Thursday, August 25, 2005
Penn State Harrisburg: News Releases:
"Harrisburg native Rahsaan Carlton, captain of the 1997 Nittany Lion basketball team, is now directing the return of intercollegiate athletics to Penn State Harrisburg.
"A Susquehanna Township High School graduate and a four-time letter-winner under head coaches Bruce Parkhill and Jerry Dunn at University Park, Carlton has been named director of athletics at Penn State Harrisburg, orchestrating the effort to bring intercollegiate athletics to the campus after an absence of more than a decade. ..."
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Outlook:
"The Penn State Nittany Lions head into the 2005-06 season with a very young roster and a refreshing influx of new and enthusiastic talent with which to continue the process of rebuilding the Nittany Lion program.
"Six lettermen, including four returning starters, will be joined by seven new faces with plans on continued improvement and more wins. While six players return with Penn State experience, four of them will be sophomores, giving the Nittany Lions one of the youngest rosters in the Big Ten Conference.
" 'We are going to use our youth to our advantage,' said head coach Ed DeChellis. 'We have young legs and enthusiasm and are excited to get this season started. I believe our experience will be deceptive to a lot of people because our younger guys got to play so much last year.' ..."
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Friday, August 19, 2005
Hassell scores nine points as Big Ten Men's basketball team falls 87-83 in finale
State College, Pa. - August 19, 2005 - Penn State Nittany Lion sophomore forward Brandon Hassell (Farmersville, Ohio) scored nine points as the Big Ten Men's Basketball Foreign Tour team wrapped up the 13th trip in league history on Thursday with a narrow 87-83 loss against the C.B. Valls Basketball Club in Barcelona, Spain. The conference squad completed the tour with a record of 2-3.
The Big Ten Foreign Tour Team arrived in Spain last week and dropped its first two contests in Barcelona. However, the conference squad bounced back, traveling to Valencia, Spain on August 16 and August 17 to pick up a pair of wins before returning to Barcelona for the tour finale on Thursday.
Against C.B. Valls, the Big Ten squad fell behind in the first period, as the Spanish club held the team to only 15 points for a 27-15 advantage. The visitors responded to narrow the gap to six points at the half (43-37) before falling behind again at the end of the third, 69-56. After C.B. Vails extended its lead to 75-56 early in the final stanza, the conference squad rallied to pull within two points in the final two minutes (85-83). The Tour squad tried twice to tie it, but was unable to convert and fell in the finale, 87-83.
Michigan's Ron Coleman notched a tour-high 22 points to lead the squad for the first time in scoring, after going six-of-11 from the three-point line. Indiana's Marco Killingsworth posted a double-double with a personal tour-best 20 points and 10 rebounds, while Minnesota's Spencer Tollackson chipped in 10 points and five rebounds.
The Hoosiers' Killingsworth became only the second Indiana player in Tour annals to lead the squad in scoring after tallying double-figures in all five contests to post a team-best 76 points (15.2 ppg). Three other league standouts averaged more than 10 points per game including Michigan's Coleman (13.0), Illinois' Brian Randle (10.2) and Minnesota's Tollackson (10.2). Killingsworth also grabbed a team-leading 37 rebounds (7.4 rpg) while Michigan State's Goran Suton followed with an average of 7.0 boards per contest, including a tour-best performance of 15 rebounds on August 16.
Hassell ended the tour with a solid 7.4 point per game mark to go along with a 4.6 rebound per contest average, which was third on the team. He played in all five games for the Big Ten.
The conference office has now sent teams overseas in 13 of the last 15 years, compiling an overall record of 51-34 (.600) and a mark of 15-6 (.714) during the last four trips in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005.
2005 BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL FOREIGN TOUR SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Aug. 13 L, 117-143 Huesca Basketball Club Jaca, Spain
Aug. 15 L, 104-110 VIC Barcelona Basketball Club Barcelona, Spain
Aug. 16 W, 99-82 Alcora Basketball Club Valencia, Spain
Aug. 17 W, 82-66 Pamesa Valencia Basketball Club Valencia, Spain
Aug. 18 L, 83-87 C.B. Valls Basketball Club Barcelona, Spain
2005 BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL FINAL FOREIGN TOUR STATISTICS
School/Player Pos. Yr. PPG RPG
ILL Calvin Brock G FR 9.8 4.2
ILL Brian Randle G SO 10.2 5.4
IOWA Mike Henderson G JR 4.0 0.0
IND Marco Killingsworth F SR 15.2 7.4
MICH Ron Coleman F SO 13.0 3.0
MSU Goran Suton C FR 8.4 7.0
MINN Spencer Tollackson C SO 10.2 4.4
NU Evan Seacat G SR 7.6 0.0
OSU Matt Terwilliger F SO 5.0 3.2
PSU Brandon Hassell F SO 7.4 4.6
PUR Matt Kiefer F SR 6.4 4.2
WIS Jason Chappell F JR 4.3 3.3
Thursday, August 18, 2005
PSU hoop schedule released:
"Penn State released its men's basketball schedule yesterday and the non-conference segment is entirely appropriate for August -- soft-serve.
"Clearly lining up as many wins as he possibly can before the New Year and the Big Ten slate, third-year head coach Ed DeChellis has racked up eight home bowling pins to go with road trips to Pittsburgh and Texas A&M. The 11th non-con game is the required ACC-Big Ten Challenge match with Atlantic Coast bottom-feeder Clemson.
In all, it's the feeblest home non-con schedule since the bad ol' days of Bruce Parkhill's initial rehab era two decades ago. And DeChellis is obviously doing it for the same reason -- to hopefully give his young squad, last-place finishers the last four years, a taste of confidence. ..."
