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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. C.C. Sabathia Jersey . -- As soon as he joined his team for a shootaround earlier Friday, Albany coach Will Brown grew worried.His players were wandering the Bryce Jordan Center hardwood with their phones out, cameras snapping and videos rolling as they took in the sights and sounds of Penn States cavernous arena.A few hours later, Browns apprehension over whether his team was prepared to open the season against a Power 5 team had faded with its 87-81 win over the Nittany Lions.They call these games bye games or guarantee games or money games, the big boy is supposed to beat the little boy, Brown said. We didnt come here just to play in a nice arena and get some money out of it and all that stuff. We were here to win.They did so convincingly against the Nittany Lions who welcomed six new faces in the lineup and had one of its expected top-contributors out with an injury.Joe Cremo scored 22 points, Dallas Ennema had 20 points and David Nichols added 19 to lead Albany.Shep Garner made three free throws with 17 seconds left to pull Penn State to 82-79 but Cremo, Ennema and Marqueese Grayson combined to hit five free throws to ice the season opener for both teams.The Great Danes dominated the first half, leading 41-25 at halftime. They fended off Penn States late rally by controlling the glass and playing opportunistic offense.Albany pulled down 43 rebounds to Penn States 26 and scored 20 points off of fast breaks.Garner scored 17 of Penn States final 19 points and finished with 20. His teams unbalanced scoring pace wasnt what Penn State coach Patrick Chambers had in mind when he said Penn State would try to score 80 points per game, something they did just three times in regulation last season.We came all the way back but we cant wait to come all the way back in the second half, Chambers said. Weve got to understand that you have to play hard from the tip.BALANCED SCORING, AGAINThe Great Danes got contributions up and down the lineup all last season with Evan Singletary, Peter Hooley and Ray Sanders all averaging just over 12 points per game. Cremo also averaged double figures with 10.5 points per game last season and got plenty of help in the opener.A GLIMPSE OF WATKINSThe long awaited debut of big man Mike Watkins was a promising one for Penn State. The power forward was ruled ineligible by the NCAA last season and was a physical force in his first game, providing Penn States few highlights around the rim.The Philadelphia native scored the games opening basket on a nice turnaround jumper and chipped in three blocks and two rebounds in the opening three minutes. He finished with seven rebounds, five blocks and 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting.BANKS ON THE MENDA hamstring injury kept versatile forward Payton Banks out of Penn States exhibition against Lock Haven a week ago and he was rusty off the bench, going 1-for-5 in just nine first-half minutes before heating up and finishing with 14 points.Banks said he felt 100 percent before, during and after the game.BIG PICTUREAlbany: The Great Danes won nine of their last 12 games last season, but suffered back-to-back losses in the America East and CBI tournaments. They snapped that losing skid with a convincing win in which they led in nearly every statistical category.Penn State: With six new faces in the lineup, its going to take much longer for Patrick Chambers to find what pieces fit where. Hell continue to bring players off the bench to spread minutes around and mix veterans with newcomers to build chemistry. Guard Josh Reaves absence due to a lower leg injury could make the first part of that tougher with fewer players on the bench.UP NEXTAlbany plays at Cincinnati on Monday.Penn State hosts Duquesne on Sunday. Paul ONeill Jersey . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. Clint Frazier Jersey . Self was acquired from the Buffalo Bandits in a trade for Alex Hill midway through last season, and made his debut in Rochester on March 16, 2013. http://www.yankeesrookiestore.com/Yankees-Aaron-Hicks-Kids-Jersey/ . -- The Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake played to a 0-0 tie Saturday night that left the top of the Western Conference standings unchanged. American Alexander Massialas has been honored as much for his fencing accomplishments as for how young he was when he accomplished them.Hes hoping to prove at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics that hes the best in the world regardless of age.Massialas, a 22-year-old Stanford student perhaps best known for being the youngest U.S. male athlete at the London Games in 2012, will head to Brazil with a real shot at history.The son of American fencing legend Greg Massialas, Alex is the top-ranked foil fencer in the world -- and perhaps the best chance the U.S. has at earning its first mens Olympic gold medal in that discipline.Obviously Id like to be the person to break the drought. But as far my concern with the Olympics go, Im not really thinking about that so much as trying to get a gold medal, Massialas said. For me, its about getting on the strip and beating whoever is in front of me.Alexander has always had a distinct advantage over his peers because of his father Greg, a three-time Olympian in the 1980s, referee and coach who is among the most influential fencing figures in American history.But Greg never pushed Alex or his 19-year-old sister Sabrina, a U.S. fencer who didnt qualify for Rio, into the sport.Greg knew that if his kids didnt fall in love with fencing on their own, they probably wouldnt be very good at it.Greg was pulled back into fencing at the request of peers looking for coaching help ahead of the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.Greg transitioned to officiating, most notably in Atlanta in 1996, and his wife, Chwan-Hui Chen, encouraged him to start his own team two years later.Alex came along in 1994. He naturally gravitated toward fencing at an early age, only to be initially rebuffed by his father.Its not something I pushed on them, said Greg, who is the current U.S. national team coach. Its something they wanted to do. ... and I think thats important because unless its truly something you want to do on your own, you wont be that successful. That makes a big differeence. Dellin Betances Jersey. ut Alexander insisted. Greg relented, and his son showed immediate promise.Alexanders breakthrough came when he was just 14.He went to an international challenge in Paris -- where most of the field had at least a decades worth of experience on him -- and became the youngest fencer to ever make the top 16 in that event.From there, I was like `Wow. I can actually do something. I can actually make an Olympic team, Alexander said.Alexander reached that goal in 2012 after becoming the most decorated cadet, or under-17 fencer, in the history of the world championships.Alexander finished a respectable 13th in London, just a few months after graduating high school, before enrolling at Stanford.He ascended to the top spot internationally earlier this season and will enter Rio with back-to-back first-place finishes in events in Shanghai and Panama City.Alexander is just one of three U.S. men, including Gerek Mienhardt (fourth) and Race Imboden (seventh), ranked in the top 10 in foil.The American team, which Alexander helped lead to a world title in 2013, is currently second in the world.Its the little things, he said. Working on the finer things like getting the technique down and just honing on -- maybe not adding crazy stuff -- but slowly and slowly developing my game over a long period of time.Alexander took the past year at Stanford off to focus on training for the Olympics. He also moved back home to his parents house in San Francisco, where Gregs insistence that fencing not interfere with family life continues to this day.Despite the fact that Alexander credits his fathers keen coaching eye for much of his success, the two rarely talk shop at the dinner table.That remains the one place where Alexander can still relish in his youth.I try to stay as much of a kid as possible, Alexander said. At home, its more like a father-son bond. 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