Game Preview: Penn State vs Nebraska

posted February 19, 2019 in CommRadio, Sports by Trent Fye

Host Trent Fye alongside David Hadar, Matt White and Matt McClure discuss Penn States upcoming Big Ten matchup against Nebraska:

Penn State takes on Nebraska at home Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Nittany Lions are coming off a loss to Purdue, which may have shown that the Michigan upset victory was a fluke. Nonetheless Penn State got a signature win earlier last week when they beat No.6 Michigan for the first time since 2013. Penn State is looking like they will stay in the bottom bracket of the Big Ten Tournament starting mid-March no matter the outcomes.

Overview

Nebraska is coming into the Bryce Jordan Stadium on a two-game winning streak. They got their first win last week beating Minnesota 62-61 then handling Northwestern 59-50. This was their first string of victories after losing seven straight conference games and starting the season 10-1 outside of conference play.
Penn State on the other hand has gone 2-2 in their last four games. Getting their first conference win against Northwestern, losing to Ohio State, upsetting No.6 Michigan and then losing to No.12 Purdue. Penn State is 6-6 at home this season and they will need their home crowd to show up and bring the energy for them to win. Nebraska is 15-11 overall and 5-10 in Big Ten play. Penn State is 9-16 overall and 2-12 in Big Ten play.

Keys to the Game

Nebraska has been looking for the replacement of Isaac Copeland after his gruesome knee injury keeping him out for the season. Senior James Palmer Jr. has done a fine job to this point replacing Copeland. He averages 18.8 points a game and has put up multiple 20-point performances.
Junior Isaiah Roby has taken charge defensively, rebounding 7.2 on average a game. Penn State’s versatile playmaker Lamar Stevens will be expected to have a productive game. He averages 19.2 points per game and leads the team with 8.0 rebounds a game. Rasir Bolton and Myles Dread will have to be on point with their 3-point shooting percentage.

Prediction

Right now Penn State is the team with more overall talent. They have two freshmen getting plenty of playing time in Bolton and Dread. The freshmen will be the key to a game that could propel Penn State past Nebraska.
Penn State should get the victory, 75-70. Expect solid free throw percentage and 3-point shooting.

 

 

Trent Fye is a Junior majoring in broadcast journalism, to contact him, email flintfootball53@gmail.com.

About the Contributors

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Matthew McClure

Senior / Broadcast Journalism

With his hard-work and dedication to excellence, Matthew McClure looks to achieve future goals in sports broadcasting. He is from Glenmoore, Pennsylvania and a senior broadcast journalism major at Pennsylvania State University. He has experience working in sports and is willing to work outside his comfort zone. Matthew served as an active member at CommRadio, where he performed many different play by play broadcasts, wrote articles, and is a host of his NBA talk radio show Half Court. The past two summers, Matthew moved to Florida to work as an communications intern at the Florida Collegiate Summer Baseball League. There, he broadcasted every game for the Seminole County Scorpions, and was presented with the Sara Whiting Young Professionals Award.

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Matthew White

Junior / Public Relations, Business, Spanish

Matthew White is a junior from Los Gatos, California.  White is majoring in Public Relations with a double minor in Spanish and Business.  He currently produces weekly content for Comm Radio by broadcasting live sporting events, producing podcasts, cutting sound bites, producing intros and bumps for live sporting events, writing articles and beat writing for Penn State teams.  White excels with his passion, public speaking skills and unique work ethic.  To contact him, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)