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 Massive Ten Convention win over visiting Penn State in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Nittany Lions (13-8, 3-7) had been on the verge of one among their finest 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 go 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 proper 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 linked 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 web 13 factors.
Coming off its first blowout lack of the 12 months – a 91-64 defeat Friday night time at then-No. 11 Purdue that knocked it out of the High 25 – Michigan led many of the first half however struggled to realize separation from Penn State.
Neither group led by greater than six factors throughout a primary half that included seven ties. The Wolverines had 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 photographs by Kern with 41 seconds remaining.
–Area Stage Media