Jalen Pickett and the Penn State Nittany Lions are going for a 2-0 start to the season on Thursday night when they host the Loyola Maryland Greyhounds in non-conference action in the Bryce Jordan Center. Penn State started its season with a solid victory on Monday night against Winthrop and Loyolya dropped its first game of the season with a road loss at DePaul.
Loyola’s Kenny Jones led the Greyhounds with 20 points in the loss on Monday night, and he should be the main cog for the team against Penn State’s defense. Penn State’s defense played well against a well-coached Winthrop squad on Monday night, which pleased head coach Micah Shrewsberry. But that was just one game, and Shrewsberry knows his team still has more to prove.
This will be a good opportunity to keep things going before a big game next week against Butler. Here is how to catch Thursday night’s game as well as the rest of the Big Ten schedule for the night.