Northwestern 57, 
Penn State 61
12:00 PM ET, December 31, 2008
Bryce Jordan Center
University Park, PA
| NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| John Shurna, F | 28 | 6-15 | 2-8 | 2-3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Kevin Coble, F | 38 | 5-13 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Kyle Rowley, C | 12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Craig Moore, G | 39 | 4-10 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| Michael Thompson, G | 35 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Jeff Ryan, G-F | 14 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Luka Mirkovic, F-C | 20 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ivan Peljusic, F | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Nash, G | 7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Sterling Williams, G-F | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 23-51 | 8-25 | 3-5 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 57 | ||
| 45.1% | 32.0% | 60.0% | ||||||||||
| PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Jamelle Cornley, F | 36 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Jeff Brooks, F | 27 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| A Jones III | 26 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Stanley Pringle, G | 31 | 4-11 | 2-6 | 4-6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| Talor Battle, G | 40 | 8-20 | 7-13 | 3-6 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Chris Babb, G | 20 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| David Jackson, F | 6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cammeron Woodyard, G | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Ott, F | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 18-58 | 11-27 | 14-20 | 16 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 61 | ||
| 31.0% | 40.7% | 70.0% | ||||||||||
Officials: Tim Higgins ,Rick Hartzell ,Terry Wymer
Attendance: 5,525
Men's Basketball Scores
Other Scores:
Wednesday, December 31st
| 15 Michigan State | 70 | Final |
| 21 Minnesota | 58 |
| Iowa | 65 | Final |
| 23 Ohio State | 68 |
| Wisconsin | 73 | Final |
| 24 Michigan | 61 |
| Northwestern | 57 | Final |
| Penn State | 61 |