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Ace Baldwin Jr., Zach Hicks both score 19 as Penn State breezes to 86-64 victory over Virginia Tech

AP
Nov 15, 2024

BALTIMORE (AP) Ace Baldwin Jr. and Zach Hicks scored 19 points apiece and Penn State rolled to an 86-64 victory over Virginia Tech at the Hall of Fame Series on Friday night.

Baldwin added 10 assists for his first double-double of the season for the Nittany Lions (4-0). He made 5 of 11 shots from the floor and nine of his 10 free throws. Hicks hit five 3-pointers and added five rebounds and three steals.

Nick Kern came off the bench to score 16 for Penn State. He made 6 of 7 shots and 4 of 6 free throws. Fred Dilione V scored 11.

Mylyjael Poteat led the Hokies (3-1) with 15 points.

Hicks made three 3-pointers and scored 12 while Kern added 10 points on 4-for-4 shooting to lead Penn State to a 37-29 advantage at halftime. Poteat had 11 points at the break for the Hokies.

Kern hit a jumper with 7:47 remaining to give Penn State a 72-52 lead. The Nittany Lions had the lead for all but 32 seconds when the game was tied.

The Nittany Lions shot 51% from the floor, made 8 of 22 from beyond the arc (36.4%) and 22 of 30 at the foul line.

Virginia Tech shot 44.4%, hit 5 of 18 from distance and 19 of 26 at the foul line.

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Penn State returns home to host Purdue-Fort Wayne on Wednesday.

Virginia Tech will also head back home to play Jacksonville on Wednesday.

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1st Half
PSU
Nittany Lions
37
VT
Hokies
29

