National Basketball Association
Penn St. 68, DePaul 62
When: 5:00 PM ET, Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Where: Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, Pennsylvania
Officials:
# Jeff Clark, # Ed Corbett, # John Gaffney
Attendance:
5023
By The Sports Xchange
Penn State improved to 2-0 with a 68-62 win over DePaul on Tuesday at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pa.
Senior forward Brandon Taylor led four Nittany Lions in double figures with 22 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Taylor made a jumper with 9:01 left in the game to break a five-minute scoreless streak for Penn State, but DePaul kept the game tight for most of the second half but after cutting the lead to 44-41, couldn't contain Taylor.
Taylor and Shep Garner drilled 3-pointers on consecutive possessions to push the Penn State lead to 63-56 with 47 seconds to play.
DePaul (1-1) was led by forward Mike Henry with 17 points and nine rebounds.
Penn State made 10 of 21 3-pointers and shot better from long range than it did on 3-point tries.
Garner was 3 of 6 from 3-point range and finished with 16 points. Guard Josh Reaves and forward Payton Banks had 10 points apiece.
Top Game Performances
| DePaul |
|
Penn St. |
|
Myke Henry 17 |
Scoring |
Brandon Taylor 22 |
|
Eli Cain 2 |
Assists |
Shep Garner 5 |
|
Tommy Hamilton IV 9 |
Rebounds |
Julian Moore 8 |
|
Billy Garrett Jr. 8 |
Free Throws Made |
Brandon Taylor 4 |
|
Eli Cain 2 |
Steals |
Shep Garner 2 |
|
Billy Garrett Jr. 1 |
Blocks |
Jordan Dickerson 4 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| DePaul
|
62 |
37.7 |
2-11 |
20-24 |
4 |
36 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
| Penn St.
|
68 |
40.7 |
10-21 |
14-20 |
12 |
26 |
5 |
7 |
10 |