Yanic Konan Niederhauser scored 18 points to guide visiting Penn State to a 75-64 win over Drexel in a Saturday matinee from Philadelphia.Konan Niederhauser also had six rebounds and three blocks, while Ace Baldwin Jr. chipped in 15 points and six assists for the Nittany Lions (10-2).Nick Kern added 13 points, Puff Johnson had 11 and Zach Hicks pitched in with eight points, six rebounds, six assists and four steals.Yame Butler (16 points) and Kevon Vanderhorst (14) were the top scorers for the Dragons (8-5), who shot just 5-of-23 from 3-point range. The Nittany Lions weren’t any better at 3-of-14, although Penn State knocked down 14-of-15 attempts from the foul line.After trailing by eight points at halftime, Drexel got within 58-56 on Butler’s layup with about 8 1/2 minutes left. However, Fred Dilione V and Kachi Nzeh answered with buckets to halt the Dragons’ surge.With just over four minutes left, Drexel once again got within a bucket as Cole Hargrove dunked to make it 62-60. But Konan Niederhauser and Baldwin each made a pair of free throws to fuel a quick 8-0 burst that pushed the lead back to 10.Konan Niederhauser added a layup off a feed from Baldwin later in that push before Kern made it 70-60 with his layup with a hair over two minutes left.The Nittany Lions led by as many as 13 down the stretch.
Yanic Konan Niederhauser fuels Penn State past Drexel
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