Penn State men’s basketball got the new week started on the wrong foot Sunday night. The Nittany Lions fell in their Big Ten opener at home against the Ohio State Buckeyes, 76-64, dropping Penn State to 4-4 overall. Jalen Pickett scored 23 points on a night where Penn State trailed by 11 points at halftime and by as many as 18 in the second half. Penn State jumped out to a 12-5 lead on the Buckeyes at the start of the game thanks to a 12-0 run with Seth Lundy (13 points) and Pickett leading the charge. But Ohio State answered by finding their three-point touch. Ohio State’s Kyle Young drained all four of his three-point shots in the game as he recorded a team-high 16 points for Ohio State. Ohio State took a 41-30 lead into halftime and started the second half with a quick run to open the…
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