The Associated Press Clemson center Carter Welling drives on Pitt forward Roman Siulepa.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Freddie Dilione V had 25 points and Kayden Mingo scored with one second left as Penn State snapped an eight-game losing streak by extending Minnesota’s skid to seven with a 77-75 victory on Sunday.

Mingo buried a 3-pointer and Dilione had the final two baskets in a 9-0 spurt to give Penn State a 69-58 lead with 6:31 left.

Cade Tyson made four free throws, Langston Reynolds sank a pair, and Grayson Grove tipped in a miss as the Golden Gophers used an 8-0 run to cut it to 71-70 with 2:31 remaining. Dilione and Reynolds traded baskets before Mingo turned a steal into a layup for a three-point lead with 49 seconds to go.

Jaylen Crocker-Johnson had a layup and Reynolds made the first of two free throws with 31 seconds left to tie it 75-all. Mingo ran the clock down to eight seconds before beginning his game-winning drive to the basket.

Dilione made 11 of 17 shots with a 3-pointer in the first winning effort in Big Ten Conference play this season for the Nittany Lions (10-12, 1-10).

Josh Reed sank four 3-pointers — all in the first half — and scored 18 for Penn State. Mingo scored 14 on 6-for-17 shooting, while Dominick Stewart pitched in with 12 points.

Langston Reynolds had 18 points and seven assists to lead the Golden Gophers (10-12, 3-8). Cade Tyson added 17 points, Bobby Durkin hit four 3-pointers and scored 16 and Isaac Asuma added 12 points.

Reed had 16 points and Dilione scored 13 to guide the Nittany Lions to a 41-31 lead at halftime.

Penn State plays at No. 7 Michigan State on Wednesday.

MINNESOTA (10-11): Crocker-Johnson 4-12 0-0 8, Durkin 6-11 0-0 16, Asuma 5-10 1-2 12, Reynolds 7-8 2-3 18, Tyson 3-8 11-12 17, Grove 2-2 0-0 4, Shinholster 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-51 14-17 75.

PENN STATE (9-12): Reed 6-10 2-2 18, Dilione 11-17 2-2 25, Mingo 6-17 1-2 14, Rice 0-2 0-0 0, Stewart 4-9 3-3 12, Tunca 3-5 0-0 6, Houser 1-1 0-0 2, Blackwood 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-62 8-9 77.

Halftime–Penn State 41-31. 3-Point Goals–Minnesota 7-27 (Durkin 4-9, Reynolds 2-3, Asuma 1-6, Tyson 0-4, Crocker-Johnson 0-5), Penn State 7-18 (Reed 4-5, Stewart 1-3, Dilione 1-4, Mingo 1-4, Blackwood 0-1, Rice 0-1). Rebounds–Minnesota 28 (Crocker-Johnson 7), Penn State 22 (Dilione, Mingo 5). Assists–Minnesota 17 (Reynolds 7), Penn State 13 (Mingo 4). Total Fouls–Minnesota 13, Penn State 18.

Pitt falls to Tigers

CLEMSON, S.C. — Carter Welling and Nick Davidson scored 12 points each and No. 22 Clemson used a big first-half run to take control on the way to its 15th straight win over Pittsburgh, 63-52, on Saturday.

Welling and Davidson combined for 17 second-half points for the Tigers (18-4, 8-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who opened a 17-point lead at halftime and gave Clemson coach Brad Brownell his 200th home win over 16 seasons.

The Panthers (9-13, 2-7) used a 14-4 run at the start of the second half to get the lead into single digits. But RJ Godfrey had two inside baskets and Welling scored six straight points to restore Clemson’s large lead.

Pitt has struggled during ACC play. It had hoped to carry momentum from an overtime win against Wake Forest earlier this week into Clemson.

But the Tigers’ defense kicked in midway through the opening half as they went on a 26-9 run over a 13-minute span to take control. Efrem “Butta” Johnson had two of Clemson’s five threes during that surge while the Panthers shot just shot 21% and were 2-of-18 from behind the arc the first 20 minutes.

Johnson’s second 3-pointer put Clemson up 33-16 at the half.

Roman Siulepa land Damarco Minor ed Pittsburgh with 12 points apiece. The Panthers’ leading scorer, Brandin Cummings, was held to points, 11 fewer than his average.

Godfrey finished with 10 points for the Tigers.

The game went on as scheduled despite a rare winter storm throughout the state of South Carolina that was expected to leave up to 8 inches of snow on campus.

