Penn State has three players in double figures as Northwestern leads, 49-43, with 13:33: JuriΔ 14, Mingo 11, Reed 10.
Martinelli, who entered today averaging 22.7 points per game, is up to 20 for the Wildcats.
Northwestern is on a mini 5-0 run to take a 44-38 lead on Penn State at the under-16 media timeout. Nittany Lions are 2-of-6 to open the half. Josh Reed is up to 10 points. Ivan JuriΔ drew two quick fouls on Nick Martinelli.
Penn State's first-half struggles this season had been glaring (11 double-digit deficits at the break), so this performance is a huge win for the Nittany Lions. big key in the second half is avoiding the types of swoons that have derailed games for them.
Penn State trails Northwestern, 34-32, at halftime in Chicago. Ivan JuriΔ scored all 12 of his points in the first 7:47. Nick Martinelli has a game-high 13. the Nittany Lions shot 50% from the field in the first half.
Penn State trails Northwestern, 30-29, at the under-4 media timeout. JuriΔ has been stuck on 12 points for a while. Martinelli has 11 for the Wildcats. Nittany Lions are still shooting 52.2% from the field. Melih Tunca, who missed Sunday, hit a key 3-pointer late in the clock.
Penn State trails Northwestern, 23-21, at the under-8 media timeout. relatively even game so far. most glaring difference in the box score is free throws (1-1 for PSU, 4-6 for NU) & points in the paint (PSU 12-6).
Northwestern leads Penn State, 20-16, at the under-12 media timeout. Ivan JuriΔ has a game-high 12. Nick Martinelli has 9 for the Wildcats. the Nittany Lions didn't turn it over during that last stretch & they're shooting 7-of-12 from the field so far.
Ivan JuriΔ has scored 10 of Penn State's first 12 points against Northwestern. the 7-foot freshman has come to play today.
all it takes is six wins in six days
Northwestern leads at the under-16, 8-7. Ivan JuriΔ has 5 to lead Penn State, but the Nittany Lions have three early turnovers that have led to five points for the Wildcats.
Penn State is averaging 11.5 turnovers per game leading to 17.9 points off turnovers per game in the past 12 games.
Penn State & Northwestern are off in Chicago to open the Big Ten Tournament.
this move, of course, puts guard Freddie Dilione V (team-high 14.0 ppg) back on the bench. Dilione had started 15 of the past 19 games after coming off the bench in the first 12 games of the season.
Penn State starters vs. Northwestern in the Big Ten Tournament: G-4-Kayden Mingo, G-7-Dominick Stewart, F-1-Mason Blackwood, F-10-Josh Reed, F-3-Ivan JuriΔ.
this is Blackwood's first career start. the freshman is averaging 2.7 ppg in 11.9 mpg in 25 games.
Rhoades on Penn State guard Kayden Mingo: "The kid is so coachable. ... He cares about all the right stuff. We're going to build this program around him. And the way he handles himself, he can handle it."
Penn State's Mike Rhoades to Peacock pregame: "Let it all out. It's do or die. We've had a tough two months here, but we've had moments of good basketball & we just got to be tough as we can be today & be together & find a way. That's all you got to do at this time of the year, find a way."
Penn State-Northwestern at the Big Ten Tournament will tip around 7:40 p.m. ET, per the countdown clock on Peacock.
you can say a lot of things about Penn State basketball this season, but you canβt say theyβve had a first half as bad as Oregon just had vs. Maryland (and there have been some bad ones)
your details for this evening as No. 18-seed Penn State opens the Big Ten Tournament against No. 15-seed Northwestern on Peacock
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Penn State basketball is staring down the end of its season in the Big Ten Tournament: "This time of year it's, as I always say, it's kill or be killed. That's the approach you got to have. You got 40 minutes."
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Northwestern will be without forward Arrinten Page, who missed the team's season finale with an illness, against Penn State. Page, who is listed at 6-foot-11, averaged 10.2 points, 4.5 rebounds & 1.2 blocks per game in 29 games (16 starts).
No. 18-seed Penn State has no one listed as 'out' or 'questionable' on the availability report for tonight's Big Ten Tournament opener vs. No. 15-seed Northwestern.
forward Tibor MirtiΔ (shoulder) & guard Reggie Grodin (redshirt) remain under the 'out for season' designation.
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Penn State guard Kayden Mingo misses the cut for the Big Ten's All-Freshman Team. Mingo averaged 13.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.3 assists & 2.1 steals in 31.9 minutes per game for the Nittany Lions.
"His name should be on a depth chart, not in an obituary. As NFL free agency is set to begin next week ... letβs pause to remember Moore. In doing so, perhaps we can offer compassion and remind athletes fighting through pain and striving under suffocating pressure that they arenβt alone."
"Part of what was at stake, Turkle said, was the ability of people to engage with their own feelings of loneliness: to 'gather' or 'summon' themselvesβto find the way through."
more on Odafe Oweh's signing with the Chargers from my Lions247 colleague Tyler Donohue, who provides some perspective on Oweh's career at Penn State
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former Penn State defensive end Odafe Oweh is off the board in a return to the East Coast
might have to put that on the summer to-do list!
Mike Rhoades & Penn State have one more chance to extend a lost season in the Big Ten Tournament: "This time of year it's, as I always say, it's kill or be killed. That's the approach you got to have."
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one of Penn State offensive coordinator/tight ends coach Taylor Mouser's pupils from Iowa State gets paid
