Penn State Basketball: 2019-20 season preview for Nittany Lions

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MARCH 13: A general view of the Penn State Nittany Lions bringing the ball up court against the Ohio State Buckeyes during the championship game of the 2011 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse on March 13, 2011 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Ohio State won 71-60. (Photo by Chris Chambers/Getty Images) /

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DAYTON, OH – MARCH 13: Izaiah Brockington #21 and Nelson Kaputo #4 of the St. Bonaventure Bonnies celebrate after defeating the UCLA Bruins in the First Four game in the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at UD Arena on March 13, 2018 in Dayton, Ohio. The St. Bonaventure Bonnies defeated the UCLA Bruins 65-58. (Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images) /

There aren’t many new faces in Happy Valley

With so many players returning, there aren’t a ton of new faces that will be in the game programs this season. Chambers welcomes a couple of freshmen, a graduate transfer and a transfer that becomes eligible this season. Both freshmen are lengthy small forwards, Seth Lundy and Patrick Kelly, the 6-6 Lundy is the more likely of the two to see rotational minutes in his first year, and Kelly is more of a projectable forward for the team down the road.

Curtis Jones, Jr. is a 6-5 wing who joins the team as a grad transfer from Oklahoma State, the Virginia native averaged eight points and three rebounds as a senior last season. The other transfer is Izaiah Brockington, a 6-4 guard from Philadelphia who played one season at St. Bonaventure where he averaged just four points per game as a freshman. Early in the season, the playmaker was getting more run for Bonnies and he took advantage averaging over 15 points per game during a three-game span in November.

There may not be many newcomers for the Nittany Lions in 2019-20, but it is likely that three of them, Brockington, Jones, and Lundy will make an impact in State College.

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