Box Score

Penn St. Harrisburg PSH 14-3,4-0 United East

Penn St.-Abington PSA 7-9,2-3 United East

Penn St. Harrisburg PSH

14-3,4-0 United East

Final

Jan. 13, 2024

Penn St.-Abington PSA

7-9,2-3 United East

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Penn St. Harrisburg PSH	33	45	78
Penn St.-Abington PSA	28	25	53

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 1/13/2024 12:00:00 AM

Abington Drops Conference Tilt Against Harrisburg

Next Game:

at Penn College

1/16/2024 | 5:00 p.m.

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Jan. 16 (Tue) / 5:00 p.m.

at Penn College

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Abington, Pa. – The Penn State Abington men's basketball team dropped a United East Conference (UEC) contest to Penn State Harrisburg by the score of 78-53 on Saturday afternoon at the Abington Athletic Building.

Score: Penn State Harrisburg 78, Penn State Abington 53
Records: Penn State Abington (7-9, 1-3 UEC) | Penn State Harrisburg (14-3, 4-0 UEC)
Location: Abington, Pa. (Athletic Building)

How It Happened

* Harrisburg opened the first six-plus minutes of the second half on a 19-3 run to expand its halftime lead of 33-28 to 21 points. Harrisburg scored the first five points of the half to gain the game's first double-digit lead (38-28) before Abington's Alex Podolski responded with a three-pointer. From there, Harrisburg scored 14 unanswered points to lead 52-31 at the 13:51 mark.

* Harrisburg maintained its double-digit lead the rest of the half as the Nittany Lions were only able to come within 15 points of the lead when junior Kobe Devine hit a jumper to make the score 66-51 with about five minutes remaining.

* In the first half Harrisburg led by as many as nine points with less than five minutes to play until halftime. A Lance Douglas jumper made the score 31-22. Abington managed to cut the deficit down to 33-28 by halftime when senior Jake Schalki capped the scoring for the half at the 1:40 mark.

Inside the Numbers

* Redshirt sophomore Christian Niles finished with a season-high 22 points as he shot 8-of-16 from the field and 5-of-6 from the free throw line.

* Schalki also finished in double-figures as he totaled 15 points to go along with a team-high eight rebounds.

* Devine totaled seven points while leading the team with three steals on defense.

* For Harrisburg, Nate Curry recorded a double-double as he finished with 22 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists. Douglas added 16 points.

All-Time Series
Today marked the 13^th meeting between Abington and Harrisburg since the start of the 2011-12 season. Abington is now 3-10 versus Harrisburg in the all-time series.

Next Up
Abington returns to action on Tuesday, Jan. 16 as the Nittany Lions travel to face Penn College in a United East match up. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m.

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