Time		Play	Score
19:59		(Hokies gains possession)
19:43		Jaden Schutt misses three point jump shot
19:41		Zach Hicks defensive rebound
19:30	+3	Freddie Dilione V makes three point jump shot (Ace Baldwin Jr. assists)	3-0
18:57		Toibu Lawal turnover (Zach Hicks steals)
18:57		Toibu Lawal personal foul
18:39		Yanic Konan Niederhauser turnover (Toibu Lawal steals)
18:31		Brandon Rechsteiner misses three point jump shot
18:29		Freddie Dilione V defensive rebound
18:11	+2	Ace Baldwin Jr. makes two point jump shot	5-0
18:00		Jaden Schutt misses three point jump shot
17:58		Puff Johnson defensive rebound
17:46		Puff Johnson misses two point layup
17:44		Toibu Lawal defensive rebound
17:29	+2	Mylyjael Poteat makes two point layup (Brandon Rechsteiner assists)	5-2
17:18	+2	Ace Baldwin Jr. makes two point jump shot	7-2
16:59		Jaydon Young misses three point jump shot
16:57		Yanic Konan Niederhauser defensive rebound
16:43		Zach Hicks turnover (bad pass)
16:32		Freddie Dilione V personal foul
16:18		Ben Burnham misses two point jump shot
16:16		Kachi Nzeh defensive rebound
16:07	+3	Zach Hicks makes three point jump shot (Ace Baldwin Jr. assists)	10-2
15:45		Patrick Wessler turnover (bad pass)
15:45		TV timeout
15:24		Ace Baldwin Jr. turnover (traveling)
15:17		Ben Hammond turnover (bad pass)
15:04	+3	Zach Hicks makes three point jump shot (D'Marco Dunn assists)	13-2
14:36		Ben Hammond turnover (Zach Hicks steals)
14:33		Nick Kern Jr. turnover (Ben Hammond steals)
14:33		Tyler Johnson turnover (Ace Baldwin Jr. steals)
14:33		Ben Burnham personal foul
14:33	+2	Nick Kern Jr. makes two point layup (Ace Baldwin Jr. assists)	15-2
14:30		Ben Hammond shooting foul (Nick Kern Jr. draws the foul)
14:30		Nick Kern Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1
14:30		Hokies defensive rebound
14:18	+3	Ben Burnham makes three point jump shot (Mylyjael Poteat assists)	15-5
14:01		D'Marco Dunn turnover (traveling)
13:41	+2	Tyler Johnson makes two point layup (Mylyjael Poteat assists)	15-7
13:22		Ben Hammond personal foul
13:13		Puff Johnson misses two point jump shot
13:13		Yanic Konan Niederhauser offensive rebound
13:11		Tyler Johnson personal foul
13:11		Freddie Dilione V misses three point jump shot
13:09		Brandon Rechsteiner defensive rebound
12:54		Puff Johnson personal foul
12:50		Nick Kern Jr. shooting foul (Mylyjael Poteat draws the foul)
12:50		Mylyjael Poteat misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:50	+1	Mylyjael Poteat makes regular free throw 2 of 2	15-8
12:37		Yanic Konan Niederhauser turnover (Jaden Schutt steals)
12:30		Puff Johnson blocks Jaydon Young's two point layup
12:28		Freddie Dilione V defensive rebound
12:28		Brandon Rechsteiner personal foul
12:10		Ace Baldwin Jr. misses three point jump shot
12:08		Toibu Lawal defensive rebound
12:00		Brandon Rechsteiner misses two point jump shot
11:58		Ace Baldwin Jr. defensive rebound
11:51	+2	Nick Kern Jr. makes two point layup (Ace Baldwin Jr. assists)	17-8
11:30		Jaydon Young misses three point jump shot
11:28		Yanic Konan Niederhauser defensive rebound
11:22	+2	Nick Kern Jr. makes two point layup (Yanic Konan Niederhauser assists)	19-8
11:22		Hokies 30 second timeout
11:22		TV timeout
11:00		Yanic Konan Niederhauser personal foul
11:00		Puff Johnson personal foul
10:52		Toibu Lawal offensive foul
10:52		Toibu Lawal turnover (offensive foul)
10:43	+3	Zach Hicks makes three point jump shot (Ace Baldwin Jr. assists)	22-8
10:24		Mylyjael Poteat turnover (Freddie Dilione V steals)
10:08		Zach Hicks misses three point jump shot
10:06		Mylyjael Poteat defensive rebound
9:51		Mylyjael Poteat misses two point jump shot
9:49		Nick Kern Jr. defensive rebound
9:41		Nick Kern Jr. turnover (lost ball)
9:27	+2	Ben Hammond makes two point jump shot	22-10
9:27		Ace Baldwin Jr. shooting foul (Ben Hammond draws the foul)
9:27		Ben Hammond misses regular free throw 1 of 1
9:27		D'Marco Dunn defensive rebound
9:15		Patrick Wessler blocks Ace Baldwin Jr.'s two point layup
9:15		Patrick Wessler defensive rebound
9:12		Ace Baldwin Jr. personal foul (Patrick Wessler draws the foul)
9:12	+1	Patrick Wessler makes regular free throw 1 of 2	22-11
9:12	+1	Patrick Wessler makes regular free throw 2 of 2	22-12
8:59		Jaydon Young shooting foul (Yanic Konan Niederhauser draws the foul)
