Mekhi Mason helps Washington edge Penn State
February 15 - Mekhi Mason scored 20 points, making a season-high six 3-pointers, as Washington rallied for a 75-73 victory against Penn State in a Big Ten game Saturday afternoon in State College, Pa.
DJ Davis and Franck Kepnang each scored 14 points, with Kepnang adding five blocked shots and four steals, for the Huskies (13-12, 4-10 Big Ten). Zoom Diallo scored 12.
Great Osobor, Washington's leading scorer, was limited to six points on 2-of-7 shooting from the field, but had a double-double with 13 rebounds and 10 assists.
Ace Baldwin Jr. led Penn State with 20 points, but his off-balance 3-point attempt with one second remaining bounced off the rim.
Freddie Dilione V scored 15 points, D'Marco Dunn had 12 and Zach Hicks and Yanic Konan Niederhauser each tallied 10 for the Nittany Lions (13-13, 3-12), who suffered their seventh straight defeat to remain in last place in the 18-team conference. Niederhauser grabbed 11 rebounds.
There were 17 lead changes, with 15 of those coming in the second half.
Trailing 38-34, The Huskies opened the half with a 3-pointer by Mason and a three-point play by Diallo to take their first lead since the opening minutes.
Washington took its largest lead at 64-60 on a three-point play by Davis with 7:06 left.
The Nittany Lions responded with a 6-0 run to regain the lead and it went back and forth the rest of the way.
Mason's 3-pointer with 3:52 left gave the Huskies the lead for good at 70-68.
Kepnang raced from behind to block a breakaway dunk attempt by Niederhauser that would've tied the score with 2:28 remaining.
Davis made a 3-pointer with 57 seconds left to put the Huskies up 75-71.
Penn State took a 38-34 lead into the intermission as Hicks and Baldwin both scored 10 points.
The Nittany Lions led by as many as 13 in the first half as Hicks made a four-point play with 7 minutes remaining.
The Huskies answered with a 9-0 run -- the first five by Diallo and the last four by Kepnang -- to pull within 31-27.
The oft-injured Kepnang came off the bench and matched his season-high with 10 points in the first half.
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