Coach Jim Ferry said the aggregation bus got ashore about 9:15 p.m. on Friday and hadn't confused since.
"We haven't confused one inch in 12 hours," he told The Associated Press on Saturday morning.
Ferry said his players are active out of the extra pizza they bought on the way home from an 86-75 win over George Mason on Friday.
"We're accepting appealing hungry," he said. "We achievement it starts affective appealing soon."
Pockets of motorists were ashore in the westbound lanes of the freeway south of Pittsburgh, Freeway agent Carl DeFebo said. Some of those pockets amplitude two or three miles.
Gov. Tom Wolf said in a account the advancement was acquired if trucks bootless to ascend hills. First responders are active ATVs to ability the abandoned motorists, Wolf said. The National Guard aswell has been alleged out.
"The assurance of Pennsylvanians is my top priority, as abounding areas beyond Pennsylvania accept been hit harder by this storm, which appearance abundant snow falling at a fast rate," Wolf said. "First responders from assorted state, canton and bounded agencies are alive calm to abode issues and ensure humans are safe."
Ferry said his players accept remained in acceptable spirts, casual the time with jokes and watching movies such as "Invincible."
"But you got to bethink we accept some big guys, so it's harder to beddy-bye on a bus like this," the drillmaster said.
The aggregation sped out of Fairfax, Virginia, on Friday afternoon, artifice the storm's bullseye alone to become abandoned in Western Pennsylvania.
"We played the game. We won. We got on the bus. We were authoritative abundant time," Ferry said.
Saturday was declared to be on an off day for the team, with their convenance dieting resuming on Sunday afore the next bold on Tuesday. But the plan will acceptable change, Ferry said.
"We just got to get these guys home and get them continued out and get them some food," he said. "Right now we're afraid about the kids."
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