, puts his record on the line this week end when ACC record-holder Scot Robison and his Virginia Cavaliers come to McCoy Natatorium. Senior teammates similar in qualities Ben Ryan and Dan Fimbianti, both seniors, have lived together since freshman year and share a notable amount of similarities both in the pool and on dry land. Lions' foe's talents help team's focus As a historically dominant Virginia squad chalked full of young talent heads to Penn State this weekend, the Nittany Lions have been preparing both mentally and physically Divers' practices move to gymansium This season, the Nittany Lion divers have spent much of their practice time on the gymnasium floor perfecting their flips into foam pits instead of the pool. Brother-sister duo unite as teammates Hailing from Lafayette, Calif., siblings Doris and David Willette have both donned the blue and white as Penn State fencers and their bond as family and team mates has gotten stronger. T • ,)LIGHTS Shortened playoffs an overdue decision Commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday he would like to cut down the number of off days for teams in the playoffs. It's about time, Bud. The Yankees and Angels played eight games over 20 days leading to the deciding game in the ALCS. The Yankees routinely played 19 games in 20 days in the regular season Baseball is about being able to hit the field and win day after grueling day. A team shouldn't be able to use only three starting pitchers and keep them well rested through the playoffs. TRVA Q: What toauk a the mosty games? Wednesday's answer. The Saints, Bengals, Panthers, Jaguars, Ravens and Texans have never played on Thanksgiving Day. Shooting woes doom PSU By Andrew Robinson COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER While the UNC-Wilmington Seahawks came out hot and never cooled off, Talor Battle and the Penn State men's basketball team MEN'S couldn't get their shots to fall. BASKETBALL The Nittany Lions dropped their opening round game of the Charleston Classic to the HANG TEN Torn Pu3ne CDllegian Freshman all-around gymnast Matthew Chelberg practices on the parallel bars Thursday at the White Building. Although the men's gymnastics team doesn't compete until Jan. 9. the team has started prac tice now. A key for the 2010 season will be replacing nine-time All-American Casey Sandy. Shot at title starts Sunday By Brendan Monahan COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Jarret Freeman sat on the mini-bleachers at Lorenzo Wrestling Complex with his team mates before practice gazed ahead While Free man, listed as both a 133 and 141-pounder, sat leaning forward with his arms on knees, chatter arose among the other wrestlers. Although the Penn State wrestlers know about the other talk buzzing around the public ity that surrounds Cael Sanderson's new team every day the wrestlers attempt to keep their focus on the mat instead See SPRAWL, Page 12. Lee twins to reunite after traumatic ordeal By Ben Skalina COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER When the time came to choose colleges, Justin and Alex Lee devi ated from the plan. The plan was for the identical twins MEN'S to go to college SOCCER together and con- tinue to play soc .?9,loir together, as they had in high 'school at Col. Zadok Magruder High in Rockville, Md. What happened was Justin fell for Penn State, Alex fell for Maryland, and the plan was scrapped. Seahawks 80-69 Thursday after noon. Battle led all scorers with UNC-Wilmington 29 points, but shot just 8-for-23 from the floor. "We were hor rible on both Penn State ends of the floor, I'm not trying to sugarcoat it," Lions coach Ed Chellis told the Penn State Sports Network. "Defensively, the first WRESTLING Peter Tescrier, Coilegiar Freshman Justin Ortega (top) &apples with Ed Ruth at practice Nov. 3. The wrestling team will take part in the Sprawl and Brawl Duals Sunday. Things started swimmingly last in a cramped conference room in fall as the twins adjusted to college Rec Hall to find out their path to life 199 miles apart. the College Cup. Three legs of the Justin racked up 14 starts and no Penn State. played all 19 The last quarter of the bracket games at right ~,, ~,, I was posted on the selection show. back for the _ There was Penn State, sitting Nittany Lions. Alex pretty with a little numeral next to played in 13 games -..."its name meaning the Lions had for the Terrapins earned the seventh seed in tourna as j they went on ment and a home game Sunday win the national Lee And who was right there, right next to Penn State, in the first round game to determine the Eleven months after the Terps Nittany Lions' second-round oppo celebrated on the field in Frisco, nent? Texas, the Nittany Lions gathered Maryland against Loyola (Md.). championship. *=,** half we were atro cious. They did anything they wanted to do. We gave them confi dence. They made some shots." Overall, the Lions shot poorly Battle from the floor, headlined by 1-for -8 efforts from center Andrew Jones and freshman guard Tim Frazier. However, the Lions stayed i!PMIAPieIk-t in the game by converting their foul shots, finishing 22-of-27 from the line. The Seahawks made 10 of 17 3- point shots, while Penn State hit only five of 21 for a 23.8 percent clip. Sophomore shooting guard Chris Babb exemplified the strug gles, making just two of his 13 shots, 10 of which came from beyond the arc. "Our perimeter guys didn't shoot the ball really well tonight," See LOSS, Page 12. Lady Lions thump Bison LEWISBURG It took a while for Tyra Grant to make her pres ence felt. middle of the WOMEN'S Lady Lions' BASKETBALL bench wearin: her blue warm-up shirt, the team's leading scorer could do nothing but watch. Penn State As the Lions went back and forth with the Bucknell Bison, Grant sat with her Bucknell hands on her knees. It wasn't until three min utes into the second half when Grant finally stepped on the court because coach Coquese Washington said she "decided not to play her" While Washington said she would not elaborate on why Grant sat out the first half, the Lions (3- 0) were able to quiet the crowd at the Sojka Pavilion and leave Lewisburg with a 77-62 win over the Bison (0-3) despite playing 25 minutes without the senior. - Tra is a threat for us because she scores a lot and she's a great player" junior Julia Trogele said. think they had to pay more attention to her at that point because she is our leading scorer so it opened up a lot inside." While Grant helped lead the Lions on a 10-0 run that took less than two minutes to complete, the first half was sparked by an eight point performance from sopho more Renee Womack. After hav ing just four points entering the game, the guard said her team's defense helped spark her play. ,pi. , ,•,.., The Lions out rebounded the Bison 24-21, but it was the team's play in the second half, which was aided by the addition of Grant, that helped created matchup differ ences. "She's a scorer," Washington said. - It doesn't take her long to go out there and get some baskets. I thought she came off the bench and she responded to coming off the bench and being in a different role. She did what she does, which was make baskets and the defense has to be aware of where she is and that opens things up for other people." After the Bison used a 2-3 zone for most of the first half and took away the Lions' post game, Grant See WIN. Page 12. *0 Aggressive play by Penn State's guards neutralized Bucknell's tough forwards: psucollegian.com A game the Terrapins should and did win. The twins could play each other. Maybe not directly, as Alex was switched from striker to right back to replenish a back line ravaged by graduation. Mirror images. Same size, same build, same spot on the field, but different numbers, differ ent colors. Right? Well, not quite. Go back to the night of Oct. 10, a typical early fall evening. Alex was in Washington, D.C., with some teammates that Saturday, just a stone's throw See LEE Page 12. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN By Audrey Snyder COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
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