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UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.–The Indiana Hoosier men’s basketball team lost their fourth consecutive game on Saturday to the Penn State Nittany Lions 83-74.
Penn State completes the season sweep over Indiana because they also beat Indiana at Assembly Hall on February 3rd 85-71. Penn State has also won four straight games over Indiana.
Two of the biggest factors in the game were free throw shooting (Penn State at 87% and Indiana at 56%) and three-point shooting. Indiana was 2-15 from three-point range (13%) while Penn State made 9 of 21 three-point shots (43%).
Penn State led by as many as 12. Indiana’s largest lead was by 4 (22-18 with 9:16 left in the first half).
For Indiana, Malik Reneau led all scorers with 27 points and 6 rebounds. Kel’el Ware also had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Trey Galloway was Indiana’s other double figure scorer with 11 points.
Ace Baldwin Jr. was Penn State’s leading scorer with 23 points and made 7 of his 12 shots. Penn State had four other players score in double figures.
Penn State has won two games in a row to improve to 14-14. They are 8-9 in the Big Ten.
Indiana drops to 14-13 on the year. They are 6-10 in Big Ten play which makes them 11th in the Big Ten standings. Their next game is Tuesday night against Wisconsin. Tipoff is at 7 pm. Pregame coverage starts at 6 pm on 93.1 WIBC.
