UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) Freshman John Mobley Jr. had 19 points, Bruce Thornton scored 17 and Ohio State cruised to an 83-64 victory over Penn State at Rec Hall on Thursday night.
Mobley hit three 3-pointers and added eight assists and six rebounds for the Buckeyes (13-8, 5-5 Big Ten Conference), who have won three in a row following a three-game skid. Thornton buried 5 of 7 from 3-point range.
Devin Royal totaled 15 points and eight rebounds for Ohio State. Micah Parrish scored 12.
Yanic Konan Niederhauser scored 21 to lead the Nittany Lions (13-9, 3-8), who have lost seven of their last eight games. Zach Hicks made three 3-pointers and scored 13. Ace Baldwin Jr. and Nick Kern both scored 10 with Baldwin adding six assists.
Mobley hit three 3-pointers and scored 13 to guide Ohio State to a 43-33 advantage at halftime. Royal added 10 points for the Buckeyes, who led by as many as 15. Niederhauser had 10 points for Penn State. Niederhauser’s dunk capped a 5-0 run to close out the half for the Nittany Lions.
Hicks hit two 3-pointers in the first 86 seconds of the second half to get Penn State within 45-39. The Buckeyes scored the next five points and maintained at least a three-possession lead from there. A Parrish dunk gave Ohio State its largest lead at 82-62 with 1:39 remaining.
Ohio State outrebounded Penn State 41-23 and 13 of them came at the offensive end, leading to an 18-4 advantage in second-chance points.
Ohio State plays at No. 18 Illinois on Sunday. Penn State will host Minnesota on Tuesday.
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TOP SCORERS | |||||
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J. Mobley Jr. G | 19PTS | 6REB | 8AST | |
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Y. Konan Niederhauser F | 21PTS | 5REB | 0AST |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
J. Mobley Jr. | 19 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
B. Thornton | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
D. Royal | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
M. Parrish | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
S. Stewart | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
A. Bradshaw | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
I. Njegovan | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
Q. Glover | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
E. Mahaffey | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
K. Etzler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Baumann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
B. Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Parks | – | – | – | – |
C. White | – | – | – | – |
Total | 83 | 36 | 13 | 26 |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
Y. Konan Niederhauser | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
Z. Hicks | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
A. Baldwin Jr. | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
N. Kern Jr. | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
F. Dilione V | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
D. Dunn | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
K. Nzeh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
D. Stewart | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
H. Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
J. Carter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Goodman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
J. Sedora | – | – | – | – |
Total | 64 | 19 | 14 | 18 |