Penn State Drops 60-39 Decision at NorthwesternPenn State Drops 60-39 Decision at Northwestern

Penn State Drops 60-39 Decision at Northwestern

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Quick StatsPSUNU
Field Goals15-5523-50
Field Goal %27.346.0
3 FG M-A8-277-18
3 FG %29.638.9
Free Throws1-87-10
Free Throw %12.570.0
Rebounds3736
Assists1119
Turnovers149
Blocks63
Steals49

LeadersPSUNU
PointsThorpe - 13Law - 17
Rebounds

Newbill - 9

Law - 11
AssistsGarner - 5McIntosh - 8
StealsGarner - 2

Lumpkin - 3

BlocksDickerson - 3

Olah -2


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Feb. 21, 2015

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EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - The Nittany Lions fell to Northwestern 60-39 on Saturday afternoon, in a game where they struggled from the field.

Geno Thorpe scored 13 points for Penn State, which scored a season-low point total and shot a season-low 27 percent.

Penn State outrebounded Northwestern 37-36.

PSU's D.J. Newbill, the Big Ten's leading scorer at 21.1 points per game, finished with three points on 1-for-6 shooting and nine rebounds. He scored his first points on a 3 with 1:25 remaining to cut the lead to 56-39.

Vic Law scored 17 points, Tre Demps added 16 for Northwestern.

Alex Olah added 10 points for the Wildcats (13-14, 4-10 Big Ten), who have won three straight after snapping a 10-game losing streak.
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Penn State came out hot, using an early 12-3 run powered by a trio of 3-pointers from Shep Garner and Geno Thorpe. The Wildcats answered with a 12-0 streak to go up by three, 15-12, but Garner cut off the stretch with his second triple of the frame to tie the score, 15-15. With PSU unable to spark some momentum, Northwestern used a 13-5 run to close out the first half, entering the intermission with an eight-point lead, 28-20.

The Wildcats opened the second half with an 8-2 run for a 36-22 lead. Penn State pulled to within four, but Demps and Law hit back-to-back 3-pointers. Olah made two jumpers to extend Northwestern's lead to 50-36. Demps' 3 gave the Wildcats a 56-36 lead with 1:41 left.

The Nittany Lions will look to bounce back when they take on Iowa on Saturday.