Basketball PSU Hoops drops second straight game to Iowa behind Murray's 15 points

[mralph59]

Penn State played strong defense again on the road at Iowa, but it didn't have the offense to keep up with the Hawkeyes in the second half.

Penn State is a middle-of-the-road team in the Big Ten right now, and Iowa is solidly in the upper portion of the conference. Today showed that the Nittany Lions can compete, but they're just not on the same level right now.

Full game recap here:

Happy Valley Insider - PSU Hoops drops second straight game to Iowa behind Murray's 15 points

Penn State took on Iowa this afternoon out in Carver-Hawkeye Arena and here's how it went.

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[psuguy43]

Sometime you just need to hit open shots and take care of the ball. Uncharacteristic turnovers. Oh well, time to move on to the Indiana.

 

[mralph59]

Sometime you just need to hit open shots and take care of the ball. Uncharacteristic turnovers. Oh well, time to move on to the Indiana.

13 turnovers in one half certainly makes it tough. But interestingly the second half was uglier than the first while only having four turnovers. Rebounding made a big difference