BELLEFONTE, Pa. — The jury in the Jerry Sandusky trial may get the case on Thursday.

Friends and ex-colleagues of Sandusky testified Monday on behalf of the former Penn State assistant football coach as his defense sought to counter prosecution witnesses’ claims that he sexually abused boys in the shower on Penn State’s campus.

The testimony came on what was a truncated day in a trial that has moved at a brisk pace since testimony began last week.

Judge John Cleland told jurors that the defense could rest its case by Wednesday, which would mean closing arguments could come Thursday morning.

“This is all very tentative, you understand,” he told the 12 jurors and four alternates, adding that since they will be sequestered in a hotel while they deliberate they should “pack appropriately.”

It was still unclear how Sandusky’s defense team, led by attorney Joe Amendola, would proceed on Tuesday.

After the proceedings ended for the day, when asked if he would testify on his own behalf, Sandusky said nothing.

Cleland told jurors of the possible timeline after the three defense witnesses testified that Sandusky was an admired figure because of his ties to Penn State and the outreach of his children’s charity, The Second Mile.