MADISON, Wis. – The Penn State men’s basketball team shot 56% from the field to earn the Nittany Lions’ first road win at Wisconsin in over 30 years as Penn State took down the 12th-ranked Badgers 86-75 Saturday afternoon inside the Kohl Center.
The win over No. 12 Wisconsin marks Penn State’s highest-ranked road win since Feb. 1, 2009. It is Penn State’s first-ever win inside Wisconsin’s Kohl Center and first win in Madison since Jan. 26, 1995.
D’Marco Dunn put together a career showing as the senior was 10-for-12 from the field and 4-for-5 from downtown for a career-high 25 points. Yanic Konan Niederhauser tallied his fourth double-double of the season with 15 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks. Zach Hicks finished with 14 points, while Freddie Dilione V and Nick Kern Jr. tallied 12 points apiece.
The Badgers used a 4 for 4 showing from deep to jump out to a quick 16-3 lead just over four minutes into the game.

A Nick Kern Jr. jumper and back-to-back triples from Kern Jr. and D’Marco Dunn helped Penn State string together an 8-2 run that narrowed the Wisconsin lead to seven at 18-11 with 14:08 on the first-half clock.

The Nittany Lions stayed hot from downtown, making four of their first five triples, to pull within 26-21 at the under-12 media timeout.

Wisconsin slowly worked its lead back to double digits as the Badgers pulled ahead by 13 at 40-27 following a John Tonje triple at 4:15.

Penn State took control of the remainder of the half as the Nittany Lion defense held Wisconsin scoreless for the final 4:14. Four different Penn State players scored in the final three minutes of the half as an 8-0 run was capped by an Ace Baldwin Jr. triple and Penn State pulled within five at 40-35 heading into halftime.

Zach Hicks canned a 3-pointer 12 seconds into the second half to narrow the Wisconsin lead to two points. A pair of Yanic Konan Niederhauser dunks were followed by a Freddie Dilione V 3-pointer at 17:25 that knotted the score at 45-45.

Penn State took its first lead of the game following a conventional three-point play from Dilione V at 16:34 before Hicks drilled another trey at 15:35 that put the Nittany Lions ahead 51-47.

The Nittany Lions defense fueled a 6-0 Penn State streak from 14:16 to 11:18 as Penn State held Wisconsin scoreless for over four minutes and back-to-back Kern Jr. buckets gave Penn State a 57-51 edge.

The Badgers responded with nine of the next 11 points to jump back in front at 60-59 with 8:52 to play. Wisconsin’s lead lasted less than a minute as D’Marco Dunn nailed back-to-back 3-pointers and the Nittany Lions were back on top at 65-60 at 6:58.

Dunn scored his 20th point of the game at 5:33 to put Penn State’s advantage at 69-62.

PENN STATE (16-15, 6-14 BIG TEN)

Yanic Konan Niederhauser 7-11 1-3 15; Zach Hicks 3-4 5-6 14; Ace Baldwin Jr. 2-7 3-5 8; D’Marco Dunn 10-12 1-1 25; Freddie Dilione V 3-9 2-2 9; Nick Kern 5-9 1-2 12; Kachi Nzeh 0-0 0-0 0; Dominick Stewart 1-2 0-0 3; Jahvin Carter 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-55 13-19 86.

WISCONSIN (23-8, 13-7 BIG TEN)

Steven Crowl 8-15 1-1 19; NOlan Winter 3-4 0-0 7; Kamari McGee 4-11 1-2 11; John Tonje 2-13 7-8 13; John Blackwell 6-15 4-4 19; Carter Gilmore 1-3 2-2 4; Jack Janicki 0-3 0-0 0; Xavier Amos 1-2 0-0 2; Camren Hunter 0-3 0-0 0; Markus Ilver 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-69 15-17 75.

Halftime: Wisconsin 40-35. 3-point goals: PSU 11-19 (Dunn 4-5, Dilione V 1-2, Kern 1-1, Baldwin Jr. 1-4, Carter 0-1), Wisconsin 10-31 (Blackwell 3-6, Crowl 2-4, McGee 2-5, Tonje 2-7, Winter 1-1, Amos 0-1, Hunter 0-2, Janicki 0-3). Fouled out: PSU-none; Wisconsin-Blackwell. Rebounds: PSU 36 (Niederhauser 11), Wisconsin 35 (Tonje 7). Assists: PSU 21 (Baldwin Jr. 9), Wisconsin 11 (Blackwell 3). Technical fouls: PSU-none; Wisconsin-none. Total fouls: PSU 16, Wisconsin 18. A: 16,838.