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The Nittany Lion basketball team couldn't find the bottom of the net for the second straight game at the Carolina First Arena hitting just 30.9 percent from the floor and 4-of-18 from three to drop its second straight game at the Charleston Classic, 63-60, to Tulane on Friday.

Battle leads PSU to 82-51 win over Slippery Rock Talor Battle had 16 points and 10 rebounds Friday night, leading Penn State to an 82-51 exhibition victory over Division II Slippery Rock.

Almost lost amid the hoopla of Penn State's season-opening victory Friday night against Penn was the return of Adam Highberger.

Talor Battle and the other Penn State men's basketball starters joked they wanted to be sitting on the bench for the final 10 minutes of Friday's game.

Talor Battle had 16 points and 10 rebounds Friday night, leading Penn State to an 82-51 exhibition victory over Division II Slippery Rock.

Ed DeChellis equates it to jumping off a high dive. When the five newcomers on the Nittany Lion basketball team hear their names called and step onto the court for the first time tonight, nerves and jitters are bound to accompany them.

If they cloned Penn State point guard Talor Battle, the result would be a slender, fast, fearless player with a confidence some might consider cocky.

Talor Battle hates to lose, even if it's to his own teammates. CDT photo/Nabil K. Mark Penn State freshman Tim Frazier dunks the ball during the Nittany Lions' open scrimmage at the Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Oct. 13, 2009 - Fresh off a school-record 27 wins and 2009 NIT Championship, the Nittany Lion basketball team will ring in new season with a Blue White Hoops Fest this Saturday prior to the football team's kickoff with Minnesota at 3:30 p.m. in Beaver Stadium.