National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Northwestern 68, Penn St. 63
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, February 11, 2024
Where: Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Illinois
Officials: # Brooks Wells, # Terry Oglesby, # Ron Glover
Attendance: 5541

Boo Buie scored 15 points and dished six assists as Northwestern held on for a 68-63 win over Penn State in a Big Ten Conference matchup Sunday afternoon in Evanston, Ill.

Brooks Barnhizer and Ryan Langborg scored 14 points apiece for Northwestern (17-7, 8-5). Matt Nicholson and Nic Martinelli added 11 points apiece as the Wildcats improved to 7-0 in Big Ten games at home this season.

Nick Kern Jr. scored 18 points to lead Penn State (12-12, 6-7). Ace Baldwin Jr. finished with 17 points and eight assists, and Zach Hicks scored 14.

The Wildcats increased their lead to eight points with 11:01 remaining. Barnhizer grabbed a defensive rebound, and Buie converted on the other end with a layup to make it 48-40.

Penn State pulled within 54-53 with 4:08 to go. Baldwin had a steal, and Kern drained a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to one.

The Wildcats held firm. Langborg made a 3-pointer to increase Northwestern's lead to 57-53 with 3:47 left, and Nicholson scored on a dunk to make it 59-53 with 2:58 left.

Another Northwestern dunk, this time by Barnhizer, increased the Wildcats' lead to 61-53 with 39 seconds to go.

Baldwin hit a 3-pointer nine seconds later to pull Penn State within 61-56.

The Nittany Lions continued to chip at the lead, cutting the deficit to 64-60 with 11 seconds left.

Langborg made two free throws one second later, and Hicks made a 3-pointer to bring Penn State within 66-63 with two seconds to go.

Buie made two more free throws to finish the scoring.

Northwestern led 29-27 at the half.

The Nittany Lions jumped to a 7-2 lead to start the game. That would prove to be their biggest lead of the afternoon.

Northwestern battled back to take its first lead at 10-8 with 14:02 remaining in the first half. Luke Hunger made a 3-pointer off a pass from Buie.

The Wildcats pulled ahead 29-25 on a three-point play by Buie with 1:17 to go before the break.

Baldwin made a pair of free throws eight seconds later to finish the first-half scoring.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Penn St.   Northwestern
Nick Kern Jr. 18 Scoring Boo Buie 15
Adrian Baldwin Jr. 8 Assists Boo Buie 6
Nick Kern Jr. 7 Rebounds Brooks Barnhizer 9
Adrian Baldwin Jr. 8 Free Throws Made Brooks Barnhizer 7
Adrian Baldwin Jr. 2 Steals Brooks Barnhizer 4
Qudus Wahab 5 Blocks Brooks Barnhizer 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Penn St. 63 43.8 6-19 15-20 14 29 10 3 11
Northwestern 68 31.7 6-16 22-27 14 34 2 7 6