IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Aaron White had a career-high 27 points and Iowa beat Penn State 76-67 Thursday night, snapping a two-game losing streak.
Melsahn Basabe had 10 points and 10 rebounds in his first start of the season for the Hawkeyes (14-7, 3-5 Big Ten), who hit 31 free throws in 39 tries.
Iowa took the lead with an early 14-0 run and never looked back against the last winless team in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes let Penn State creep back within 69-62 with 1:30 left, but White answered with a three-point play for Iowa.
D.J. Newbill had 20 points for Penn State (8-13, 0-9), which committed 18 turnovers.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Penn State (8-13) | 26 | 41 | 67 |
| Iowa (14-7) « | 34 | 42 | 76 |
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Borovnjak, F | 21 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| B. Taylor, F | 19 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| D. Newbill, G | 40 | 7-17 | 5-5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| J. Marshall, G | 36 | 5-15 | 3-3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| N. Colella, G | 29 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Travis | 19 | 0-7 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| J. Graham | 17 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| D. Jack | 14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| K. Montminy | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| P. Ackerman | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-58 | 14-16 | 32 | 10 | 26 | 67 | |
| 39.7% | 87.5% | ||||||
| Iowa Hawkeyes | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. White, F | 34 | 8-15 | 10-11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| R. Marble, F | 32 | 3-10 | 1-2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| M. Basabe, F | 25 | 1-4 | 8-10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| A. Woodbury, C | 20 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| M. Gesell, G | 27 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. May | 15 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| A. Clemmons | 14 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Z. McCabe | 12 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Oglesby | 11 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| G. Olaseni | 10 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals | 20-50 | 31-39 | 38 | 18 | 15 | 76 | |
| 40% | 79.5% | ||||||
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