Fresh off a Thanksgiving week trip to Florida where they impressively took LSU to overtime and waxed Oregon State to get a split in the Emerald Coast Classic, the hoops squad returned to the friendly confines of the Bryce Jordan Center to host the Miami Hurricanes as part of the annual Big Ten-ACC Challenge.
The typically poor-shooting ‘Canes started out lighting it up from three-point range, with their big man Sam Waardenburg knocking down his first three attempts from downtown. PSU would keep it close and even lead at times, thanks to five different Nittany Lions putting up points, as well as strong rebounding and Miami reverting back to the mean, shooting-wise (at one point during the first half, the ‘Canes were shooting under 30 percent from the floor).