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Penn State Beats Rutgers, 70-58

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - Shep Garner scored 20 points and dished out four assists and Brandon Taylor had a double-double with 17 points and 14 rebounds to lead Penn State past Rutgers 70-58 on Saturday.

Donovan Jackson and Josh Reaves both had 12 points and six rebounds for Penn State (14-13, 5-9 Big Ten).

Jonathan Laurent led Rutgers (6-21, 0-14) with 19 points and 15 rebounds. The freshman guard tied his career-high in rebounds. D.J. Forman had 10 points and six rebounds and Bishop Daniels had 13 points and four assists for Rutgers.

Penn State jumped out to a big lead, 23-8 after Taylor made a layup at the seven-minute mark.

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Rutgers closed the half on a 14-5 run to make it 28-22 at the half. Justin Goode started the run at 6:14 on a layup assisted by Daniels. D.J. Foreman ended the run on a fast break dunk with 19 seconds remaining.

The Scarlet Knights began second half on a 9-3 run and Laurent tied up the game at 31 with 15:55 remaining after being fouled on a layup. Laurent missed his first free throw but hit the second. Laurent gave Rutgers its first lead of the game at 35-33 at 14:58 with two free throws after he was fouled on a dunk attempt.

Penn State tied it at 35 on a Taylor basket but quickly answered for Rutgers' final lead of the game. The Nittany Lions went on a 15-0 run started by Taylor's layup. Garner capped off the run at on a jumper to make it 50-37 at 10:34.

Penn State took its biggest lead of the game at 6:10 on a jumper by Donovan Jack assisted by Taylor that made it 63-46.

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