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NCAA Tournament History

} Appearances: 9 (last 2011) } Final Four: 1 (1954) } Record: 9-11 (.450) } Overtime: 0-1 (last 1991) } 5-Point or less games: 2-4

} MOST POINTS PSU: W, 82-74 vs. N. Carolina (2001) OPP: L, 86-80 vs. Arkansas (1996)

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} LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY PSU: 12; 63-50 vs. Toledo (1954) OPP: 29; 82-53 vs. Iowa (1955)

} CONSECUTIVE WINS: 3 (1954) Last 10: 4-6 Last 5: 2-3 } NCAA TOURNAMENT MVP 1954: Jesse Arnelle (East Regional)

} ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM 1954: Jesse Arnelle, F (Final Four) 1954: Jesse Arnelle, F (East Regional) 1942: John Egli, G (East Regional)

RECORD BY ROUND First Round: Second Round: Quarterfinals: Semifinals:

4-5 3-3 1-2 0-1

TOURNAMENT SEEDS

1991 1996 2001 2011 #13 #5 #7 #10

VS. TOURNAMENT OPPONENTS

Arkansas Dartmouth Eastern Michigan Illinois Iowa Kentucky LaSalle LSU Memphis State North Carolina North Carolina State Notre Dame Princeton Providence Temple Toledo UCLA USC 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-2 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-2 1-0 1-0 1-0

NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORDS

} CAREER SCORING 1. 202 Jesse Arnelle 2. 71 Ron Weidenhammer 3. 61 John Sherry 4. 54 Titus Ivory 5. 53 Gyasi Cline-Heard 6. 48 Ed Haag 7. 46 Joe Crispin 46 Earl Fields 46 Jim Blocker 10. 37 Jim Brewer 1952, 54, 55 1952, 54, 55 1952, 54 2001 2001 1952, 54 2001 1954, 55 1952, 54, 55 1954

} GAME SCORING 1. 25 Jesse Arnelle 25 Jesse Arnelle 3. 23 Talor Battle 4. 22 Jesse Arnelle 22 Jesse Arnelle

vs. Kentucky, 1955 vs. USC, 1954 vs. Temple, 2011 vs. Kentucky, 1952 vs NC State, 1952 22 Jesse Arnelle vs. Notre Dame, 1954 7. 21 Gyasi Cline-Heard vs. North Carolina, 2001 21 Joe Crispin vs. North Carolina, 2001 21 Titus Ivory vs. North Carolina, 2001 10. 20 Titus Ivory vs. Temple, 2001

} GAME REBOUNDING 1. 22 Jesse Arnelle 2. 16 Carver Clinton 3. 14 Jesse Arnelle

vs. Memphis St., 1955 vs. Princeton, 1965 vs. LSU, 1954 4. 11 Glenn Sekunda vs. Arkansas, 1996 5. 10 Gyasi Cline-Heard vs. Providence, 2001 10 Jesse Arnelle vs. Iowa, 1955

} 3-POINT FIELD GOALS 1. 5 Talor Battle 5 Pete Lisicky 3. 4 Joe Crispin 4 Titus Ivory 5. 3 Joe Crispin 3 Titus Ivory 3 Brandon Watkins

vs. Temple, 2011 vs. Arkansas, 1996 vs. Temple, 2001 vs. Temple, 2001 vs. Providence, 2001 vs. Providence, 2001 vs. Temple, 2001

OPPONENT GAME RECORDS

Scoring: Rebounding: 3-Pt Field Goals: 34, Bob Pettit, LSU, 1954 24, Bob Pettit, LSU, 1954 4, Pat Bradley, Arkansas, 1996

1942 OVERALL RECORD: 18-3; NCAA RECORD: 1-1

3/20/42 vs. Dartmouth (New Orleans, La.) L 39-44 Leading PSU scorer: John Egli, 12 3/21/42 vs. Illinois (New Orleans, La.) W 41-34 Leading PSU scorer: L.D. Gent, 21

1952 OVERALL RECORD: 20-6; NCAA RECORD: 0-2

3/21/52 vs. Kentucky (Raleigh, N.C.)

Leading PSU scorer: Jesse Arnelle, 22 3/22/52 vs. NC State (Raleigh, N.C.)

