The numbers are strikingly similar for the Penn State men’s basketball team across its first two games of the Big Ten Tournament. In both of the first halves against Minnesota and Ohio State, the Nittany Lions shot 9 of 28 from the field, good for 32.1%. In the second half against the Golden Gophers, they shot 59.1%. In the second half against the Buckeyes, they shot 61.5%. Of course, the number that matters most to coach Micah Shrewsberry is two — that’s the number of games Penn State has won in Indianapolis so far — but the Nittany Lions have charted a familiar path through the first two rounds of the tournament entering Friday’s quarterfinals. The reason for the second half success, Shrewsberry said, is simple. The Nittany Lions settle in, get comfortable and go to work. On Thursday night, that looked like guards Sam Sessoms and Jalen Pickett working their…
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