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UNIVERSITY PARK -- Ace Baldwin Jr. scored 13 of Penn State's final 18 points and finished with 22 in an 89-79 victory over Iowa on Thursday night for the Nittany Lions' third straight win.
Baldwin hit a 3-pointer to give Penn State (12-11, 6-6 Big Ten) its final lead. Qudus Wahab followed with a bucket then Baldwin scored the next eight points, capping his run with a 3-pointer for an 11-point lead -- the largest of the game -- with 43 seconds remaining.
Baldwin scored 18 second-half points and finished with three 3-pointers and six assists. He was 9 for 9 at the foul line. Wahab had 14 points and seven rebounds. Zach Hicks made a trio of 3-pointers and scored 14. D'Marco Dunn added 12 points. Penn State shot 52%, hit 12 of 23 from the arc and 25 of 31 free throws.
Ben Krikke, averaging nearly 15 points a game but with just 26 total in his previous four, hit 10 of 18 shots in scoring 22 points to lead the Hawkeyes (13-10, 5-7). Patrick McCaffery added 11 points as did Tony Perkins, who contributed eight assists but had a streak of five straight 20-point games end. Iowa shot 56% but was only 4 of 15 from 3-point range while committing 18 turnovers. The Hawkeyes shot 21 fewer free throws than Penn State, making 9 of 10.
Jameel Brown hit a pair of 3-pointers in a 19-6 run over nine minutes that put Penn State up by 10 late in the first half and the Nittany Lions led 42-34 at halftime.
Penn State plays at Northwestern on Sunday while Iowa will host Minnesota.
IOWA (13-10): Freeman 4-4 1-1 9, Krikke 10-18 2-3 22, Pa.Sandfort 3-9 0-0 8, Dix 3-5 3-3 9, Perkins 5-8 0-0 11, McCaffery 5-7 1-1 11, Dembele 0-1 0-0 0, Bowen 0-2 0-0 0, Pr.Sandfort 2-3 0-0 5, Brauns 0-0 0-0 0, Harding 1-2 2-2 4. Totals 33-59 9-10 79.
PENN STATE (12-11): Hicks 3-9 5-6 14, Wahab 6-8 2-2 14, Baldwin 5-7 9-9 22, Dunn 4-8 2-2 12, Kern 1-3 4-4 6, Clary 2-4 3-6 8, Brown 3-8 0-2 9, Lilley 2-2 0-0 4, O'Boyle 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-50 25-31 89.
Halftime--Penn St. 42-34. 3-Point Goals--Iowa 4-15 (Pa.Sandfort 2-7, Perkins 1-2, Pr.Sandfort 1-2, Dembele 0-1, McCaffery 0-1, Bowen 0-2), Penn St. 12-23 (Baldwin 3-4, Hicks 3-6, Brown 3-8, Dunn 2-3, Clary 1-1, O'Boyle 0-1). Rebounds--Iowa 27 (Freeman, Krikke 5), Penn St. 26 (Wahab 7). Assists--Iowa 15 (Perkins 8), Penn St. 18 (Baldwin 6). Total Fouls--Iowa 22, Penn St. 14. A--8,140