The No. 5 seeded Owls will play the No. 4 seed Nittany Lions on Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State’s campus in the National Inviational Tournament.
The redshirt-sophomore guard set a conference tournament record for made 3-pointers in the first half and scored 24 points in the Shockers’ 89-81 win against Temple on Friday at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida.
Led by junior guard Melvin Frazier, who won the American Athletic Conference’s Most Improved Player award, Tulane will face Temple in the first round of the conference tournament on Thursday in Orlando, Florida.
Temple will be the No. 7 seed at the American Athletic Conference tournament and face No. 10 Tulane on Thursday in Florida after Sunday’s 76-58 loss to Tulsa in Oklahoma.
Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Jalen Mills gave the Owls a pregame speech before their 75-56 victory against Central Florida on Sunday at the Liacouras Center.