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Penn St. defeated at home

No. 17 Michigan grabs 72-63 win

UNIVERSITY PARK — Duncan Robinson scored 19 points and Moritz Wagner added 18 to help No. 17 Michigan beat Penn State 72-63 on Wednesday night.

Jordan Poole had 13 for the Wolverines (23-7, 12-5 Big Ten) who won their fourth straight.

Tony Carr scored 21 points and Lamar Stevens added 19 for the Nittany Lions (19-11, 9-8) who trailed for all but about four minutes.

Michigan took control with a 25-12 run midway through the first and Robinson made Michigan’s fifth of 10 3-pointers to put the Wolverines up by 13, their biggest lead of the game, with 3:52 left in the opening half. Back-to-back jumpers from Stevens cut Michigan’s halftime lead to 34-26.

The Nittany Lions opened the second with a 13-4 run and a 39-38 lead when Carr rolled a floater off his fingertips and made a free throw with 16:12 left.

But the Wolverines went ahead for good on Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman’s 3-pointer with 10:19 left. Michigan players combined to go 9-for-10 from the free throw line in the final minute to close out the game.

Penn State travels to Nebraska on Sunday.

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