No. 16 Maryland holds off pesky Penn State

Derik Queen scored 23 points to highlight No. 16 Maryland’s 68-64 win over Penn State on Saturday in University Park, Pa.Ja’Kobi Gillespie added 19 points and Selton Miguel notched 17 for the Terrapins (22-7, 12-6 Big Ten), who rebounded nicely from Wednesday’s crushing loss in which a Michigan State player buried a shot from beyond half-court at the buzzer. With this win, Maryland has won nine of its last 11 games.Julian Reese shot just 2-of-10 for four points for Maryland, but he contributed 15 rebounds, six steals and three blocks.The Nittany Lions (15-15, 5-14) have lost two straight following a brief two-game winning streak. Ace Baldwin Jr. scored 18 points, while D’Marco Dunn chipped in 14 for Penn State.Maryland led 50-49 with about 9 1/2 minutes left when Gillespie’s 3-pointer created a four-point game. Penn State stayed close, inching within 57-55 with six minutes to go before Gillespie went 4-for-4 from the foul line to create a bit of separation.With roughly 4 1/2 minutes to play, Baldwin knocked down a 3-pointer to get the hosts within 61-58. Queen dunked on the other end — off a feed from Gillespie — to push the lead back to five, then Queen added another bucket on the next trip.

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