Leading PSU scorer: Jesse Arnelle, 22 L 54-82

L 60-69

1954 OVERALL RECORD: 18-6; NCAA RECORD: 4-1

3/9/54 vs. Toledo (Ft. Wayne, Ind.)

Leading PSU scorer: Jesse Arnelle, 13 3/12/54 vs. LSU (Iowa City, Iowa) W 62-50

W 78-70

Leading PSU scorer: Jesse Arnelle, 24 3/13/54 vs. Notre Dame 63 (Iowa City, Iowa) W 71-63 Leading PSU scorer: Jesse Arnelle, 22

NCAA FINAL FOUR

3/19/54 vs. LaSalle (Kansas City, Mo.) L 54-69 Leading PSU scorer: Jesse Arnelle, 18 3/20/54 vs. USC (Kansas City, Mo.) W 70-61 Leading PSU scorer: Jesse Arnelle, 25

1955 OVERALL RECORD: 18-10; NCAA RECORD: 1-2

3/8/55 vs. Memphis State (Lexington, Ky.) W 59-55 Leading PSU scorer: Jesse Arnelle, 20 3/11/55 vs. Iowa (Evansville, Ind.) L 53-82 Leading PSU scorer: Bob Hoffman, 14 3/12/55 vs. Kentucky (Evansville, Ind.) L 59-84 Leading PSU scorer: Jesse Arnelle, 25

1965 OVERALL RECORD: 20-4; NCAA RECORD: 0-1

3/8/65 vs. Princeton (Philadelphia, Pa.) L 58-60 Leading PSU scorer: Jim Reed, 16

1991 OVERALL RECORD: 21-11; NCAA RECORD: 1-1

3/15/91 vs. (#4) UCLA (Syracuse, N.Y.) W 74-69 Leading PSU scorer: James Barnes, 19 3/17/91 vs. (#14) E. Michigan (Syracuse, N.Y.) L (OT) 68-71 Leading PSU scorer: Four players with 12 points

1996 OVERALL RECORD: 21-7; NCAA RECORD: 0-1

3/14/96 vs. (#12) Arkansas (Providence, R.I.) L 80-86 Leading PSU scorer: Calvin Booth, 20

2001 OVERALL RECORD: 21-12; NCAA RECORD: 2-1

3/16/01 vs. (#10) Providence (New Orleans) W 69-59 Leading PSU Scorer: Gyasi Cline-Heard 16 (10 rebs) 3/18/01 vs. (#2) North Carolina (New Orleans) W 82-74 Leading PSU Scorer: Joe Crispin and Titus Ivory, 21 3/23/01 vs. (#11) Temple (Atlanta, Ga.) L 72-84 Leading PSU Scorer: Titus Ivory, 20

2011 OVERALL RECORD: 19-15; NCAA RECORD: 0-1

3/17/11 vs. (#7) Temple (Tucson, Ariz.) L 64-66 Leading PSU Scorer: Talor Battle, 23

1942

FIRST ROUND EAST REGIONAL

at New Orleans, La. March 20, 1942 Dartmouth 44, Penn State 39 Dartmouth - Myers 7, Munroe 8, Olsen 19, Shaw 0, Skaug 7, Pearson 3, Parmer 0 Totals: FG 18; FT 8-12, 44 Penn State - Gross 7, Gent 2, Baltimore 7, Ramin 2, Egli 12, Grimes 0, Hornstein 9 Totals: FG 14; FT 11-16, 39 Halftime: Dartmouth 22, Penn State 16

CONSOLATION EAST REGIONAL

at New Orleans, La. March 21, 1942 Penn State 41, Illinois 34 Penn State - Gross 4, Gent 21, Baltimore 10, Ramin 0, Egli 4, Grimes 0, Hornstein 2 Totals: FG 17; FT 7-13, 41 Illinois - Menke 8, Fowler 2, Smiley 4, Hocking 0, Mathisen 8, Wukovitz 5, Phillip 5, Vance 0, Sachs 2, Parker 0 Totals: FG 12; FT 10-11, 34. Halftime: Penn State 26, Illinois 21

