Fresh off the bus from Michigan sophomore Joel Pennington has brought one thing to Lafayette, his basketball game. Pennington is leading the team with over  five  assist per game and gives all his success to his teammates.

“Teammates help motivate you and always looking to pick you up when your down,” Pennington said.

Pennington knows how to shoot the ball shooting over 40 percent from the field and when he is in the zone he is a machine that cannot be stopped.

“It just feels good to be on fire, because every time you put up a shot you know it is going straight in,” Pennington said.

Coming from Michigan, Pennington had no problem fitting in to a close team.  And has one goal to do well for the team.

“I always want to play well, I want to the seniors to have a good season and the team chemistry helps push me through the games,” Pennington said.

Being new to the school Pennington has not experienced a Lafayette-Marquette rivalry game and was expecting a big show.

The crowd did not rattle him one bit, as he scored eight key points in a 56-44 Lafayette victory.