Overview
- Penn State edged Minnesota 77-75 in University Park to claim its first Big Ten victory and hand the Gophers a seventh straight loss.
- Freddie Dilione V scored 25 points to lead the Nittany Lions, with Kayden Mingo adding 14 and the decisive basket in the final seconds as Josh Reed contributed 18 with four first-half threes.
- After Penn State built an 11-point second-half lead, Minnesota surged with a 14-4 run to tie the game before Mingo converted the winner and Penn State stole the ensuing inbound to seal it.
- Minnesota’s Langston Reynolds led the Gophers with 18 points, Cade Tyson returned from an ankle issue to score 17, and Bobby Durkin added 16.
- Penn State played without starting center Ivan Jurić due to a 103-degree fever, with Tibor Mirtic and Sasa Ciani also ruled out, and next visits No. 7 Michigan State on Wednesday while Minnesota heads to Baylor.