STATE COLLEGE — Ace Baldwin Jr. scored 15 of his 23 points in the first half, Qudus Wahab recorded a double-double and Penn State led for the entire second half to beat Indiana, 83-74, on Saturday.
Each Penn State starter reached double-digit scoring.
Zach Hicks scored 17 points, D’Marco Dunn 13 and Nick Kern Jr. and Wahab 11 apiece for the Nittany Lions (14-14, 8-9 Big Ten). Wahab finished with 11 rebounds.
Malik Reneau scored 10 of his 27 points in the first half, Kel’el Ware scored 11 of his 16 points before intermission and Trey Galloway had 11 for Indiana (14-13, 6-10).
The Hoosiers made just 2 of 15 shot attempts from 3-point range and didn’t make their first until Mackenzie Mgbako sank one with 1 minute, 35 seconds left to reduce the deficit to 78-70.
Dunn’s layup with 16:40 remaining gave Penn State its largest lead at 47-35. Indiana got within 56-54 on a three-point play by Galloway with 10:06 left, but Hicks immediately responded with a 3 and Indiana never got within five points the rest of the way.
The Nittany Lions used Baldwin, who went on a personal 8-0 run in a 2 1/2-minute span late in the first half, to give them their largest lead — 40-32 — to that point. Galloway made 1 of 2 free throws with 6 seconds left before intermission to end an almost three-minute scoring drought for the Hoosiers. Penn State led 40-33 at halftime.
Penn State now has won four in a row against the Hoosiers.
Penn State travels to play Iowa on Tuesday.
