Penn State basketball suffered its worst loss of the Micah Shrewsberry era Sunday night at the Bryce Jordan Center. The team coughed up a 19-point second-half lead and fell to Rutgers 59-56. The loss drops Penn State to 17-12 overall and 8-10 in the Big 10, deeply hurting its NCAA Tournament prospects. Penn State didn’t score a basket for the last nine-plus minutes.
Here’s what the disappointed people of Twitter had to say about the loss.
The responses might be better than the game. https://t.co/YSKfldgVcU
— Todd (@toddc14) February 27, 2023
What happennnduhhhhh https://t.co/VIIZBOtjJA
— Vann Pineault (@Vannpineau) February 27, 2023
— Greco Roman (@accountancst) February 27, 2023
Shrews: No adjustments on either end of the court. Rutgers literally ran the same play every time and shot >50% running it.
— Paul Wengender (@PWengender) February 27, 2023
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
— Mean Joe Steele (@MeanJoeSteele) February 27, 2023
Get a point guard. Run an offense. Stop with the “hero” ball. GET TO THE RIM!!!!
— Devon O’blakely (@DevonOblakely1) February 27, 2023
Fire Micah Shrewsberry.
— Kevin (@K_Cyl) February 27, 2023
SETH LUNDY IS 0-11 FROM THREE.
0-FOR-FUCKING-11.
— Papa G (@papa_gardner11) February 27, 2023
Up by 19 in the second half, in a fucking whiteout, student section rocking.
Why the fuck did Micah Shrewsberry save three timeouts for the last 90 seconds while Rutgers stormed back?
Why the fuck has Seth Lundy not been sent back to the showers?
Are you TRYING to lose? https://t.co/NVp3hbIwn7
— Papa G (@papa_gardner11) February 27, 2023
Most brutal loss of Shrewsberry tenure. Up 19
twice, including in second half, on doorstop of NCAAs. Now at backdoor.— Neil Rudel (@NeilRudel) February 27, 2023
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.Seth Lundy entered the day No. 9 nationally in three-point percentage. Ends tonight 0-11 from deep, 1-16 from the field. Jalen Pickett didn’t attempt a shot in the second half. Nightmare finish for Nittany Lions.
— Ben Jones (@Ben_Jones88) February 27, 2023
FINAL: Rutgers 59, Penn State 56
I mean, holy s***
That’s just an absolute disgrace.
Penn State was up 19 at home in 2nd half. Playing great.
Then crapped bed as badly as Penn State hoops has ever crapped the bed.
And that’s saying something.
Unbelievable doesn’t even say it all.— Cory Giger (@CoryGiger) February 27, 2023
Shut the program down. All future funds go to the wrestling program
— Kyle Moyer (@KyMoyer33) February 27, 2023
The worst part is that it’s not even surprising. It’s just what they do. Year after year after year…
— John DeRosier (@JohnRDeRosier) February 27, 2023
Easily the most embarrassing loss ever since…well the last Rutgers game
— Sugarsanwhichs (@Sugarsandwhichs) February 27, 2023
— rachel (@rachelxxnaroz) February 27, 2023
Been suffering with this team for a long time. It’s hard to state just how this one hurt more than any in recent memory pic.twitter.com/JkRrUwM4Bk
— Erik (@Erikstotle) February 27, 2023
I got a lot of trash talk from Penn state fans about our program. Kinda wild pic.twitter.com/1wPLFsM0uQ
— Terpsguy (@terpsguy) February 27, 2023
— Penn State Talk (@PSURecruitTalk) February 27, 2023
Shrewsberry: “We’ve sucked when people have come to games. We’ve sucked.”
— Joe Smeltzer (@joesmeltzer775) February 27, 2023