8:59		Yanic Konan Niederhauser misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:59		Yanic Konan Niederhauser misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:59		Jaden Schutt defensive rebound
8:31		Brandon Rechsteiner turnover (Jahvin Carter steals)
8:22		Zach Hicks misses three point jump shot
7:56		Jaydon Young misses three point jump shot
7:54		Ben Burnham offensive rebound
7:51		Yanic Konan Niederhauser shooting foul (Ben Burnham draws the foul)
7:51		TV timeout
7:51	+1	Ben Burnham makes regular free throw 1 of 2	22-13
7:51	+1	Ben Burnham makes regular free throw 2 of 2	22-14
7:38		Jahvin Carter misses three point jump shot
7:36		Jaden Schutt defensive rebound
7:10	+3	Ben Burnham makes three point jump shot (Brandon Rechsteiner assists)	22-17
6:49		Tyler Johnson personal foul (Nick Kern Jr. draws the foul)
6:49	+1	Nick Kern Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-17
6:49	+1	Nick Kern Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-17
6:33		Ben Burnham turnover (Dominick Stewart steals)
6:11		Ben Burnham shooting foul (Freddie Dilione V draws the foul)
6:11	+1	Freddie Dilione V makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-17
6:11		Freddie Dilione V misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:11		Ben Burnham defensive rebound
5:53	+2	Mylyjael Poteat makes two point dunk (Jaden Schutt assists)	25-19
5:36		Dominick Stewart misses three point jump shot
5:34		Mylyjael Poteat defensive rebound
5:22	+3	Jaden Schutt makes three point jump shot (Ben Burnham assists)	25-22
5:10		Jaden Schutt personal foul (Ace Baldwin Jr. draws the foul)
5:10	+1	Ace Baldwin Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-22
5:10		Ace Baldwin Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:10		Ben Burnham defensive rebound
4:47		Jaden Schutt misses three point jump shot
4:45		Zach Hicks defensive rebound
4:45		Ben Burnham personal foul (Zach Hicks draws the foul)
4:45		Zach Hicks misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:45	+1	Zach Hicks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-22
4:27		Mylyjael Poteat offensive foul
4:27		Mylyjael Poteat turnover (offensive foul)
4:27		Mike Young technical foul
4:27	+1	Ace Baldwin Jr. makes technical free throw 1 of 2	28-22
4:27	+1	Ace Baldwin Jr. makes technical free throw 2 of 2	29-22
4:13	+2	Zach Hicks makes two point jump shot	31-22
3:43	+2	Mylyjael Poteat makes two point layup (Brandon Rechsteiner assists)	31-24
3:20		Zach Hicks misses three point jump shot
3:18		Hokies defensive rebound
3:17		TV timeout
3:05		Kachi Nzeh personal foul (Mylyjael Poteat draws the foul)
3:05	+1	Mylyjael Poteat makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-25
3:05	+1	Mylyjael Poteat makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-26
2:49		Ace Baldwin Jr. misses three point jump shot
2:47		Tyler Johnson defensive rebound
2:31		Jaden Schutt turnover (Zach Hicks steals)
2:22		Ace Baldwin Jr. misses two point jump shot
2:20		Jaden Schutt defensive rebound
2:02		Tyler Johnson misses three point jump shot
2:00		Ace Baldwin Jr. defensive rebound
1:50	+2	Nick Kern Jr. makes two point layup	33-26
1:32		Kachi Nzeh shooting foul (Mylyjael Poteat draws the foul)
1:32	+1	Mylyjael Poteat makes regular free throw 1 of 2	33-27
1:32	+1	Mylyjael Poteat makes regular free throw 2 of 2	33-28
1:14	+2	Kachi Nzeh makes two point layup (Nick Kern Jr. assists)	35-28
0:53		Jaden Schutt turnover (Freddie Dilione V steals)
0:46		Freddie Dilione V misses two point layup
0:44		Tyler Johnson defensive rebound
0:38		Mylyjael Poteat misses two point layup
0:36		Freddie Dilione V defensive rebound
0:08		Kachi Nzeh misses two point layup
0:08		Nittany Lions offensive rebound
0:08		Nittany Lions 30 second timeout
0:08		Ace Baldwin Jr. technical foul
0:08		Ace Baldwin Jr. turnover (offensive foul)
0:08	+1	Brandon Rechsteiner makes technical free throw 1 of 2	35-29
0:08		Brandon Rechsteiner misses technical free throw 2 of 2
0:06		Rodney Brown Jr. shooting foul (Freddie Dilione V draws the foul)
0:06	+1	Freddie Dilione V makes regular free throw 1 of 2	36-29
0:06	+1	Freddie Dilione V makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-29
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
PSU
Nittany Lions
49
VT
Hokies
35

