National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Penn St. 72, Le Moyne 55
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 21, 2023
Where: Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, Pennsylvania
Officials: # Rob Kueneman, # John Floyd, # Earl Walton
Attendance: 5023

Kanye Clary scored a game-high 20 points to go along with six assists and five rebounds while leading Penn State to a 72-55 win over Le Moyne on Thursday in University Park, Pa.

Qudus Wahab had 11 points and eight rebounds and D'Marco Dunn came off of the bench to score 10 points for Penn State (6-6).

The Nittany Lions shot just 39.7 percent overall from the field (25 of 63) and 34.4 percent from 3-point range (11 of 32) but held a 43-31 rebounding advantage, grabbing 14 offensive boards.

The Dolphins (5-8) shot 36.4 percent from the field overall (20 of 55) and 26.1 percent from 3-point range (6 of 23).

Le Moyne's Kaiyem Cleary scored 14 points, Ocypher Owens had 13 points and Nathan McClure added 12 points.

Penn State held a 45-28 lead with 18:19 remaining, but Le Moyne went on a 10-4 surge to cut its deficit to 11 points with 14:33 left.

The Nittany Lions scored the next six points to push their lead to 55-38, but the Dolphins clawed back to within 10 with 7:38 remaining after a 3-pointer by Owens.

However, Penn State stood firm and took a 66-53 lead with 3:01 left on a basket by Clary.

Le Moyne couldn't get the deficit in single figures for the rest of the game, and a jumper by Wahab with 1:08 left restored Penn State's lead to 17.

After a tight first four minutes of the game, Penn State went on a 14-2 run over a span of five minutes to take a 26-11 lead with 10:16 remaining in the first half.

The Nittany Lions then built their lead to 35-14 with 6:27 to go before halftime before Le Moyne closed the first half off strong, cutting its deficit to 40-28 entering intermission.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Le Moyne   Penn St.
Kaiyem Cleary 14 Scoring Kanye Clary 20
Ocypher Owens 3 Assists Adrian Baldwin Jr. 6
Kaiyem Cleary 7 Rebounds Qudus Wahab 9
Isaiah Salter 3 Free Throws Made Adrian Baldwin Jr. 3
Mike DePersia 3 Steals Adrian Baldwin Jr. 4
Trent Mosquera 1 Blocks Puff Johnson 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Le Moyne 55 36.4 6-23 9-11 15 26 2 6 13
Penn St. 72 39.7 11-32 11-16 16 41 2 9 12