Penn State Basketball: How to lose a game
By Evan Smith
Sluggish second half starts spell doom
Six seconds into the second half, John Harrar committed a foul. The Pirates then made a layup and Penn State turned it over on the ensuing inbounds play. In 28 seconds, the Pirates cut the Lions’ double digit lead to seven points.
In the last 29 seconds of game action, the Penn State lead was reduced by 7 points.
Although the Lions did maintain the second half lead for almost the whole game, the poor management at the end of the first half and beginning of the second half ensured the Pirates would keep the game close when Penn State potentially could have put them away.
However, neither of these situations are the reason Penn State lost …