01/21/26 Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski / Penn State Altoona's Rasheed Daniels gets by Mount Aloysius' Dylan McCullough.

The Penn State Altoona men’s basketball team knocked off rival Mount Aloysius, 92-72, at the Adler Arena on Wednesday.

Penn State Altoona (8-8, 2-5 AMCC) connected on 13 3-pointers.

“Nice way to get back in the win column here at home,” PSU Altoona coach David McGreal said. “We’ve struggled with scoring the basketball the last two home conference games, but today we were able to take advantage of some good shots and good looks and were able to shoot the ball consistently well tonight.”

Rasheed Daniels had a game-high 21 points for PSU Altoona, and Kaden Claar, a Portage Area High School graudate, finished with 17 points, eight rebounds, four assists, three steals and three blocks. Braelen Cage scored 13 points, and Mason Kargo (Portage) had a game-high seven assists.

Mount Aloysius (2-15, 0-8 AMCC) got 20 points and nine rebounds from Donovan Bass-Briscoe. Senique Jenkins chipped in with 11 points.

The Lions started off the game with a 7-3 run and added an 8-1 run at the 16:14 mark.

The Mounties later went on an 8-2 run to close the gap to five points.

Penn State Altoona responded with less than three minutes in the half with a 7-0 run on baskets from Daniels, Kargo and Claar to give the Lions an 11-point lead at the half.

Mount Aloysius went on an 8-2 run to begin the second half, but Penn State Altoona went on an 11-3 run three minutes later.

The Lions, as they followed their 11-3 run with a 14-3 run to go up by 21 points.

The Mounties cut the lead to 15 points, but Penn State Altoona later went on an 11-4 run to push its lead to 24 points and sealed the win.

“I’m super proud of the whole team for coming together after the news of losing Nehemiah (Frye) for the year,” McGreal said. “A lot of teams would turn it in if they lost their leading scorer, but this group seemed eager for the challenge and really showed the effort and energy tonight that we will need to play with the rest of the way.”

Penn State Altoona hosts Pitt-Bradford at 3 p.m. Saturday.

MOUNT ALOYSIUS (2-15, 0-8): Becker 1-1 0-0 2, Bass-Briscoe 8-14 1-2 20, Howard 3-5 0-0 7, Tinch 3-9 2-4 8, Carr 1-3 0-0 2, McCullough 1-6 0-0 3, Hutchison 2-5 4-4 10, Jenkins 5-11 1-2 11, Nelson 1-7 0-0 3, Nascimento-Zschaeck 2-4 0-0 6, Keyser 0-1 0-0 0. Totals — 27-66 8-12 72.

PENN STATE ALTOONA (8-8, 2-5): Mangan 0-1 0-0 0, Kargo 1-1 2-2 4, Bruce 3-4 1-2 9, Daniels 9-14 1-1 21, Johansson 0-2 0-0 0, Escala 1-1 0-0 3, Baskerville 2-3 1-2 5, Capers 1-2 1-2 4, Harman 2-3 0-0 5, Abell 0-0 0-0 0, Martin 1-3 0-0 3, Cage 6-12 0-0 13, Triplin 0-0 0-0 0, Claar 6-12 3-3 17, McCormack 2-5 0-0 5, Voyda 1-2 0-0 3. Totals –35-65 9-12 92.

Halftime–Penn State Altoona, 40-29. 3-point goals–Mount Aloysius 10-26 (Bass-Briscoe 3-4, Nascimento-Zschaeck 2-4, Hutchison 2-5, Howard 1-1, Nelson 1-4, McCullough 1-5, Carr 0-1, Tinch 0-2); Penn State Altoona 13-25 (Bruce 2-2, Claar 2-4, Daniels 2-5, Escala 1-1, Capers 1-1, Harman 1-1, Voyda 1-1, Martin 1-2, McCormack 1-2, Cage 1-5, Baskerville 0-1). Rebounds–Mount Aloysius 35 (Bass-Briscoe 9); Penn State Altoona 37 (Claar 8). Assists–Mount Aloysius 13 (Bass-Briscoe 4, Hutchison 4); Penn State Altoona 19 (Kargo 7). Fouled out–None. Technical fouls–Bruce, Penn State Altoona. Total fouls–Mount Aloysius 13, Penn State Altoona 10. Att–121.