Six weeks ago, Penn State lost a game it thought it should've won. More than one month later, the sting of the Iowa loss is still fresh in the Nittany Lions' minds.

"It's revenge," freshman forward Jamelle Cornely said. "Anytime you get beat at home, you want to try and [win] at the opponent's home place."

The Lions will get that chance at 8 tonight when they meet the No. 23 Hawkeyes on the road in their final regular season game. Last time around, Penn State lost 80-76 -- falling in the final minute.

Iowa has been perfect at Carver-Hawkeye Arena thus far, amassing a 15-0 record. But Cornley said that really didn't bother his team. After all, the Lions did upset Illinois -- a squad that had won a national-best 33 straight home games.

But in order to put an end to another streak, Penn State coach Ed DeChellis said his team will have to work well "inside-out."

In other words, the Lions will look for some easy baskets in the paint. If the shot's not there, the forwards will simply pass it out to the guards on the perimeter.

"Passing out of the post will be really important this game because they are pretty big, and [Erek] Hansen's a good shot blocker," DeChellis said.

Hansen recorded a half-dozen blocks in the last meeting, but the real problem was guard Adam Haluska. The junior had a breakout 29-point game while going 6-for-10 from long range.

As if Hansen and Haluska weren't enough to worry about, Penn State (14-12, 6-9 Big Ten) also has to deal with the conference's top rebounder, 6-foot-7 Greg Brunner.

But the Lions have a few tricks up their sleeves on offense, too.

The Lions' three main guards -- David Jackson, Mike Walker and Ben Luber -- have been on top of their game. Early in the season, an overwhelming majority of the team's offensive production came directly from the forwards. But, in the last four contests, the trio has accounted for 89 points.

In the four games before that, they scored 67.

"At first in the beginning of the season, they couldn't find their games as much," Cornley said. "Now, me, Travis [Parker] and Geary [Claxton] are getting double-teamed in the post and with them being able to come out there and make big shots, that's been very key."

Luber has stepped up, especially in terms of assist-to-turnover ratio -- a telling statistic of a point guard's ability. Luber was bottom-of-the-barrel earlier in the conference season, but he's currently fourth in the Big Ten with a 2.02 ratio.

Parker expressed his belief Saturday that his team "probably" clinched a National Invitation Tournament berth already, but a win at Iowa (20-8, 9-5) would certainly extinguish any uncertainty.