Minnesota Golden Gophers at Penn State Nittany Lions
· Big Ten Tournament - 1st Round
Pickett leads Penn State past Minnesota in Big Ten tourney
Jamison Battle scored eight points to help 14th-seeded Minnesota take a 28-24 lead at halftime.
Penn State (13-16), the 11th seed, took its first lead of the second half at 33-32 on a 3-pointer by Seth Lundy with 16:32 remaining. Battle sank two free throws to get the Golden Gophers within 51-47 with 6:39 left, but Pickett answered with a 3-pointer.
Eric Curry had a rebound basket to cut Minnesota's deficit to five with 4:13 to go, but John Harrar had a layup, Pickett hit a jumper and Sam Sessoms made two foul shots in a 6-0 run to wrap up the win for the Nittany Lions.
Sessoms finished with 14 points for PSU, while Lundy scored 11. Harrar had 12 rebounds to go with six points.
Battle topped the Golden Gophers (13-17) with 19 points. Curry, Sean Sutherlin and Payton Willis all scored 10.
Penn State led the Big Ten in scoring defense, yielding 66.2 points per game, and beat Minnesota for the first time in five tries in the conference tourney.
The Nittany Lions advance to play No. 6 seed Ohio State in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 51 - 60 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 51 - 60 |
| 2nd 0:25 | Sean Sutherlin made Layup. | 51 - 60 |
| 2nd 0:34 | Jamison Battle Defensive Rebound. | 49 - 60 |
| 2nd 0:35 | Jalen Pickett missed Free Throw. | 49 - 60 |
Statistics
 MINN |
 PSU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 20-54 | FG | 22-50 |
| 37.0 | Field Goal % | 44.0 |
| 5-19 | 3PT | 8-22 |
| 26.3 | Three Point % | 36.4 |
| 6-8 | FT | 8-10 |
| 75.0 | Free Throw % | 80.0 |
| 26 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 4 | Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Defensive Rebounds | 30 |
| 13 | Assists | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 5 | Total Turnovers | 10 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 5 | Points Off Turnovers | 4 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 12 | Fouls | 11 |
| 7 | Largest Lead | 11 |
Game Information
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Capacity:
2024-25 Big Ten Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State | 17-3 | - | 30-7 |
| Maryland | 14-6 | 3 | 27-9 |
| Michigan | 14-6 | 3 | 27-10 |
| Wisconsin | 13-7 | 4 | 27-10 |
| UCLA | 13-7 | 4 | 23-11 |
| Purdue | 13-7 | 4 | 24-12 |
| Oregon | 12-8 | 5 | 25-10 |
| Illinois | 12-8 | 5 | 22-13 |
| Indiana | 10-10 | 7 | 19-13 |
| Ohio State | 9-11 | 8 | 17-15 |
| Rutgers | 8-12 | 9 | 15-17 |
| Nebraska | 7-13 | 10 | 21-14 |
| Northwestern | 7-13 | 10 | 17-16 |
| Iowa | 7-13 | 10 | 17-16 |
| USC | 7-13 | 10 | 17-18 |
| Minnesota | 7-13 | 10 | 15-17 |
| Penn State | 6-14 | 11 | 16-15 |
| Washington | 4-16 | 13 | 13-18 |