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Blue & White Brew 12/18: Just Peachy
Penn State football held its local media day for the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl over the weekend.
Penn State Brew Crew
December 18, 2023
🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics
What else is brewing in today’s Brew?
🏈 Media Day
🎓 Degrees secured
🦁 And much, much more!
📈 STOCK UP
🔺 Just Peachy. It’s about that time! Penn State head football coach James Franklin hung out with the media on Friday to discuss the Nittany Lions’ Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl matchup with Ole Miss.
🍑 Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl Media Day Press Conference: Head Coach James Franklin
📸 PHOTOS: Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl Local Media Day
🔺 Score, Score, Score. Penn State women’s basketball put on an absolute clinic on Sunday, scoring the second-most points in program history in a 119-43 win over Saint Francis!
Leilani Kapinus led the way with 25 points, while Moriah Murray, Jayla Oden, Ali Brigham, Shay Ciezki and Tay Valladay all scored in double figures.
📈 BOX SCORE: Penn State Women’s Basketball vs. Saint Francis
🎥 HIGHLIGHT: Raining threes in BJC
🔺 Battled Back. At one point facing a 10-point second half deficit, Penn State men’s basketball eventually forced overtime against Georgia Tech at Madison Square Garden over the weekend, but fell to the Yellow Jackets 82-81.
📈 BOX SCORE: Penn State Men’s Basketball vs. Georgia Tech
🔺 Best Of The Best. Penn State men’s gymnast Josh Karnes had quite the weekend — the junior won on the parallel bars at the second annual College Gymnastics Association All-Star Games, and was named the meet’s MVP for his performance!
🔺 High Honor. Three Penn State soccer student-athletes — Cori Dyke and Kate Wiesner on the women’s side and Peter Mangione on the men’s side — have earned one of the highest academic honors in college soccer!
🤔 BLUE & WHITE TRIVIA
Back Of The Net. Penn State men’s soccer’s Peter Mangione scored 31 goals in his Nittany Lion career.
Where does that rank him in program history?
Think you’ve got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!
🦁 ONE BIG THING
🔺 Degrees Secured. Penn State Athletics saw 34 student-athletes graduate over the weekend!
The Nittany Lion football team led the way with 13 fall graduates, with 13 athletics programs represented overall.
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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Monday, December 18
No scheduled events
Tuesday, December 19
No scheduled events
Wednesday, December 20
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Central Connecticut State @ 11:30 a.m. | B1G+ | Listen | Live Stats | Tickets
Thursday, December 21
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Le Moyne @ 7 p.m. | Peacock | Listen | Live Stats | Tickets
Friday, December 22
No scheduled events
🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER
Answer: 13th!
🦁 Have a great Monday, y’all!