I Monday, Feb. 1, 201 NCAA Basketball Connecticut at Louisville 7 p.m., ESPN NHL Buffalo at Pittsburgh 7 p.m., Versus Philadelphia at Calgary 9:30 p.m.. CSN To read full stories: psucollegian.com Lions lack attitude in loss to Buckeyes A comeback victory against Northwestern is overshad owed by big losses to Michigan and Ohio State. PSU starts peaking with victory at OSU The Lions improved their record to 6-2 with a win over the Buckeyes. Team can’t overcome eight-hour rain delay Inclement weather slowed down the men's tennis team against Georgia Tech. Inconsistent focus dooms PSU in loss The Ice Lions struggled with consistency in a loss to Saint Joseph’s. Lepore’s OT score leads Uons to win The Lady leers salvaged a split against No. 5 Liberty. Agent: DE Peppers likely out of Carolina Snubbed by the Carolina Panthers since the end of the season, the agent for five-time Pro Bowl defensive end T ..iius Peppers is convinced nis client will play elsewhere in 2010. Carl Carey said Sunday the Panthers have '‘not made a single inquiry this offseason” regarding the impending unrestricted free agent. Hurney and coach John Pox went to great lengths to keep Peppers in 2009, going against his public wishes to be allowed to leave as a free agent. Federer’s Open title void without Nadal Roger Federer’s 16 grand slams are nothing to sneeze at. But his record-breaking wins have come without main rival Rafael Nadal, who before knee issues appeared to be taking over as tennis’ king. Roger’s decade-long run is historic, but the lack of a true challenger makes it easy to pad the record books. For more of our thoughts, and to share yours, visit the MAKE PLAYS blog at psucol leglan.com. Q: Which players share the record for Pro Bowl appearances? Friday’s answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone and Wilt Chamberlain ended their careers with the Lakers. Lions overrun by Purdue By Andrew Robinson West Lafayette, Ind. After going told the Penn State radio network COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER into the half ahead by just two. he liked the defense the team was ■Hp’ f Purdue exploded to a 16-2 run to playing. However. Purdue found fjjL ..., »' « E’Twaun Moore threw a perfect start the second its touch from deep in the second lob pass to JaJuan Johnson, only to period. half, hitting 7 of 10 from 3 point : have a soaring Jeff Brooks knock “I kinda think it land. the ball straight was what we didn’t DeChellis said his halftime talk k into the air. do,” freshman for- Purdue to the team was focused on winning Wfg £■ r ; As per the MEN'S ward Bill Edwards the first four minutes of the second |II A Nittany Lions’sea- BASKETBALL told the Penn State half. Instead, the first four minutes ; son, the ball hit the radio network. saw the Lions do the oppo- s top of the back- “We didn’t come See OVERRUN. Page 10. 1 A board, popped up and swished out and match Penn State through the basket. From there, their intensity and _ u „ „ . . HBHHK JHWWK the rout was on. they came out and hit some big e^ian s men s bas ~ The Penn State men’s basketball shots.” ketball reporters assess L team (8-13,0-9 Big Ten) dropped its ninth-straight game, losing 66-46 at No. 10 Purdue (18-3,6-3) Sunday in FLOAT 0 Freshman gymnast Sharaya Musser twists in mid-air during the vault competition in this weekend's tri-meet against No. 1 Alabama and No. 23 Minnesota. Musser recorded a 9.900 on the vault, and Penn State placed second behind the Tide. For the full story on the women's gymnastics team: | SPORTS, Page 12. Blue Hens snap win streak By Paul Casella COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER It spanned 19 games, 103 days and involved 99 Penn State goals. And then in 20 minutes, it was A disastrous ipcpc second period ictKa Saturday snapped the No. 2 Penn State leers’ 19- game AC HA winning streak, as they gave up three unanswered goals to No. 14 Delaware before eventually losing the game, 4-2. Despite scoring the game’s first Assistant to leave after season By Paul Casella COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER The five seniors are no longer the only members of the No. 2 Penn State leers who have just one win an ACHA ipfdc championship. lUtKs Despite winning three titles in his four years as a player for Penn State, assis tant coach Bill Downey will be making his final attempt to win one in his two years as a In the first half, the Lions shot just 8-for-25 from the floor for 32 percent, but coach Ed DeChellis goal, Penn State allowed Delaware to rattle off four unanswered goals, including three in the second peri od, to pull away from the leers entering the final period. “We got out of Delaware our game there for a while in the second period,” \ senior captain _ Matt Kirstein Penn State said. “We beat ourselves in that period. Obviously it hurts to lose, but anytime you do coach of the leers this season. After helping the leers as an assistant coach for two years, Downey will be leaving Penn State at the end of this season after his wife, Amy Downey, accepted a job offer in Boston. “The position I’m in right now," Downey said, “has always been looked at as a temporary thing to kind of grow and learn a little bit about myself as a coach." Amy Downey, who used to work for Philadelphia Magazine as an associate editor, received a job the Lions' performance on ON THE the Hardwood Hits blog: BLOG psucoliegian.com Abt, D-sy C, you have to learn from it and move forward." The leers had dominated the Blue Hens defensively in the first three meetings this season, allow ing only one goal through 185 min utes of play. After winning 2-1 in a shootout and shutting out the Blue Hens 6-0 in the two meetings earlier this year, Penn State opened up this series with another shutout victo ry Friday night, winning 1-0. Junior goalie Teddy Hume had stopped 104 of 105 Delaware shots See STREAK. Page 10. offer from a former employer who also owns Boston Magazine. Bill Downey said. For most of the players, it was an announcement that led to mixed emotions. While the younger players will be losing a leader who has plenty of success and playing experience, they will also be seeing someone they considered a friend moving forward in his career. “I was definitely disappointed when he told us," sophomore Paul See COACH, Page 10. I'm DmlyCollei •‘."Oc Press Guard Talor Battle (left) t;s to drive past Purdue players Sujay. Team drops seconc straight By Alex Angert m Washmipn ■ had been lt|c- got the flu:-, sire The rv-! the came w as a t i'erent store Pushing the ball up the court with a -ensr ot urtienoy iho team lacked the the i.udv Lions jumpea out to an eariy 15-pom; lead against Michigan. By the end of the game. Penn State's ■ 10-ft. 7-4 Big Teni high octane offense fell flat as the Wolverines 13- 8. 5 fo picked up momentum and an eventual fid -62 victory With remaining in the first half, senior Tvra Grant caught a pass from point guard Emily Phillips and drained a ,1-pointer to give Penn State a 15-point lead. Washington Six minutes later, the Lions were still leading but only by After extending the lead back to eight going into the half, it appeared as if Penn State w T as back in position to control the game. Then Michigan's Veronica Hicks took over and single-hand edly forced the Lions to fight back from behind for the last 16 minutes ot the game. Hicks scored 16 points in the second half for the Wolverines, giving Penn State's players fits on the court while trying to con tain her. Grant led the way for the Lions with 19 points, but she fin ished only l-for-2 from the line as Penn State managed only 10 total free-throw attempts. Junior Julia Trogele chipped in 11 points while Alex Bentley, fresh off a career high of 27. was limited to just eight points total. None of the coaches and play ers could be reached for com ment after the loss. However, even though the Lions dug themselves a hole for most of the second half, they still See LOSS. Page 10. OSee how the Collegian's Lady Lions writers graded Sunday's game on the Washington's Post blog: psucollegian.com Andrew Dunhetmer/Collegian Assistant coach Bill Downey shouts during a game Jan. 16. WOMEN'* iSKETBA^ Michigan Penn State
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