GREAT GAMES IN PENN HISTORY - '93

Not Penn State 87, Penn State 86 The Quakers, apparently having pulled off a huge upset, briefly celebrated at center court before triumphantly trotting off to the locker room. And with good reason -- they thought they had just defeated a team that reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament last year. Then the players got the news from their coach, Fran Dunphy. And the news was not good. The official had been waving his hands merely to indicate the foul was not a shooting foul, and thus Hayes would get two foul shots instead of three. Needless to say, the jubilant Penn squad was not quite prepared for this stunning turn of events. "I didn't have a stitch of clothing on. I was running around nude in the locker room," said senior point guard Paul Chambers, who did not want to believe what was happening. "I said, 'Coach, that's not funny. Don't say that.' " But Dunphy wasn't joking. So after Hayes gave Penn a new lease on life, hitting only one of two to send the game into overtime, the Quakers had to continue playing a game they thought they had already won. "We had to beat them all over again," Trice said. And that they did. Penn never trailed in the extra period, as the team refused to let the emotional devastation and hostile Hershey Park Arena crowd of 3,510 get in its way. When the game finally ended -- this time for real -- with Penn on top, 87-86, the Quaker players had, in their minds, upset Penn State for the second time in less than an hour. Only this time it counted. "We were devastated, but Coach said, 'That's all right, we'll beat them twice,' " Chambers said. "It shows the character of this team." The emotional rollercoaster of a game also showed the talent of this team. The Quakers (6-6) did not pull off the upset because they happened to catch Penn State having an off night -- Penn State shot 53 percent from the field and hit seven of 14 from three-point land. Only some excellent performances from the Penn frontcourt enabled the Quakers to keep up with the Lions' hot outside shooting. Penn State (12-6) hit all four of its three-point shots in the first half, including three by senior point guard Freddie Brown, who had 11 points and four assists by intermission. Penn countered with the inside play of the freshman Trice (career-high 22 points on 8 of 12 shooting) and senior forward Vince Curran (a perfect 7 for 7 from the field). "I thought our inside game did a really good job scoring," Dunphy said. "I thought Trice had a great game." Trice was particularly impressive late in the first half. With Penn State up 34-29 and threatening to open a sizeable gap, Trice re-entered the game and immediately turned things around, scoring six