National Basketball Association
Penn St. 79, Michigan 73
When: 12:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 7, 2024
Where: The Palestra, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Officials:
# Terry Oglesby, # Kelly Pfeifer, # Owen Shortt
Attendance:
6200
By Field Level Media
Ace Baldwin scored 25 points to lead Penn State to a 79-73 win over Michigan in a Big Ten contest played at The Palestra in Philadelphia on Sunday.
Kanye Clary scored 18 points and D'Marco Dunn added 13 for Penn State (8-7, 2-2).
Terrance Williams II scored 24 points in defeat for Michigan (6-9, 1-3), which committed 19 turnovers and has lost four games in a row.
Penn State trailed the entire game until there was 11:36 remaining, when Dunn drained a 3-pointer to give the Nittany Lions a 51-49 lead.
Dunn followed that with another 3-pointer and a layup to give Penn State a 56-49 lead with 10:13 left.
The Nittany Lions grew their lead further, going up 65-54 with 5:03 left after a pair of free throws by Baldwin.
Michigan climbed back to within 71-65 with 1:04 remaining after a 3-pointer by Will Tschetter, and then Williams hit a 3-pointer with 44.4 seconds left to bring Michigan within five at 74-69.
A layup by Williams with 27.0 seconds left moved the score to 75-71 Penn State, but a pair of free throws by Baldwin with 25.7 seconds to go put Penn State up 77-71.
Clary then made two free throws with 10.5 seconds left to put Penn State up 79-73 and seal the win.
Trailing 37-27 at halftime, Penn State mounted a rally to start the second half, going on a 9-2 run to cut Michigan's lead to 39-36 with 17:40 remaining in the game.
Michigan jumped all over Penn State early, taking a 12-2 lead less than five minutes into the game.
Penn State cut its deficit to 21-16 at the 9:00 mark of the first half before Michigan surged again, going up 28-16 with 7:08 left until halftime.
The Wolverines led by as many as 14 points at 36-22 with 3:15 left in the first half.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Michigan |
|
Penn St. |
Terrance Williams II 24 |
Scoring |
Adrian Baldwin Jr. 25 |
Nimari Burnett 6 |
Assists |
Adrian Baldwin Jr. 4 |
Olivier Nkamhoua 9 |
Rebounds |
Nick Kern Jr. 8 |
Terrance Williams II 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Adrian Baldwin Jr. 9 |
Nimari Burnett 2 |
Steals |
Adrian Baldwin Jr. 3 |
Nimari Burnett 1 |
Blocks |
Qudus Wahab 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Michigan
|
73 |
50.0 |
8-24 |
13-20 |
17 |
31 |
2 |
3 |
19 |
Penn St.
|
79 |
41.9 |
7-23 |
20-26 |
11 |
27 |
5 |
11 |
7 |