NEW YORK -- Penn State coach Patrick Chambers sounded like a coach who just watched his team play as well as it has all season.We competed. We played hard. And its nice, of course, to make so many 3s, he said. That always helps.Shep Garner scored 21 points and was 6 for 9 from 3-point range to lead Penn State to a 92-76 victory over St. Johns on Sunday in the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden.If youre not nervous coming into this game, to be playing at the Garden, theres something wrong with you, Chambers said. I get butterflies. I get jacked up. I cant wait to walk on the floor.The Nittany Lions (7-5) took control early by closing the first half on a 35-5 run for a 52-29 lead. Garner had two 3s early in the surge as St. Johns (5-7) didnt have a field goal over the final 9:45, missing 10 shots from the field and committing six turnovers.Garners effort from beyond the 3-point arc was part of Penn State shooting 13 for 23 from long range (56.5 percent), well above the 33 percent it was hitting this season.Payton Banks had 17 points and was 5 of 9 on 3s for Penn State, which won its third straight. Mike Watkins had 15 points and 13 rebounds and Josh Reaves and Tony Reaves added 13 points each for the Nittany Lions.When Mike brings that juice, that energy and passion, hes protecting the paint and the rim for us, Chambers said. He gets us going and gets us out on the break for easy baskets and uncontested shots.Malik Ellison led the Red Storm with 22 points while Shamorie Ponds added 12 and Tariq Owens had 11 points and 11 rebounds.We had a lack of energy at a certain point in the first half and we just dug ourselves in a huge hole, Ellison said.Owens echoed Ellisons comments.Early on we came out playing well and then just had a mental lapse, Owens said. Total effort in the first half, as a complete unit we didnt bring it as a team, so we had to change some things at half and adjust our effort.Second-year coach Chris Mullin hopes his team can gain something from the game.I was telling them after the game not only do you hate to lose and youre embarrassed and all those emotions, but what you really have to do is learn from this, Mullin said.BIG PICTUREPenn State: Two of the Nittany Lions losses have been to ranked teams -- No. 1 Duke and No. 25 Cincinnati. ... Penn State is the 18th least-experienced team in the nation but the Nittany Lions seem like gray beards compared to St. Johns which is the ninth least-experienced team in the country.St. Johns: This was the Red Storms 50th appearance in the Holiday Festival and they came in with a 73-58 record including a six-game winning streak. ... Kassoum Yakwe and Owens are the leading shot-blocking duo in the country. They came into the game with a combined 63 blocks. They both had one Sunday... This was St. Johns third straight game in a different New York City borough. They played Fordham in Queens, LIU Brooklyn in Brooklyn and Penn State in Manhattan.UP NEXTPenn State: The Nittany Lions host Morgan State on Wednesday, then open Big Ten play at home on Dec. 27 against Northwestern.St. Johns: The Red Storm are at Syracuse on Wednesday, then open Big East play at home against No. 18 Butler. 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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Members of the Band Perry say theyre taking precautions as they prepare to travel to Brazil for the Summer Olympics, due to the concerns about the Zika virus.The sibling groups pop-influenced song Live Forever was chosen as Team USAs official song, and theyre heading to Rio de Janeiro to perform on television and also for the athletes. The opening ceremony will be held Friday.Neil Perry said he isnt worried, but said his brother Reid and sister Kimberly were nervous about the trip. Brazil has had an outbreak of the mosquito-transmitted Zika, which has been linked to brain-related birth defects, but health officials say the risk is low. Several athletes and journalists have decided not to attend the Olympics because of the health risk.I think its definitely been hyped, so we are going to take some precautions and perform in Saran Wrap, Kimberly Perry joked. So we should be good. Maybe bee keeper outfits.The Perry siblings will debut a new song, Comeback Kid, on the Today show while in Rio, their first single from their new joint venture with Universal Music Group and Interscope Records after leaving Big Machine Label Group last year.The band, which has had crossover success with the mulltiplatinum hit If I Die Young, called the move an important transition.ddddddddddddFor us, weve always been an international band and weve always had aspirations for international success, said Reid Perry. To be able to be with UMG and Interscope, that just opens a whole lot of opportunities for the three of us that we really wanted to do.The band had been working with producers like RedOne and Diplo on an album that was scheduled to come out last November. Most of that album was ultimately scrapped as they moved to a new record deal. 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