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Final Score: Northwestern 60 - Penn State 79

State College, PA (Sports Network) - Talor Battle scored 16 points, grabbed six rebounds, and handed out six assists as the Penn State Nittany Lions downed the Northwestern Wildcats, 79-60, in a Big Ten Conference matchup at the Bryce Jordan Center.

Jeff Brooks scored 14 points for the Nittany Lions (11-17, 3-13 Big Ten) who have won three of their last four. Chris Babb added 11 points and seven rebounds.

Michael Thompson scored 21 points for Northwestern (18-11, 7-10) which has lost three of its last four. John Shurna made just 2-of-11 shots from the floor and finished with nine points in 31 minutes of action.

Penn State led 49-35 at halftime after shooting a scintillating 17-of-25 from the floor in the first half, including 4-of-5 from long range. Northwestern was 10-of-25 from the floor in the period.

The Nittany Lions led by as many as 25 in the second half and shot 11-of-25 from the floor after the break. The Wildcats were just 7-of-25 from the floor in the second half.

Penn State was 7-of-13 from three-point range on the afternoon. Northwestern shot just 32.1 percent from the floor for the game.