NEW YORK
As Shep Garner released another 3-pointer Tuesday night, his Penn State teammates on the bench rose to their feet and held up three fingers in anticipation of the shot.
The Nittany Lions expected Garner to knock the shot down, and moments later, the shot dropped through the net. The 3-pointer was Garner’s fifth in Penn State’s 75-60 win over Mississippi State in the NIT semifinals at Madison Square Garden — and it also placed Garner atop the Penn State record books for 3-pointers in a career. Garner finished 6 for 9 from beyond the arc, improving his career total to 334 to surpass Pete Lisicky’s record of 332.