National Basketball Association
Penn St. 85, Grand Canyon 76
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Where: Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, Pennsylvania
Officials:
# Pat Driscoll, # Rob Kueneman, # Lamont Simpson
Attendance:
5678
By The Sports Xchange
Lamar Stevens scored 19 points and Penn State went on a late second-half run to beat an experienced Grand Canyon squad 85-76 on Tuesday night at the Bryce Jordan Center at University Park, Pa.
Stevens went 7-for-16 from the field and was perfect from the free-throw line (5-for-5) to lead the Nittany Lions (2-1). But he got plenty of help from Payton Banks, who added 15 points on 5 of 7 from the field, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range.
Shep Garner struggled from the field (5 of 13), but scored 14 points, had five rebounds, three assists and two steals.
The Antelopes (0-2) were led by Joshua Braun, who scored 25 points on 6 of 15 from the field, including 5-for-10 from 3-point range. Oscar Frayer chipped in with 13 points, but missed all six of his attempts from 3-point range.
Darion Clark added 12 points and 14 rebounds for Grand Canyon, which returned three starters from last year's squad that went 27-7.
With the Nittany Lions leading 65-57 with nine minutes to play, Braun sank a 3-pointer to pull the Antelopes within five at 65-60. Penn State proceeded to go on a 10-3 run to open up a 75-63 lead.
The Antelopes cut the lead to six at 79-73 with 1:41 to go, but the Nittany Lions answered with a Garner layup and free throws from Tony Carr and Banks pushed the lead back to eight with time winding down.
The Antelopes got off to a horrid start, not scoring for almost the first two minutes and falling behind 6-0. But the Nittany Lions couldn't get their offense in gear and Braun hit a 3 to put the Antelopes up 12-11.
The game would be tied eight times in the first half until Banks and Garner connected on a pair of 3's to help give Penn State a 48-41 lead at halftime.
Top Game Performances
| Grand Canyon |
|
Penn St. |
|
Joshua Braun 25 |
Scoring |
Lamar Stevens 19 |
|
Shaq Carr 5 |
Assists |
Terrence Samuel 7 |
|
Darion Clark 14 |
Rebounds |
Julian Moore 9 |
|
Joshua Braun 8 |
Free Throws Made |
Lamar Stevens 5 |
|
Fiifi Aidoo 1 |
Steals |
Tony Carr 2 |
|
Joshua Braun 2 |
Blocks |
Mike Watkins 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Grand Canyon
|
76 |
38.8 |
7-23 |
17-21 |
12 |
41 |
3 |
4 |
16 |
| Penn St.
|
85 |
46.4 |
8-19 |
13-16 |
20 |
35 |
6 |
9 |
11 |
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