1952

FIRST ROUND EAST REGIONAL

at Raleigh, N.C. March 21, 1952 Kentucky 82, Penn State 54 Kentucky - Linville 12, Tsioropoulos 7, Whitaker 10, Neff 2, Evans 5, Hagan 20, Clark 0, Rose 6, Ramsey 11, Rouse 1, Watson 8 Totals: FG 35; FT 12-20, 82 Penn State - Weidenhammer 2, Piorkowski 1, Williams 2, Sherry 10, McMahan 2, Arnelle 22, Haag 3, Sledzik 12. Totals: FG 19; FT 16-30, 54 Halftime: Kentucky 43, Penn State 25

CONSOLATION GAME EAST REGIONAL

at Raleigh, N.C. March 22, 1952 NC State 69, Penn State 60 N.C. State - Tyler 6, Speight 15, Kukoy 2, Cook 2, Brandenburg 0, Thompson 21, Knapp 4, Yurin 3, Terrill 8, Gotkin 8, Applebaum 0 Totals: FG 25; FT 19-31, 69 Penn State - Sherry 8, Weidenhammer 4, Williams 4, Piorkowski 5, Arnelle 22, McMahon 3, Haag 3, Sledzik 5, Makarewicz 6, Blocker 0 Totals: FG 23; FT 14-27, 60 Halftime: N.C. State 42, Penn State 36

1954 FIRST ROUND

at Ft. Wayne, Ind. March 9, 1954 Penn State 62, Toledo 50 Penn State - Sherry 5, Blocker 4, Rohland 6, Arnelle 13, Weidenhammer 10, Haag 8, Brewer 11, Fields 5 Totals: FG 22; FT 18-24, 62 Toledo - Martin 23, Maher 4, Spice 11, Padzior 5, Ray 7 Totals: FG 14; FT 22-31, 50 Halftime: Toledo 30, Penn State 27

EAST REGIONAL SEMIFINAL

at Iowa City, Iowa March 12, 1954 Penn State 78, LSU 70 Penn State - Sherry 11, Rohland 2, Arnelle 24, Haag 9, Weidenhammer 9, Brewer 5, Fields 9, Blocker 9, Marisa 0 Totals: FG 29-82; FT 20-32, 78 LSU - Belcher 6, Clark 10, Pettit 34, Mcardle 9, Magee 9, Sebastian 0, Freshley 0, McNeilly 2, Jones 0 Totals: FG 25-67; FT 20-24, 70 Halftime: Penn State 34, LSU 32 Rebounds: LSU 51 (Pettit 24), Penn State 37 (Arnelle 14)

EAST REGIONAL FINAL

at Iowa City, Iowa March 13, 1954

Penn State 71, Notre Dame 63 Penn State - Weidenhammer 3, Sherry 14, Brewer 7, Arnelle 22, Rohland 0, Haag 12, Fields 0, Blocker 13 Totals: FG 24; FT 23-30, 71 Notre Dame - Fannon 8, Bertrand 10, McGinn 0, Rosenthal 20, Sullivan 9, Stephens 16, Weiman 0 Totals: FG 21; FT 21-30, 63 Halftime: Penn State 31, Notre Dame 28

NCAA SEMIFINAL - FINAL FOUR

at Kansas City, Mo. March 19, 1954 LaSalle 69, Penn State 54 LaSalle - Singley 10, Maples 7, Blatcher 19, Gola 19, O’Malley 9, O’Hara 5 Totals: FG 24; FT 21-32, 69 Penn State - Weidenhammer 3, Fields 5, Haag 4, Brewer 6, Arnelle 18, Rohland 4, Blocker 4, Sherry 6, Edwards 4. Totals: FG 20; FT 14-24, 54 Halftime: LaSalle 33, Penn State 22

NCAA THIRD PLACE

at Kansas City, Mo. March 20, 1954 Penn State 70, USC 61 Penn State - Sherry 7, Rohland 3, Arnelle 25, Haag 9, Weidenhammer 12, Brewer 8, Fields 4, Blocker 2, Edwards 0 Totals: FG 27; FT 16-20, 70 USC - Psaltis 11, Carr 4, Thompson 2, Pausig 5, Irvin 12, Ludecke 1, Hammer 8, Dunne 0, Welsh 18 Totals: FG 17; FT 27-38, 61 Halftime: Penn State 44, USC 26

