State got back in the win column with a gutty performance Tuesday night against Pittsburgh. The Pack could have crumbled into a spineless heap at the eight minute mark of the second half when Pitt opened up a seven point lead. They didn’t though. State played hard in this game and fought through some adversity, which they had done exactly once all year. That’s a positive step of sorts.
I still maintain that effort and intensity was a secondary issue, and correcting this isn’t going to push State close to where it is capable of being, but it’s an improvement, and against a bad team like Pitt it was enough to make a difference.