Penn State wins NIT!

◊ Penn State won a hard fought, sometimes even bloody NIT final tonight in New York City, -. Baylor had taken some decent leads through most of the game, but in typical Penn State fashion, the Lions used defense and balanced offense to pull away.

This was a real team effort, again led by the unbreakable Jamelle Cornley. The senior finished with a team high 18 points, while Talor Battle scored another 12, David Jackson and Stanley Pringle each had 10 more, and fifth-year senior Danny Morrissey scored all nine points on crucial three-pointers.

Penn State kept themselves in the game early by pulling down rebounds for second-, third- and even fourth-chance points.

One last thing that should be noted: the officiating crew sucked. Even though they called a lot more fouls (19) on Baylor than on Penn State (8), I had to take issue with a few called on the Bears. None of that matters though, because the game is over, and Penn State can actually hang a men's basketball championship banner in the Bryce Jordan Center!

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