Taking it one game at a time. There are 18 home games this season including 8 of the first 9 and the Lions have defended the BJC well thus far.

Game three has the Nittany Lions (2-0) squaring off against the Fairfield Stags (1-1) who many have predicted will win the Metro-Atlantic Athletic Conf. after coming so close a year ago. Last season, the Stags compiled a 23-11 overall record including 13-5 in MAAC play. They lost to Siena in overtime of the MAAC championship game barely missing out on a NCAA tournament spot.

Led by Ed Cooley who is now in his 5th year, the Stags will try to counter the loss of players that provided 35.7% of their minutes last season as well as 60.9% of their shot blocking. They do return 2 players that averaged better than 14.5 ppg in sophomore Derek Needham (16.4 ppg) and senior Lyndon Jordan (14.6 ppg) along with senior Lyndon Jordan (1.4 assists/game), sophomore Ryan Olander (1.4 blocked shots/game), and sophomore Colin Nickerson (1.1 assists/game) from last year’s 23-11 squad accounting for more than 60% of the team’s statistical production that is returning.

Time: 7:30 pm EST
TV: BTN
Radio: Penn State Sports Network (1450 AM locally) with Steve Jones and Dick Jerardi
All Time Record: Penn State is 1-0 against the Stags all time
Last Result: The Nittany Lions posted a 76-68 victory in Madison Square Garden over the Stags in 1976

Just 2 game deep into the season, these stats (National Rank) are still a little premature. But here they are for your viewing pleasure nonetheless.

	Fairfield		Penn State	Advantage
Off Points /game	57.5 (254)	Def Points /game	56.5 (48)
Rebounds /game	39.5 (99)	Rebounds /game	45.0 (25)
Off Assists /game	8.5 (273)	Def Assists /game	11.0 (92)
Off Field Goal %	36.6 (248)	Def Field Goal %	35.5 (49)
Def Points /game	56.5 (48)	Off Points /game	68.0 (166)
Def Assists /game	11.5 (109)	Off Assists /game	10.0 (225)
Def Field Goal %	40.0 (118)	Off Field Goals %	38.5 (221)

Difference < 25 National Rank = Push
Difference > 25 National Rank =
Difference > 75 National Rank =
Difference > 125 National Rank =
Difference > 175 National Rank =

Go State!