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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Penn St. 76, Nebraska 64
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 1, 2020
Where: Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Nebraska
Officials: # Paul Szelc, # Edwin Young, # Lewis Garrison
Attendance: 15901

Myles Dread scored 14 points and Myreon Jones and Lamar Stevens each added 13 as the No. 24 Penn State Nittany Lions defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers 76-64 on Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.

Mike Watkins recorded 11 points and 17 rebounds for the Nittany Lions (16-5, 6-4 Big Ten).

Haanif Cheatham led Nebraska (7-15, 2-9) with 15 points and eight rebounds. Thorir Thorbjarnarson added 12 and Dachon Burke totaled 11 points.

Nebraska's leader in scoring and assists, Cam Mack (13.6 points and 6.8 assists per game), did not start, reportedly because he was late for a film session. The junior-college transfer went 0-for-6 in 22 minutes.

Charlie Easley started in place of Mack and scored one point.

Nebraska took an early 9-2 lead as Cheatham and Thorbjarnarson connected on 3-pointers.

Dread and Jones made back-to-back treys as Penn State knotted the score at 13.

After Thorbjarnarson's 3-pointer gave Nebraska a 20-18 advantage, Penn State scored nine straight to go ahead 27-20 and never trailed again.

Seth Lundy's jumper with 58 seconds left gave the Nittany Lions their largest lead of the first half at 38-30. Thorbjarnarson's jumper and free throw closed out the first-half scoring and the Cornhuskers trailed by just five, 38-33, at intermission.

Jones paced Penn State with eight first-half points, while Thorbjarnarson and Cheatham led the way with 10 points each for Nebraska.

The Nittany Lions took control early in the second half and opened up a 46-33 advantage, with Jones igniting the run with a second-chance jumper. Nebraska went scoreless until Burke's dunk at the 16:50 mark.

The Nittany Lions' lead ballooned to 68-44 when Dread sank a long-range jumper from the left side with just under 10 minutes to go.

The Penn State defense was stifling, holding the Cornhuskers to just 38.7 percent shooting from the field.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Penn St.   Nebraska
Myles Dread 14 Scoring Haanif Cheatham 15
Myreon Jones 6 Assists Cameron Mack 3
Mike Watkins 17 Rebounds Haanif Cheatham 8
Izaiah Brockington 2 Free Throws Made Haanif Cheatham 3
John Harrar 2 Steals Dachon Burke Jr. 2
Lamar Stevens 2 Blocks Kevin Cross 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Penn St. 76 44.8 10-26 6-14 16 47 4 5 16
Nebraska 64 38.7 8-21 8-19 12 36 1 8 13