Two workhorses went head to head in Rec Hall last night and played a new version of the 20-minute workout, times two.

In one corner, Penn State's own Ed Fogell. In the other, Marquette superstar Tony Smith.

Both men played all 40 minutes in the Lions 57-54 dusting of the Warriors without much undue strain.

"I feel like I could play 40 minutes every game," Fogell said. "I feet really great out there. I think this is the best shape I've been in. If I can be the horse of the team, I'll be it. I really enjoy being out there the whole game now."

Fogell finished his marathon night with 13 points, eight rebounds and four big blocked shots. He had his shooting droughts, but managed to hit the bucket when the Lions needed it most.

"He's like an iron man," Coach Bruce Parkhill said of Fogell. "The guy can run all night, and for a big man that's really impressive. He was off at the beginning, but he didn't get shaken. He stayed right with it. He made some great plays and he was the leader out there."

In the second half, Fogell went about six minutes without hitting a shot. During that time frame, the Lions went from being up by three to down by six. They needed a spark desperately and Fogell gave them one.

With 7:20 remaining, he took a feed from James Barnes and netted two. Less then a minute later he hit again on a layup and the Lions were back in the hunt. On their next possession they took the lead, 52-51.

"Actually, the (first) play wasn't even for me," Fogell said. "It was for DeRon (Hayes). Jimmy Barnes just saw me open and hit me. The play worked out well and we got a layup off of it."

"With Ed Fogell's ability, he's going to be able to make the plays," Marquette coach Kevin O'Neill said. "He made two outstanding plays and, unfortunately for us, they got the ball back both times."

Defensively, Fogell put in just as important of a performance. He normally averages 1.1 blocks per game. The four he recorded last night came at critical moments and were paramount to maintaining the lead. Most came against Smith.

"I knew he was coming down the lane," Fogell said. "He's such a hard guy to contain out front and they have a play where they just spread it out and let him drive. So I was supposed to jump him. I anticipated him coming down and got a couple of blocks on him."

But Fogell wasn't the one charged with containing Smith. That difficult task fell on, alternately, Monroe Brown and Michael Jennings. They -- especially Brown -- discovered through Smith the true meaning of pressure.

With nine seconds left in the game, the Warriors were down by two when they sent Monroe Brown to the free throw line. He canned one of two, and knew Smith would try for a 3-pointer to sent the game to overtime.

"I had to try and stop him from scoring," Brown said. "There wasn't any choice. I tried to crowd him as much as I could. I wanted to make him take the worst shot possible."

Smith shot his average 23 points in the game, 15 in the first half, including eight of the Warriors' first 16. He also had three rebounds.

"He's one of the toughest players I've played against," Brown said. "They say he's going to go pro. I believe it. "

"We knew (Smith) was going to get points," Parkhill said. "He's an established player, and what we wanted to do was make it tough for him, and not let him get comfortable. I thought Monie and Michael did a nice job on him. He's a super basketball player."