Jan 27, 2025; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Michigan Wolverines guard Roddy Gayle Jr. (11) shoots in opposition to Penn State Nittany Lions ahead Yanic Konan Niederhauser (14) within the first half at Crisler Middle. Obligatory Credit score: Rick Osentoski-Imagn Pictures Tre Donaldson scored 21 factors Monday night time, together with the final seven of a game-ending nine-point flurry that gave Michigan a 76-72 Large Ten Convention win over visiting Penn State in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Nittany Lions (13-8, 3-7) have been on the verge of one in every of their greatest wins of the season after Ace Baldwin Jr. sank a pair of free throws for a 72-67 lead with 2:08 remaining, however the Wolverines (15-5, 7-2) responded.
Roddy Gayle Jr. dunked with 1:42 left off a Donaldson cross to chop the margin to 3 and Donaldson sank a mid-range jumper with 58 seconds on the clock.
After Danny Wolf rejected Nick Kern’s layup, Donaldson drove, stepped again and buried a 3-pointer from the suitable wing for a 74-72 edge with 24 seconds remaining.
Donaldson then rebounded Baldwin’s missed 3-pointer, drew a foul and made each ends of a one-and-one with 4 ticks remaining to ice the win for Michigan.
Wolf added 11 factors and 9 rebounds, whereas Nimari Burnett hit for 10 factors because the Wolverines related on 12 of 28 3-pointers (42.9 %).
Kern scored 16 factors and grabbed 10 rebounds for Penn State, whereas Baldwin added 15 factors, six assists and three steals. D’Marco Dunn got here off the bench to internet 13 factors.
Coming off its first blowout lack of the yr – a 91-64 defeat Friday night time at then-No. 11 Purdue that knocked it out of the High 25 – Michigan led a lot of the first half however struggled to achieve separation from Penn State.
Neither crew led by greater than six factors throughout a primary half that included seven ties. The Wolverines have been up 17-11 when Burnett dunked off a feed from Vladislav Goldin on the 14:24 mark however the Nittany Lions would not allow them to draw back.
Penn State took its first lead with 5:54 left within the first half on a 3-pointer by Dunn that made it 28-27. Michigan fought again to earn a four-point benefit earlier than the Nittany Lions earned a 35-35 tie on the break on two foul pictures by Kern with 41 seconds remaining.
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