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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.

The Nittany Lion basketball team will look to snap out of a two-game shooting slump Sunday morning when it takes on Davidson at 10 a.m. in the last of Penn State's three contests at the Charleston Classic.

Wow, the NIT sure is looking nice right now for the Nittany Lions. Items in the rearview mirror may be far less significant than they appear.

This is not the way Penn State and Talor Battle envisioned their trip to Charleston.

Chad Tomko scored 21 points and North Carolina-Wilmington made 10 of 16 3-point shots to knock off Penn State 80-69 on Thursday.

The Nittany Lion basketball team will take on UNC-Wilmington Thursday in the first round of the second-annual Charleston Classic in Charleston, S.C. The game will air live from Carolina First Arena on ESPNU at 4:00 p.m. and can be heard on the Penn State Sports Network .

BONUSGATE, that mess in Harrisburg, hits home today with news that a House Republican Caucus staffer worked on a local campaign while being paid by the taxpayers.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Nov. 16, 2009 - The Nittany Lions basketball team will look to run its winning streak to seven games, dating to last season's NIT run, when they take on Northeast Conference favorite Robert Morris tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Bryce Jordan Center.

For many freshmen, the toughest adjustment to the college game is adapting to the increased speed.

Gary McGhee scored on a three-point play and a putback during successive Pittsburgh possessions in the final 21/2 minutes, Brad Wanamaker scored 15 points and the inexperienced Panthers rallied from a 13-point deficit in the second half to beat Wofford 63-60 on Friday night.

Talor Battle had 27 points and 10 rebounds as Penn State debuted its 2009 NIT championship banner with a 70-55 win over Penn on Friday night.

Free Press sports writer Shannon Shelton names her preseason All-Big Ten and All-America teams: ALL-BIG TEN TEAM F Robbie Hummel, Purdue, junior: Playing at less than 100% because of a back injury, he averaged 12.5 points and seven rebounds in earning third-team all-conference honors last season.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Nov. 11, 2009 - Penn State landed one of the most highly sought after recruits in Nittany Lion basketball program history Wednesday when 6-2 guard Taran Buie signed his national letter of intent to play for the Lions on the first day of the early signing period.

Balance is so important in many aspects of life. In team sports, it is all-encompassing. The men's basketball team at Penn State had a unique mix last year that dragged it from chronic obscurity into the first division of the league for the first time in 13 years.

Talor Battle paced the Penn State men's basketball team to a 82-51 win over Slippery Rock Friday night.

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

When Bruce Weber sees anything about Big Ten Conference men's basketball in the national media these days, he's pleasantly surprised.

Michigan State's Kalin Lucas goes for a lay up at the Illinois home game at Assembly Hall in Champaign on Sunday, March 1, 2009.

That might be the best way to describe the state of the University of Wisconsin men's and women's basketball programs, at least relative to their Big Ten Conference counterparts.

Penn State's Talor Battle and Siena's Edwin Ubiles are among the finalists on the Naismith Award Preseason Watch List.