Colorado State University Athletics
Sunday, November 20
Charleston, SC
4:00 PM
Colorado State
vs
Penn State
Men’s Basketball Faces Penn State Sunday
11/19/2022 2:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Colorado State concludes the Charleston Classic against Penn State
CHARLESTON, SC – Colorado State men's basketball wraps up its trip to Charleston with the third place again against Penn State Sunday afternoon. The Rams and Nittany Lions will tip-off at 4 pm MT / 6 pm ET on ESPNU inside TD Arena.
Opening Tip
- Colorado State dropped its first game of the 2022-23 season falling to host College of Charleston 74-64 on Friday evening.
- The loss snapped CSU's 15-game regular season non-conference win streak. The last lost before that was Dec. 19, 2020 at Saint Mary's.
- The Rams are 26-6 in non-conference regular season games since the start of the 2019-20 season.
- The loss came despite out shooting the Cougars 45.9% to 37.3%.
- Only one Ram reached double figures scoring in Isaiah Rivera he scored a career-high 15 points.
- Freshman Taviontae Jackson continues to get valuable playing time and takes advantage of it with his eight points and career-best five assists.
- The paint was key for CSU scoring 46 of their 64 points in it.
- Colorado State has held its past three opponents to under 40.0% shooting.
- Sunday's game is for third place at the Charleston Classic.
- Penn State fell to Virginia Tech 61-59 on Friday. It was also their first loss of the season.
- Colorado State and Penn State have met one other time in 1971 with the Rams winning 70-63 also in a neutral site game.
- CSU is 11-26 all-time against Big Ten opponents. Last year they faced Michigan in the NCAA Tournament falling to the Wolverines.
- Sunday's game features two of the best effective field goal percentage teams in the nation. CSU's mark of 59.1% ranks 34th while Penn State's mark of 60.5% is 17th.
Scouting the Nittany Lions
Second-year Micah Shrewsberry has one of the best shooting teams in the nation. Penn State can light it up behind the arc, leading the nation in three-pointers per game with 13.2 while making them at a clip of 44.3%. Their effective field goal percentage is 17th in the NCAA at 49.1%.
Myles Dread and Andrew Funk lead the charge for PSU's three-point barrage making 3.60 and 3.40 per game. Dread is 28th in the nation shooting 54.5% behind the arc while Funk is making his at a clip of 41.5%.
Penn State was picked to finish 11th in the very competitive Big Ten. Guard Jalen Pickett earned a spot on the All-Conference preseason team. So far this year he is leading PSU with 14.4 points per game while adding in 5.8 rebounds and 8.4 assists.
What's Ahead
CSU will enjoy a small break not playing against until after thanksgiving when they start a run of four home games in the next five. It all starts on Saturday when Mississippi Valley State visits Moby Arena.
Opening Tip
- Colorado State dropped its first game of the 2022-23 season falling to host College of Charleston 74-64 on Friday evening.
- The loss snapped CSU's 15-game regular season non-conference win streak. The last lost before that was Dec. 19, 2020 at Saint Mary's.
- The Rams are 26-6 in non-conference regular season games since the start of the 2019-20 season.
- The loss came despite out shooting the Cougars 45.9% to 37.3%.
- Only one Ram reached double figures scoring in Isaiah Rivera he scored a career-high 15 points.
- Freshman Taviontae Jackson continues to get valuable playing time and takes advantage of it with his eight points and career-best five assists.
- The paint was key for CSU scoring 46 of their 64 points in it.
- Colorado State has held its past three opponents to under 40.0% shooting.
- Sunday's game is for third place at the Charleston Classic.
- Penn State fell to Virginia Tech 61-59 on Friday. It was also their first loss of the season.
- Colorado State and Penn State have met one other time in 1971 with the Rams winning 70-63 also in a neutral site game.
- CSU is 11-26 all-time against Big Ten opponents. Last year they faced Michigan in the NCAA Tournament falling to the Wolverines.
- Sunday's game features two of the best effective field goal percentage teams in the nation. CSU's mark of 59.1% ranks 34th while Penn State's mark of 60.5% is 17th.
Scouting the Nittany Lions
Second-year Micah Shrewsberry has one of the best shooting teams in the nation. Penn State can light it up behind the arc, leading the nation in three-pointers per game with 13.2 while making them at a clip of 44.3%. Their effective field goal percentage is 17th in the NCAA at 49.1%.
Myles Dread and Andrew Funk lead the charge for PSU's three-point barrage making 3.60 and 3.40 per game. Dread is 28th in the nation shooting 54.5% behind the arc while Funk is making his at a clip of 41.5%.
Penn State was picked to finish 11th in the very competitive Big Ten. Guard Jalen Pickett earned a spot on the All-Conference preseason team. So far this year he is leading PSU with 14.4 points per game while adding in 5.8 rebounds and 8.4 assists.
What's Ahead
CSU will enjoy a small break not playing against until after thanksgiving when they start a run of four home games in the next five. It all starts on Saturday when Mississippi Valley State visits Moby Arena.
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