Usually when a Penn State basketball player has a good game he is brought back to the media room to answer questions and give insights into the game. The job most of the time goes to Ed Fogell or Freddie Barnes.

Monroe Brown hasn't made too many appearances in the media room this season.

But he did on Saturday in the Lions' 92-72 win over St. Joseph's. Yeah, Fogell and Barnes were there, but Brown made it too. He made it because he scored 15 points on 4-of-8 shooting from the floor and 7-of-7 from the free throw line.

Going into the game Brown was shooting 31.6 percent from the floor and 69 percent from the line. And all through his slump he has heard grumbling from the media and the fans about his play. So, it was kind of ironic that he was facing the same people who did the grumbling.

"All you hear is the slump," Brown said. "I'm kind of sick of hearing it. The only way to stop hearing it is to get out and change it."

During his slump the natural move would have been for Coach Bruce Parkhill to bench him. But he stuck with the sophomore guard from Aberdeen, Md.

"It's pretty surprising that they kept me in there all that time," Brown said. "I have no complaints about that."

Even though he did hit six free throws in the first half, he missed both of his attempts from the floor. It looked like he would fall deeper and deeper into his slump and the basketball Mendoza Line of 30 percent.

But with the score at 46-26 in the second half, he canned a six-footer, was fouled on the play and sank the free throw. Then with the score at 51-34 he added a layup to his total. Later, after he missed a shot and with the Lions leading by 18, he knocked an 18-footer in, something he hasn't been doing.

"I was really happy to see him hit that shot," Parkhill said. "The shot he took before that he really leaned to his left, but the last one he went straight up and shot at the top of his jump and really looked good. He had some nice moves to the basket too."

"I felt comfortable on offense, most of my points came off of penetration," Brown said. "I've been working on that because my outside J hasn't been falling. So, I guess the extra practice paid off."

He scored his last points on a fast break layup. After he received an inbounds pass at the other end, he blew past everybody and sunk the layup.

"He's a great player and everyone has faith in him," Fogell said. "They pulled the defense out a little bit more because they had to respect (his) shot. So, that helped out a lot for us in the middle."

As a freshman last year Brown showed people that he and point guard Freddie Barnes were the future of Penn State basketball. Now he says his slump is over and he has regained the confidence that he used to have.

"When I go up for my shot I'm not worried about whether it goes in or what somebody's going to think about it. I'm just playing."

And going to the media room.