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Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Brandon Hassell scores nine in victory
BRANDON HASSELL NETS NINE POINTS AS BIG TEN FOREIGN TOUR TEAM CLAIMS 99-82 VICTORY OVER ALCORA
Park Ridge, Ill. - The Big Ten Men's Basketball Foreign Tour team picked up its first win of the trip with a 99-82 triumph over the Alcora Basketball Club in Valencia, Spain, on Tuesday. Penn State sophomore Brandon Hassell (Farmersville, Ohio) had nine points and five rebounds in the victory.
The Big Ten trailed after the opening period with a deficit of 25-22
however the conference contingent bounced back in the second stanza, posting an 11-0 run to outscore the hosts 40-31. The Tour squad then built a 73-65 advantage after three periods before holding on for the 17-point victory.
Minnesota sophomore Spencer Tollackson led the Big Ten in scoring for the first time, pouring in 17 points, while Michigan State sophomore Goran Suton became the first conference standout to post a double-double during the Tour, tallying 16 points and a team-high 15 rebounds. Indiana senior Marco Killingsworth boasted another consistent performance with 14 points and nine rebounds, while Michigan sophomore Ron Coleman and Illinois sophomore Brian Randle also reached double figures in scoring with 12 and 10 points,
respectively.
The Big Ten Foreign Tour Team improves to 1-2 on its journey through Europe and is averaging 106.7 points per contest. Four conference standouts are averaging double figures in points, led by the Fighting Illini's Randle with 14.0 points per outing. Other double-figure scorers are Indiana's Killingsworth (13.3), Illinois' Calvin Brock (13.0), Michigan's Coleman (11.0) and Minnesota's Tollackson (10.7).
The team will remain in Valencia to face Pamesa Valencia Basketball
Club on Wednesday before concluding the 2005 Tour against C.B. Valls Basketball Club on Thursday in Barcelona.
2005 BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL FOREIGN TOUR SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Aug. 13 L, 117-143 Huesca Basketball
Club Jaca, Spain
Aug. 15 L, 104-110 VIC Barcelona Basketball Club
Barcelona, Spain
Aug. 16 W, 99-82 Alcora Basketball
Club Valencia, Spain
Aug. 17 Pamesa Valencia Basketball
Club Valencia, Spain
Aug. 18 C.B. Valls Basketball
Club Barcelona, Spain
2005 BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL FOREIGN TOUR STATISTICS
School Player Pos. Yr. PPG RPG
ILL Calvin Brock G FR 13.0 3.0
ILL Brian Randle G SO 14.0 6.7
IOWA Mike Henderson G JR 4.0 0.0
IND Marco Killingsworth F SR 13.3 7.0
MICH Ron Coleman F SO 11.0 2.7
MSU Goran Suton C FR 9.7 6.7
MINN Spencer Tollackson C SO 10.7 4.7
NU Evan Seacat G SR 7.7 0.0
OSU Matt Terwilliger F SO 5.3 2.0
PSU Brandon Hassell F SO 7.3 5.0
PUR Matt Kiefer F SR 9.0 3.3
WIS Jason Chappell F JR 4.3 3.3
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Sports Info: Nittany Lion Brandon Hassell Tallies Six Points In Game Two
BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL FOREIGN TOUR TEAM
DROPS NARROW DECISION FOR SECOND LOSS
Park Ridge, Ill. - The Big Ten Men's Basketball Foreign Tour team suffered its second loss of the trip falling to VIC Barcelona, 110-104, on Monday in Barcelona, Spain.
After taking Sunday off, the conference squad returned to action against VIC Barcelona, and looked ready to avenge Saturday's loss as the teams remained even at the end of the first period (30-30). After falling behind in the second period, 58-53, the Tour squad responded, posting a 10-2 run late in the third quarter to cut the deficit from 15 points to seven, before the hosts claimed an 82-73 edge heading into the final stanza. The Big Ten continued to rally, cutting the lead to three points in the final six minutes, however the Spanish club team ended the Tour contingent's comeback with a three-pointer at the 45-second mark to ensure a 110-104 triumph.
Illinois' Calvin Brock and Brian Randle led the Big Ten squad with 18 and 17 points, respectively. Randle also added a team-best seven rebounds, while Brock tallied five assists. Indiana's Marco Killingsworth followed with 14 points and four rebounds and Michigan State's Goran Suton closed out the league's double-figure scorers with 10 points. Northwestern's Evan Seacat also dished out a team-best six assists, while tallying nine points. Penn State's Brandon Hassell (Farmersville, Ohio) had six points and five rebounds in the game.
Despite scoring over 100 points in the last two games, the Big Ten Foreign Tour Team is now 0-2 on its journey through Europe and will next travel to Valencia, Spain to take on the Alcora Basketball Club on Tuesday and the Pamesa Valencia Basketball Club on Wednesday.
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
St. Paul Pioneer Press | 08/03/2005:
"Penn State plans to offer a basketball tender soon to Hopkins 6-foot-10, 250-pound incoming senior Dan Vandervieren, who is playing this summer for the Minnesota Select team. Valparaiso is about to offer a tender, too. Coaches from Purdue and Marquette were at each of his recent 14 tournament games in Las Vegas. The Gophers are interested, too."
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FightOnState.com: Scouting New Hoop Players:
"With five incoming freshmen, a junior college transfer and a couple of walk-ons, Penn State fans really are going to need a program to follow the young Nittany Lion basketball team in 2005-06. Which is why we stopped by the BJC a couple of times in recent weeks to watch the squad play summer pickup ball...."
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