National Basketball Association
Penn St. 77, Duquesne 73
When: 6:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 4, 2010
Where: Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, Pennsylvania
Officials:
# D.J. Carstensen, # Michael Kitts, # Glenn Mayborg
Attendance:
5853
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Talor Battle scored 31 points and Jeff Brooks added 17 as Penn State held off Duquesne 77-73 on Saturday.
Duquesne (3-3) led at the half 33-30 before Penn State (6-2) got it together after the break and opened with an 11-6 run to take the lead.
Damian Saunders kept the Dukes in the game with two free throws and a 3-pointer to pull Duquesne within 55-54 with 8:12 left. B.J. Monteiro knotted it at 57 apiece with 7:35 left, but Brooks made a hook shot to put the Nittany Lions back on top and Battle hit a jumper to extend it.
The 77 points were by no means an offensive explosion but it was certainly a step up for Penn State, which dropped a 62-39 decision to Maryland in its last game. After shooting 20.6 percent (14 for 68) against the Terrapins, the Nittany Lions went off at 55 percent (28 for 51) against Duquesne.
Penn State has only three more tuneups before Big Ten play, with the biggest test coming when it travels to Virginia Tech next weekend.
Top Game Performances
| Duquesne |
|
Penn St. |
|
Damian Saunders 23 |
Scoring |
Taylor Battle 31 |
|
T.J. McConnell 6 |
Assists |
Taylor Battle 4 |
|
Bill Clark 10 |
Rebounds |
Andrew Jones III 9 |
|
Damian Saunders 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Andrew Jones III 4 |
|
T.J. McConnell 3 |
Steals |
Jeff Brooks 3 |
|
Damian Saunders 4 |
Blocks |
Jeff Brooks 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Duquesne
|
73 |
40.3 |
14-31 |
9-17 |
20 |
34 |
5 |
9 |
|
| Penn St.
|
77 |
54.9 |
5-10 |
16-31 |
13 |
33 |
2 |
8 |
|