THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Lions look to offense to stop Michigan By Andrew J. Cassava!! COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Stefen Wisniewski will not see one snap opposite Michigan quar terback Denard Robinson The senior FOOTBALL guard still sees himself and his 10 offensive teammates as the key to silencing the Heisman candidate. It may be cliché to say "the best defense is a good offense," but the senior guard said it's never been truer than this week. As long as the offense controls the ball and Robinson is forced to wait his turn on the sideline, the vaunted Wolverines offense can't score any points, Wisniewski said. "Whenever you're going against a talented offense like Michigan, we as an offense want to help our defense out as best as we can," Wisniewski said. "Certainly that's putting up points. It's also holding onto the ball and trying to keep Michigan and the offense off the ball as often as we can." Wisniewski hopes the posses sion will carry over from the sec ond half of last week's win over Minnesota. The Nittany Lions Freshman Talia East works to rehab torn ACL By Ryan Loy COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER While the Lady Lions walked from sideline to sideline stretch ing before practice two weeks ago, Talia East watched from her own little area of WOMEN'S the Bryce Jordan BASKETBALL Center floor. East, a fresh man forward, could only watch her teammates practice while she worked on a stationary bike to rehab a torn anterior cruciate lig ament in her left knee. The 6-foot-3 Philadelphian Anderson, starters return from injury, focus on Navy younger players to fill in the void. wasn't worried about being monitored more carefully, but the Anderson said. "I focus more and "I think that we compensated by out because of leadership," cap- team is not looking to change the I'm more mindful of my surround everyone stepping up and we tain Sadie Anderson said. junior captain's intensity ings on the field. I don't let injuries A blowout victory over an oppo- played like a team," said coach "Everyone on the team is a leader "She plays with a lot of aggres- hold me back" • • nent is not out of the norm for the Pete Steinberg. "We did not wait in their own way. I was disappoint- sion that sometimes she takes too The Lady Ruggers will travel to Lady Ruggers this season. But to for one of the experienced players ed about not being able to play much contact for her position," face a tough Navy squad this do so without a captain and two to do something, which is what we with my teammates but I knew said Steinberg. "I think she will Sunday. The team will welcome starting seniors only proves that do when we have those players on they were fine without me." probably be ready to play a lot back all their injured starters and Penn State might be on their way the field." With the team missing Anderson, Henneman and over the next two weeks." will be ready to compete in a phys for third consecutive national title. crucial leadership in addition to Armstrong are all set to return Anderson acknowledged that ical match. After losing junior captain Sadie their captain, it'd be reasonable to from injury this weekend against she is mindful of her injury, but "We are really excited to get out Anderson and senior starters Lisa that the Lady Ruggers would be Navy, whose physicality will test she is not letting the sprain in her there and test ourselves as a Henneman and Kyle Armstrong, unfocused on the pitch. Nothing the Lady Ruggers. Steinberg said ankle affect her play team," Anderson said. "Our team the Lady Ruggers looked to their could be further from the truth. Anderson's playing time will be "Honestly I play better injured," is ready to show what we got." By Andrew Pogorzelski FOR THE COLLEGIAN icawienr. swarm The Color of Water: A Meditation on Identity award-winning writer corn',oser rushed for 122 yards and pos sessed the ball for most of the fourth quarter. There will certainly be more pressure on the offense to do so this week, as the Wolverines boast the conference's No. 2 scoring offense, averaging 36 points per game. They also have, by far, the league's No. 1 rushing attack, led by Robinson. Senior center Doug Klopacz said that if there's one stat that could indicate who wins the game, it will be time of possession. "That's the aspect of the game that's probably gonna help win the game," Klopacz said. "It's gonna be important, and we're gonna do the best we can in terms of [con trolling possession], and hopefully then we'll come out on top." It may not be that easy. The Wolverines are last in the Big Ten in possession average per game, but with big play threats such as Robinson and receivers Roy Roundtree, Junior Hemingway and Darryl Stonum, each of whom have caught passes of 66 yards or more this season, that hasn't been a huge factor. "They put up a lot of points on the board, and we've got to be able to fire right back," Klopacz said. native injured the knee while play ing in an April 21 high school all star game. Though she hasn't been able to fully display her talents for her new teammates, East is working hard to get back to full strength. Coach Coquese Washington said if her rehabilitation stays on pace, the East freshman should be back in January East hopes her hard work will allow her to move from the courtside station *e• 4 screenwriter James Mcßride 7 p.m. Thursday, October 28 SPORTS "That's gonna be a big point of emphasis for us, I'd say" The need to score points doesn't add pressure on the offense, Klopacz said. It only brings more excitement. But Penn State's offense hasn't controlled the clock well this sea son. The Lions rank ninth in the con ference, ahead of only the Wolverines and Purdue. At critical junctures, they've showed signs of being able to do so only once this season a 12-play, 96-yard drive in the fourth quarter s against Temple that ate six minutes and sealed the victory. Drives like those are exactly what senior running back Evan Royster said the Lions need this week, to both build off last week's progress and keep one of college football's quickest offensive threats on the sideline. "We need to run the ball this week —that's how we control the clock and that's how we keep the defense off the field," Royster said. "Obviously we need to put points on the board. But ball possession will be the most important thing this week." To e-mail reporter: ajcs23B@psu.edu Devon Smith (20) runs with the ball in Penn State's loss to Illinois ary bike to the middle of the paint sooner than expected. "[The rehab] is coming along. The doctors are saying early January," East said of her return. - I'm saying Christmas for a Christmas gift. I'll take that." Coming out of high school, East was the 35th-ranked center according to ESPN/HoopGurlz. Last year, she was named to the Pennsylvania All-State First Team while averaging 13.4 points, 10.0 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game for the Friends Central School. While she dominated high school competition, East said she had to get used to life in college I\ 3..4,1,1w0ar5...11.6. before even thinking about basket ball. The freshman said she had a hard time adjusting to a lack of sleep and less - T.V. time" when she first came to Penn State. But the summer helped her to transition, and East said she's get ting better at balancing her time. Now, it's just a matter of time before she adds participation in practice to her list of things to do. Reds hirt sophomore Mia Nickson, a captain on this year's team, is excited to see East's physicality once she's cleared. "I can't wait until she gets back in. She looks aggressive," Nickson said. Iltle Caesars mo me me NMI I 14 little Caellarg i: COMI I I I CRAZY BREAD., aME OMER. I I CRAZY SAUCE, I I ALLIIMENVIE :$319 1 $ 5OO I ...... . . I ...7 NM MUM= li IMM is mariaiiilTirms a THURSDAY, Ocr. 28, 2010 I Several of the Lions like the hard work East is showing while trying to get back on the floor. It's all part of her attempt to return by Dec. 25, a few weeks before the doctors expect her back. It's tough to tell if everything will work out East's way, but from what freshman guard Maggie Lucas said, the forward is trying all she can to make it work. "Talia is really focusing. She's working so hard on her rehab," Lucas said. "She's going to be back as soon as she can. She's def initely doing the work.- To e-mail reporter: rmlsl3B@psu.edu MI INN NMI Nil 11111 =I I I t; Little Catsart 1:11 `l-11' I I I TRY A TASTY ORDER I I OF WI oai R CHICKEN WINGS 1 aous Is s 0 0 , I NMI I MEW . I L aadaraarg. a
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