Pitt goes to No. 17 Virginia on Tuesday night.

PITTSBURGH (9-13): Corhen 3-8 3-5 9, Siulepa 5-7 1-1 12, Minor 4-10 0-0 12, Witherspoon 3-9 2-2 8, Dunning 2-7 1-2 5, Indrusaitis 0-7 0-0 0, Cummings 1-3 0-1 2, Mullen 2-2 0-0 4, Moore 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-53 7-11 52.

CLEMSON (18-4): Godfrey 3-5 4-6 10, Wahlin 1-2 2-2 5, Welling 3-7 6-6 12, Hunter 2-7 0-0 5, Porter 2-6 0-0 5, Buckner 1-2 1-2 4, N.Davidson 5-8 0-0 12, Johnson 2-4 2-2 8, Thompson 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 19-41 17-20 63.

Halftime–Clemson 33-16. 3-Point Goals–Pittsburgh 5-26 (Minor 4-10, Siulepa 1-3, Cummings 0-1, Corhen 0-2, Dunning 0-3, Indrusaitis 0-3, Witherspoon 0-4), Clemson 8-21 (Johnson 2-3, N.Davidson 2-4, Buckner 1-2, Wahlin 1-2, Porter 1-3, Hunter 1-5, Welling 0-2). Rebounds–Pittsburgh 31 (Siulepa 9), Clemson 22 (Hunter 6). Assists–Pittsburgh 9 (Minor, Dunning 2), Clemson 12 (Buckner 4). Total Fouls–Pittsburgh 20, Clemson 16. A–6,723 (10,000).

Flash downed

LORETTO — Kheni Briggs had 29 points in New Haven’s 81-69 victory over Saint Francis on Saturday.

Briggs shot 9 for 13 (5 for 7 from 3-point range) and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Chargers (10-12, 5-4 Northeast Conference). Jabri Fitzpatrick scored 19 points and added six rebounds. Andre Pasha finished with 14 points.

Ahmad Harrison led the Red Flash (6-15, 4-4) in scoring, finishing with 16 points and six rebounds. Zion Russell added 15 points, four assists and four steals for Saint Francis off the bench. Skylar Wicks finished with 12 points and seven rebounds.

NEW HAVEN (10-12): Faloppa 3-5 0-1 7, Pasha 4-11 4-4 14, Briggs 9-13 6-6 29, Fitzpatrick 5-7 7-10 19, George 3-9 4-6 10, Adeleye 1-2 0-0 2, Steele 0-0 0-0 0, Kearson 0-1 0-0 0, Burth 0-0 0-0 0, Losiewicz 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-48 21-27 81.

ST. FRANCIS (6-15): Liberis 4-4 1-2 9, Harrison 5-16 4-5 16, Moncrief 2-7 2-4 6, Payne 3-7 0-0 7, Wicks 5-11 0-0 12, Z.Russell 4-6 5-7 15, Papadatos 1-2 0-0 2, B.Russell 0-2 0-0 0, Tweedy 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 25-56 12-18 69.

Halftime–New Haven 41-37. 3-Point Goals–New Haven 10-20 (Briggs 5-7, Fitzpatrick 2-2, Pasha 2-6, Faloppa 1-2, Adeleye 0-1, George 0-1, Kearson 0-1), St. Francis 7-21 (Z.Russell 2-3, Wicks 2-4, Harrison 2-7, Payne 1-3, Moncrief 0-2, B.Russell 0-2). Fouled Out–Payne. Rebounds–New Haven 28 (George 8), St. Francis 28 (Wicks 7). Assists–New Haven 15 (George 4), St. Francis 15 (Liberis 5). Total Fouls–New Haven 16, St. Francis 21. A–709 (3,500).

Lions prevail

The Penn State Altoona men’s basketball team posted a 95-82 victory over Hilbert College in Adler Arena on Saturday.

Penn State Altoona (9-9, 3-6 AMCC) boosted its lead to as high as 23 points during the second half, then fended off a late push from Hilbert (12-7, 5-5 AMCC).

“Really good conference win at home against a good Hilbert team that’s above us in the standings right now,” Penn State Altoona head coach David McGreal said.

Rasheed Daniels scored a season-high 30 points for Penn State Altoona while adding seven rebounds.

Kaden Claar (Portage High School graduate) had 17 points and seven rebounds. Mason Kargo (Portage) scored 11 points and dished out nine assists while nabbing four steals.