1955 FIRST ROUND at Lexington, Ky. March 8, 1955

Penn State 59, Memphis State 55 Penn State - Blocker 8, Edwards 4, Hoffman 2, Arnelle 20, Weidenhammer 8, Fields 17, Rohland 0, Ramsay 0 Totals: FG 21-60; FT 17-23, 59 Memphis St. - Scott 5, Davis 12, Jones 0, McClain 4, Ballard 0, Winn 2, Arnold 12, Fortner 2, Caldwell 18 Totals: FG 23-81; FT 9-19, 55 Halftime: Penn State 33, Memphis St. 19 Rebounds: Penn State 61 (Arnelle 22), Memphis State 44 (Arnold, Davis 10)

EAST REGIONAL SEMIFINAL

at Evansville, Ind. March 11, 1955 Iowa 82, Penn State 53 Iowa - Davis 19, Cain 21, Logan 8, Scheuerman 2, Seaberg 13, Johnson 0, Schoof 6, George 7, Ridley 2, Martel 1, Hawthorne 3, Duncan 0 Totals: FG 32-71; FT 18-29, 82 Penn State - Blocker 5, Edwards 0, Hoffman 14, Arnelle 11, Weidenhammer 4, Fields 3, Rohland 2, Ramsay 3, Marisa 8, Hartnett 0, Watts 2, Hall 1 Totals: FG 19-72; FT 15-21, 53 Halftime: Iowa 39, Penn State 25 Rebounds: Iowa 42 (Cain 9), Penn State 38 (Arnelle 10)

EAST REGIONAL CONSOLATION

at Evansville, Ind. March 12, 1955 Kentucky 84, Penn State 59 Kentucky - Bird 17, Brewer 11, Mills 6, Burrow 22, Rose 7, Calvert 19, Adkins 2 Totals: FG 35; FT 14-20, 84 Penn State - Weidenhammer 16, Edwards 4, Hoffman 10, Arnelle 25, Blocker 1, Rohland 0, Fields 3, Ramsay 0 Totals: FG 20 /; FT 19-25, 59 Halftime: Kentucky 40, Penn State 28

1965

FIRST ROUND EAST REGIONAL

at Philadelphia, Pa. (Palestra) March 8, 1965 Princeton 60, Penn State 58 Princeton - Bradley 22, Harlow 11, Brown 0, Rodenbach 12, Walters 6, Hummer 9 Totals: FG 24-62; FT 12-17, 60 Penn State - Avillion 11, Saunders 6, Clinton 12, Weiss 13, Reed 16, Mickey 0 Totals: FG 25-69; FT 8-14, 58 Halftime: Princeton 31, Penn State 28 Rebounds: Penn State 44 (Clinton 16), Princeton 43 (Hummer 13)

1991

FIRST ROUND EAST REGIONAL

at Syracuse, N.Y. (Carrier Dome) March 15, 1991 Penn State 74, UCLA 69 Penn State - J. Barnes 19, Hayes 16, Degitz 10, F. Barnes 4, Brown 10, Jennings 10, Johnson 3, Joyner 0, Carter 2, Dietz 0 Totals: FG 28-56; FT 15-23, 74 UCLA - Murray 17, Butler 9, MacLean 15, Martin 5, Madkins 11, Tarver 4, Owens 8 Totals: FG 28-58; FT 11-15, 69 Halftime: UCLA 36, Penn State 32 Rebounds: UCLA 35 (Owens 14), Penn State 31 (J. Barnes 8) 3FGs: Penn State 3 (Jennings 2, Brown), UCLA 2 (Madkins, Murray)

SECOND ROUND EAST REGIONAL at Syracuse, N.Y. (Carrier Dome) March 17, 1991

E. Michigan 71, Penn State 68, OT EMU - Hallas 12, C. Thomas 7, Kennedy 21, Ch. Thomas 11, Neely 18, Boykin 0, Lewis 2, Felder 0, Pearson 0 Totals: FG 23-50; FT 21-26, 71 Penn State - J. Barnes 12, Hayes 12, Degitz 8, F. Barnes 12, Brown 12, Johnson 6, Dietz 0, Carter 2, Jennings 4 Totals: FG 24-56; FT 14-21, 68 Halftime: Penn State 33, EMU 29 Regulation: EMU 58, Penn State 58. Rebounds: EMU 35 (Hallas 8), Penn State 32 (J. Barnes 8) 3FGs: Penn State 6 (F. Barnes 3, Brown 2, Jennings), EMU 4 (Ch. Thomas 2)

