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Michigan State snaps skid, edges Penn State
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A.J. Hoggard scored a career-high 23 points, Joey Hauser had 12 points and 15 rebounds and Michigan State beat Penn State 67-58 Wednesday night to snap a two-game losing streak.
Michigan State (1-1 Big Ten, 6-4) avoided going .500 or worse after 10 games for the first time in 18 seasons.
Hoggard blocked an open layup with less than a minute to play and Hauser grabbed the rebound before being fouled and making two free throws at the other end for a 66-58 lead.
Hoggard, Hauser and Tyson Walker combined for 31 of Michigan State’s 32 second-half points.
The Michigan State defense allowed only one made field goal in the final five minutes. Penn State was just 1 of 9 from 3-point range in the second half after 7 of 18 before halftime.
Walker scored 10 of his 14 points in the second half for Michigan State. Hoggard, who entered third in the conference in assists at 6.3, had six rebounds, two assists and one key block.
West Virginia 85, Navy 64: Tre Mitchell scored 19 points to lead West Virginia to an 85-64 win over Navy.
Erik Stevenson added 13 points, Joe Toussaint 12 and Kedrian Johnson 11 for the Mountaineers (7-2).
Freshman Austin Benigni scored 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting and Sean Yoder added 10 for Navy (5-4), which fell to 1-4 on the road. Leading scorer Tyler Nelson was held to six points, nine below his average.
Navy trimmed an 18-point deficit to 54-49 with 14:18 left in the game after Benigni scored seven unanswered points.
But West Virginia pushed the lead back to double digits to stay midway through the half after 3-pointers by Johnson, Toussaint and Mitchell in the span of just over a minute.
Josiah Harris made a 3-pointer and two free throws during a 8-0 run to give the Mountaineers their largest lead, 75-56, with 6:18 remaining.