UPDATED: Penn erased from the record books (Soft Pretzel Logic)

UPDATED: Penn erased from the record books

I just got a message from ESPN.com writer Andy Glockner, who gets a shoutout here after linking to me on his blog recently. Apparently, Penn's six points in a half against Florida ~~State~~ Gulf Coast is no longer the NCAA record.

The new dubious honor goes to Savannah State, an independent Division I team which tonight traveled to Manhattan, Kan., to face Kansas State. The Tigers scored a grand total of four points in the second half, and the final score was 85-25 to the home team.

As that box score doesn't have the rebounding or turnover breakdown by half, I couldn't figure out points per possession for just the second half. For the game, though, Savannah State recorded 0.399 points per possession.

The Tigers' game line was this:

Name	Min	FG	FT	3pt	OR	DR	TR	A	S	TO	Blk	PF	Eff	Pts
S. St. Tigers	40	9-58	3-4	4-15	15	17	32	4	10	18	1	2	4	25

I will try to get the by-half numbers in the morning.

UPDATE: With a big assist from Howard Richman, who covers Kansas State for the Kansas City Star, I got the splits by half. Savannah State averaged 0.66 points per possession in the first half and 0.13 points per possession in the second half.

And here, in all its glory, is the full second-half line for Savannah State:

Name	Min	FG	FT	3pt	OR	DR	TR	A	S	TO	Blk	PF	Eff	Pts
S. St. Tigers	20	1-23	1-2	1-9	2	8	10	1	3	9	0	12	-14	4

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Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald on January 7, 2008 11:08 PM | Permalink

Comments (4)

Seth:

Is this the same Andy Glockner who
was the Penn kicker in the early 90s?

If so, we sure could have used him in the past few seasons! Penn has sadly lost a lot of recent games thanks to special teams, or lack thereof.

Seth Kravitz
Wharton 96

Posted by Seth | January 8, 2008 10:14 AM

Posted on January 8, 2008 10:14

Jonathan Tannenwald:

Indeed it is.

Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald | January 8, 2008 11:00 AM

Posted on January 8, 2008 11:00

Brian:

How could Savannah St have a 3 pointer (they were 1-9) and go 2-4 from the line? I count 5 points for the 2nd half.

Posted by Brian | January 8, 2008 12:28 PM

Posted on January 8, 2008 12:28

Jonathan Tannenwald

Oops, that should have been 1-2 from the line. Fixed, and thanks for catching it.

Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald | January 8, 2008 12:38 PM

Posted on January 8, 2008 12:38

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