MINNEAPOLIS – The Penn State men’s basketball team dropped a 75-70 game at Minnesota in the Nittany Lions’ regular-season road finale Saturday afternoon at Williams Arena.
Puff Johnson scored a career-best 19 points to lead the Nittany Lions. Ace Baldwin Jr. finished with 17 points, eight assists and six rebounds, while Qudus Wahab added 11 points and six rebounds.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Puff Johnson scored 11 points in the first six minutes to help the Nittany Lions out to an early 18-8 lead. Penn State used an 11-0 run from 15:11 to 13:24 to cap the streak and take an early double-digit lead.
- After the Gophers scored four-straight to pull within six, Penn State rattled off a 12-0 streak over the next 3:43 to cap a 23-4 Nittany Lion run that would end up spanning 7:05. Penn State started the game 9-for-13 from the field and 6-for-6 from deep through the first 12 minutes en route to a 30-12 advantage with 8:22 to play in the first half.
- With the score at 30-17 almost two minutes later, Ace Baldwin Jr. drilled back-to-back 3-pointers before Johnson’s fourth triple of the game and a Qudus Wahab hook shot gave the Nittany Lions a 23-point advantage at 41-18 with 5:04 left on the first-half clock.
- The Gophers responded with a 12-1 run to close the half with six of those points coming from the free throw line as Minnesota pulled within 12 heading into halftime.
- Minnesota pulled within single digits at 44-35…
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