1996

FIRST ROUND EAST REGIONAL

at Providence, R.I. (Civic Center) March 14, 1996 Arkansas 86, Penn State 80 Arkansas - Towns 5, Hood 12, Robinson 15, Reid 21, Bradley 13, L. Williams 2, Hall 14, Wilson 4, Thompson 0, Davis 0 Totals: FG 28; FT 20-33 86 Penn State - Gaudio 19, Sekunda 4, Booth 20, Earl 14, Lisicky 17, Metzger 0, D. Williams 0, McKnight 2, Stephens 1, P. Williams 3, Rogers 0 Totals: FG 28; FT l7-26, 80. Halftime: Arkansas 36, Penn State 28 Rebounds: Arkansas 34 (Hood 12), Penn State 40 (Sekunda 11) 3FGs: Arkansas 10 (Bradley 4), Penn State 7 (Lisicky 5, Earl 2)

2001

FIRST ROUND SOUTH REGIONAL

at New Orleans, La. (Superdome) March 16, 2001 Penn State 69, Providence 59 Penn State - Ivory 13, Smith 7, ClineHeard 16, Joe Crispin 13, Jon Crispin 11, Tate 0, Watkins 7, Banta 2, Egekeze 0 Totals: FG 23-52; FT 15-19, 69 Providence - Augustin 3, Maxey 16, Shabazz 13, Mills 8, Linehan 6, Rogers 2, Kabba 2, Anrin 0, Douthit 4, Laksa 5 Totals: FG 22-61; FT 12-18, 59 Halftime: Penn State 30, Providence 30 Rebounds: Penn State 32 (Cline-Heard 10), Providence 41 (Shabazz 9) 3FGs: Penn State 8 (Ivory 3, Joe Crispin 3); Providence 3 (Linehan 2)

SECOND ROUND SOUTH REGIONAL

at New Orleans, La. (Superdome) March 18, 2001

Penn State 82, North Carolina 74 Penn State - Ivory 21, Smith 5, ClineHeard 19, Joe Crispin 21, Jon Crispin 5, Tate 4, Watkins 2, Banta 2, Egekeze 3, Witkowsky 0 Totals: FG 31-71; FT 13-15, 82 North Carolina - Capel 12, Peppers 21, Haywood 13, Curry 9, Forte 6, Morrison 1, Owens 0, Boone 0, Lang 12 Totals: FG 30-64; FT 11-14, 74 Halftime: UNC 40, Penn State 39 Rebounds: Penn State 33 (Cline-Heard 9), UNC 44 (Haywood 13) 3FGs: Penn State 7 (Ivory 3, Joe Crispin 3); UNC 3 (Capel 2)

SOUTH REGIONAL SEMIFINAL SWEET 16

at Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) March 23, 2001 Temple 84, Penn State 72 Temple - Wesby 14, Hawkins 8, Lyde 13, Greer 21, Wadley 13, Jefferson 15, Rollerson 0, Thomas 0, Barry 0 Totals: FG 26-59; FT 26-30, 84 Penn State - Ivory 20, Smith 1, Cline-Heard 18, Joe Crispin 12, Jon Crispin 6, Tate 0, Krimmel 0, Watkins 12, Chambliss 0, Vossekuil 0, Banta 1, Egekeze 2, Witkowsky 0 Totals: FG 23-57; FT 13-21, 72 Halftime: Temple 39, Penn State 21 Rebounds: Temple 44 (Lyde 13), Penn State 27 (Ivory 7) 3FGs: Temple 6 (Wesby 3), Penn State 13 (Ivory 4, Joe Crispin 4)

2011

FIRST ROUND WEST REGIONAL

at Tucson, Ariz. (McKale Center) March 17, 2011 Temple 66, Penn State 64 Penn State - Battle 23, Frazier 15, Jackson 14, Brooks 6, Jones 4, Woodyard 2 Totals: 26-54 FG, 8-19 3PT, 4-6 FT, 64 PTS Temple - Fernandez 23, Moore 23, Wyatt 10, Jefferson 7, Allen 3 Totals: 24-49 FG, 5-18 3PT, 13-15 FT, 66 PTS Halftime: Temple 35, Penn State 33 Rebounds: Temple 28 (Allen 11), Penn State 26 (Jones 8) 3FGs: Penn State 8 (Battle 5, Jackson 2), Temple 5 (Fernandez 2, Wyatt 2)