Time		Play	Score
19:56		Yanic Konan Niederhauser offensive foul
19:56		Yanic Konan Niederhauser turnover (offensive foul)
19:33		Mylyjael Poteat turnover (lost ball)
19:17	+3	Freddie Dilione V makes three point jump shot (Ace Baldwin Jr. assists)	40-29
19:17		Mylyjael Poteat turnover (Freddie Dilione V steals)
19:17		Toibu Lawal personal foul
19:17		Jaden Schutt personal foul
19:17		Puff Johnson misses three point jump shot
19:15		Jaydon Young defensive rebound
18:30	+3	Jaden Schutt makes three point jump shot (Brandon Rechsteiner assists)	40-32
18:17		Jaden Schutt shooting foul (Ace Baldwin Jr. draws the foul)
18:17	+1	Ace Baldwin Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	41-32
18:17	+1	Ace Baldwin Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-32
18:01		Zach Hicks shooting foul (Mylyjael Poteat draws the foul)
18:01	+1	Mylyjael Poteat makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-33
18:01		Mylyjael Poteat misses regular free throw 2 of 2
18:01		Toibu Lawal offensive rebound
17:58		Zach Hicks blocks Toibu Lawal's two point layup
17:56		Tyler Johnson offensive rebound
17:49		Tyler Johnson turnover (Kachi Nzeh steals)
17:37		Jaydon Young personal foul
17:37	+3	Puff Johnson makes three point jump shot (Freddie Dilione V assists)	45-33
17:12		Jaydon Young turnover (Puff Johnson steals)
17:06		Puff Johnson misses two point layup
17:06		Freddie Dilione V offensive rebound
17:06		Jaydon Young personal foul
17:03	+2	Puff Johnson makes two point layup (Ace Baldwin Jr. assists)	47-33
16:45		Jaydon Young turnover (Puff Johnson steals)
16:42	+2	Puff Johnson makes two point dunk	49-33
16:42		Hokies 30 second timeout
16:26	+3	Brandon Rechsteiner makes three point jump shot (Jaydon Young assists)	49-36
16:10	+2	Puff Johnson makes two point layup (Ace Baldwin Jr. assists)	51-36
15:41		Brandon Rechsteiner misses three point jump shot
15:41		Nittany Lions defensive rebound
15:41		TV timeout
15:26		Patrick Wessler shooting foul (Kachi Nzeh draws the foul)
15:26	+1	Kachi Nzeh makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-36
15:26	+1	Kachi Nzeh makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-36
15:08	+2	Patrick Wessler makes two point layup (Ben Burnham assists)	53-38
14:49	+2	Ace Baldwin Jr. makes two point layup	55-38
14:49		Ben Burnham shooting foul (Ace Baldwin Jr. draws the foul)
14:49	+1	Ace Baldwin Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	56-38
14:38		Ben Hammond misses two point jump shot
14:36		Toibu Lawal offensive rebound
14:34	+2	Toibu Lawal makes two point layup	56-40
14:34		Kachi Nzeh shooting foul (Toibu Lawal draws the foul)
14:34	+1	Toibu Lawal makes regular free throw 1 of 1	56-41
14:22		Ben Hammond personal foul (Ace Baldwin Jr. draws the foul)
14:22	+1	Ace Baldwin Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-41
14:22	+1	Ace Baldwin Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-41
14:05		Nick Kern Jr. personal foul
13:54	+2	Jaden Schutt makes two point layup	58-43
13:39		Patrick Wessler blocks Freddie Dilione V's two point layup
13:37		Freddie Dilione V offensive rebound
13:34		Nittany Lions 30 second timeout
13:29		Yanic Konan Niederhauser misses two point layup
13:27		Puff Johnson offensive rebound
13:17		D'Marco Dunn misses three point jump shot
13:15		Toibu Lawal defensive rebound
13:08		Toibu Lawal misses three point jump shot
13:06		D'Marco Dunn defensive rebound
12:43	+2	D'Marco Dunn makes two point layup	60-43
12:31		Ben Hammond turnover (Ace Baldwin Jr. steals)
12:26		Ben Hammond shooting foul (D'Marco Dunn draws the foul)
12:26	+1	D'Marco Dunn makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-43
12:26	+1	D'Marco Dunn makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-43
12:13		D'Marco Dunn personal foul
12:03	+2	Mylyjael Poteat makes two point layup	62-45
12:03		Yanic Konan Niederhauser shooting foul (Mylyjael Poteat draws the foul)
12:03	+1	Mylyjael Poteat makes regular free throw 1 of 1	62-46
11:46	+2	Ace Baldwin Jr. makes two point layup	64-46
11:46		Brandon Rechsteiner shooting foul (Ace Baldwin Jr. draws the foul)
11:46		TV timeout
11:46	+1	Ace Baldwin Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	65-46
11:31		Zach Hicks personal foul (Tyler Johnson draws the foul)
11:31	+1	Tyler Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-47
11:31	+1	Tyler Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-48
