Daily News | Biggest man Zach Edey steals show as No. 1 Purdue beats Penn State at Palestra
The Palestra got as loud as the Palestra gets. The temperature inside Sunday night rose as fast as it was dropping outside. Penn State told its people to wear white, and although you can’t fit more than 100,000 inside on 33rd Street like they do out at Beaver Stadium, it sounded almost as loud as a standard “White Out” football extravaganza, with top-ranked Purdue in to face the Nittany Lions.
Having little interest in challenging Edey at the other end, Penn State took a while to start knocking down jumpers. Then Nittany Lions point guard Jalen Pickett showed before halftime why he is the straw that stirs this year’s group. By halftime, Pickett had 18 points, the last at the buzzer. His highlight had been a three-pointer Pickett actually arced from in front of Purdue’s bench, over Edey, who fouled him in the process. A four-point play Pickett won’t forget. Pickett had 26 for the night.
Penn State’s 37-31 halftime lead was earned with the Nittany Lions committing just two first-half turnovers, with Roman Catholic graduate Seth Lundy joining Pickett in double figures by halftime, with Archbishop Wood graduate Andrew Funk making his first three-pointer for Penn State’s first lead of the night.Right after halftime, Purdue grabbed control back, scoring inside and out. Penn State got decent looks but wasn’t hitting them, as the Boilermakers scored the first dozen points of the half.
“It was really important,” Nittany Lions coach Micah Shrewsberry had said last week. “They’re both so different in their games, but they both fit seamlessly as people. … They both came in; neither one asked about shots, minutes, anything else…”Not just because Edey is 7-4. Shrewsberry was a Purdue assistant when Edey first got there.Another thing, Shrewsberry said, Edey likes the game, making the point that some really big men play because they’re really big.
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