PSU loses third straight as freshman owns Lions

Let me start by saying, Minnesota’s freshman guard Joe Coleman has never scored anywhere close to 20 points in a game – he’s a freshman…playing basketball in Minnesota…it’s no big deal. What is a big deal is that Coleman’s stellar 4.5 points per game average got a huge boost when he played against the Big Ten’s worst team. The Nittany Lions allowed Coleman to drop 23 points on them while he put up career numbers in field goals made (5) and free throws attempted and made (13-14). If a freshman could do that then it’s no surprise that Penn State lost the game 80-66, their third straight. The game looked like it was going to be the Frazier and Woodyard Show at the beginning. Those two combined to score 28 of Penn State’s 31 first-half points. But just as the BJC fans were getting pumped for Tim Frazier and Cam Woodyard, Coleman went off. The freshman scored 12 of Minnesota’s last 20 points before halftime. He put the Gophers back on top 29-28 with three minutes to go in the half, and th