11:16		D'Marco Dunn misses three point jump shot
11:14		Nittany Lions offensive rebound
11:06	+2	Ace Baldwin Jr. makes two point jump shot	67-48
10:48		Toibu Lawal turnover (Nick Kern Jr. steals)
10:44		Nittany Lions 30 second timeout
10:31		D'Marco Dunn turnover (traveling)
10:19		Jaden Schutt misses three point jump shot
10:17		Toibu Lawal offensive rebound
10:08		Mylyjael Poteat misses two point jump shot
10:06		Toibu Lawal offensive rebound
9:59		Toibu Lawal turnover (Ace Baldwin Jr. steals)
9:59		Ace Baldwin Jr. turnover (traveling)
9:45		Mylyjael Poteat misses two point jump shot
9:43		Tyler Johnson offensive rebound
9:37	+2	Toibu Lawal makes two point dunk (Brandon Rechsteiner assists)	67-50
9:19		D'Marco Dunn misses two point layup
9:17		D'Marco Dunn offensive rebound
9:15		Jaden Schutt personal foul (Zach Hicks draws the foul)
9:15	+1	Zach Hicks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-50
8:56		Zach Hicks misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:56		Tyler Johnson defensive rebound
8:53	+2	Brandon Rechsteiner makes two point jump shot	68-52
8:33	+2	Nick Kern Jr. makes two point layup	70-52
8:33		Ben Burnham shooting foul (Nick Kern Jr. draws the foul)
8:33		Nick Kern Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:33		Tyler Johnson defensive rebound
8:18		Nick Kern Jr. blocks Jaydon Young's three point jump shot
8:16		D'Marco Dunn defensive rebound
7:46	+2	Nick Kern Jr. makes two point jump shot	72-52
7:30	+2	Jaydon Young makes two point jump shot (Jaden Schutt assists)	72-54
7:01		Nick Kern Jr. turnover (carrying)
7:01		TV timeout
6:45		Puff Johnson personal foul (Toibu Lawal draws the foul)
6:45		Toibu Lawal misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:45		Zach Hicks defensive rebound
6:27		Zach Hicks misses three point jump shot
6:25		Jaydon Young defensive rebound
6:13		Ben Hammond misses two point jump shot
6:11		Zach Hicks defensive rebound
6:11		Freddie Dilione V misses three point jump shot
6:09		Patrick Wessler defensive rebound
6:09		Puff Johnson personal foul (Toibu Lawal draws the foul)
6:09	+1	Toibu Lawal makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-55
6:04	+1	Toibu Lawal makes regular free throw 2 of 2	72-56
5:48		Ace Baldwin Jr. misses two point layup
5:46		Patrick Wessler defensive rebound
5:36		Yanic Konan Niederhauser personal foul (Patrick Wessler draws the foul)
5:36		Patrick Wessler misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:36	+1	Patrick Wessler makes regular free throw 2 of 2	72-57
5:22	+2	Kachi Nzeh makes two point layup (Freddie Dilione V assists)	74-57
4:54		Jaydon Young turnover (bad pass)
4:40		Ace Baldwin Jr. misses three point jump shot
4:38		Toibu Lawal defensive rebound
4:25		Toibu Lawal misses two point jump shot
4:23		Zach Hicks defensive rebound
3:58	+3	Zach Hicks makes three point jump shot (Ace Baldwin Jr. assists)	77-57
3:26		Tyler Johnson offensive foul
3:26		Tyler Johnson turnover (offensive foul)
3:26		TV timeout
3:12	+3	Zach Hicks makes three point jump shot (Nick Kern Jr. assists)	80-57
2:48		Toibu Lawal misses two point layup
2:46		Toibu Lawal offensive rebound
2:44		Kachi Nzeh personal foul (Toibu Lawal draws the foul)
2:44		Toibu Lawal misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:44	+1	Toibu Lawal makes regular free throw 2 of 2	80-58
2:33		Kachi Nzeh misses two point layup
2:31		Jaden Schutt defensive rebound
2:26		Ben Hammond turnover (double dribble)
2:21		Nick Kern Jr. misses two point layup
2:19		Rodney Brown Jr. defensive rebound
2:06		Brandon Rechsteiner misses three point jump shot
2:04		Hokies offensive rebound
1:53	+2	Ben Hammond makes two point layup	80-60
1:22	+2	Kachi Nzeh makes two point dunk (Ace Baldwin Jr. assists)	82-60
1:09		Brandon Rechsteiner turnover (Freddie Dilione V steals)
1:03	+2	Freddie Dilione V makes two point dunk	84-60
0:57	+2	Rodney Brown Jr. makes two point jump shot	84-62
0:39		Ryan Jones Jr. shooting foul (Nick Kern Jr. draws the foul)
0:39	+1	Nick Kern Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	85-62
0:39	+1	Nick Kern Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	86-62
0:26	+2	Ryan Jones Jr. makes two point jump shot (Ben Hammond assists)	86-64
0:00		End of period

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Ryan Jones Jr. makes two point jump shot (Ben Hammond assists)