Tuesday night the Penn State Nittany Lions welcomed the Rutgers Scarlet Knights to the Bryce Jordan Center. Entering the game the Nittany Lions had won 2 of 3 games played since returning from a two week long COVID pause. The lone loss was a hard fought loss against one of the best team’s in the country in Purdue this past weekend, and this was a loss that included the Nittany Lions leading for much of the first half. Additionally, they had won 3 of their last 4 against the Scarlet Knights.
Entering Tuesday night’s matchup the Scarlet Knights had also been playing their best basketball of the season.