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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Penn St. 80, Binghamton 65
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Where: Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, Pennsylvania
Officials: # Larry Scirotto, # Chris Beaver, # Brandon Cruz
Attendance: 4009

Five Penn State players finished in double figures and the Nittany Lions pulled away from Binghamton 80-65 on Tuesday in State College, Pa.

Mike Watkins scored 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Penn State (10-3), which won its third straight.

Shep Garner made 5 of 7 3-point attempts for 15 points, and Tony Carr and Josh Reaves added 15 apiece to help the Nittany Lions snap the Bearcats' seven-game winning streak.

J.C. Show had 13 points for Binghamton (8-5). Tyler Stewart and Thomas Bruce added 12 and 10, respectively, for the Bearcats.

Penn State led for all but 2:49 and went up by 15 with 2:39 to play on Garner's final 3-pointer.

The Nittany Lions jumped in front 8-0 before the Bearcats settled in, chipping away with a handful of mid-range shots and a pair of 3-pointers.

Binghamton got a pair of deep treys back-to-back from Snow and Stewart to take a 19-16 lead -- their first and last -- with 10:39 to play in the first.

The Nittany Lions leaned on Watkins for the latter half of the first. He scored six points in a 1:38 span to help Penn State take a 39-36 lead into halftime.

Penn State made 57.4 percent of its shots, including 15 of 23 in the second half.
Top Game Performances
 
Binghamton   Penn St.
J.C. Show 13 Scoring Lamar Stevens 16
J.C. Show 5 Assists Tony Carr 9
Thomas Bruce 9 Rebounds Mike Watkins 11
Willie Rodriguez 1 Free Throws Made Lamar Stevens 4
Willie Rodriguez 3 Steals Josh Reaves 2
Thomas Bruce 1 Blocks Mike Watkins 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Binghamton 65 40.9 9-23 2-5 11 29 2 8 15
Penn St. 80 57.4 10-17 8-15 17 34 4 7 17