They shuffled in forward after forward into the lineup, and the Penn State men's basketball team had no answer.

The starting frontcourt for Pittsburgh all tallied double figures in points. Swingman Jaron Brown scored 10 points, power forward Dontas Zavackas led the team with 20 points and Toree Morris netted 10 points in the middle. Chevon Troutman scored 10 points off the bench, all of which came in the first half.

The only forward that saw significant minutes that didn't score in double digits was Ontario Lett. Lett did enough damage against the Nittany Lions in last season's game to make up for this season. In the 2001 game, Lett connected on all seven shots from the field and scored 16 points. Pittsburgh men's basketball coach Ben Howland is pleased with the combination that he can play at the power forward. Zavackas starts the game and is the least physical of the Panthers' big men. Troutman, a 6-foot-7 power forward, is very physical and bangs in the low post. In the first half, the Williamsport native was able to gain post position against the Lions' forwards and scored possession after possession as halfway through the half as Troutman registered four of the five baskets.

"We have two great four[power forward] men," Howland said. "We can be very versatile at that position, and there even times when we played both at the same time. So we have a lot of different options."

Penn State men's basketball coach Jerry Dunn said that his rotation was affected by conditioning.

"The guys are tired," Dunn said. "Sometimes you become forced to sub more than you would like to."

The Lions went five deep at the forward position on Saturday against the Panthers. Freshman Robert Summers started for the first time alongside Jan Jagla, who rejoined the starting lineup after being benched against Clemson. Kevin Fellows, Ndu Egekeze and Jason McDougald all played off the bench. Egekeze started the first four games, but saw only six minutes against Pittsburgh and Dunn said other guys were playing better. Summers said that the main problem in defending the post was due to lack of rotation of the big men. The strength of the Panthers caused some problems for the Lions, as Jagla found his way to the floor on numerous occasions including when he was tied up with Troutman.

and was flipped onto the floor.

"We need to play hard to makeup for any weaknesses," DeForrest Riley said. "You can be strong, but still play soft."