Virginia Shows Heart in Comeback Loss Versus Penn State
Virginia’s Sammy Zeglinski’s stole the show for the last 5 minutes tonight, but his last-second shot fell just long, as the Hoos lost to Penn State 69-66. The JPJ was not even close to full (8,898), but the crowd came alive as Zeglinski scored 16 points in the last five minutes of the game.
Penn State was led by the gritty and gutty guard Talor Battle, who finished with a game-high 32 points and seemed to be literally on fire in the second half. Virginia coach Tony Bennett seemed to lose his temper mildly in the second half, as the refs has a series of bizarre calls late in the game. That being said, Bennett losing his temper does not resemble the firestorm of profanities levied by his predecessor. It’s more of a glare and a “gosh darn” type of reaction by Bennett.
The Hoos were six points up at the break, but Penn State began the second half with a barrage of three’s and went up as much as 11 points until the Hoos came back with excellent defense and Sammy took over the game.