Coming into Michigan on a five-game win streak and having won back-to-back Big Ten conference games, Penn State sought to keep the good times rolling with yet another quality road win against a Michigan team that has been a bit Jekyll-and-Hyde. Unfortunately for PSU, Hyde showed up in full force.
The first half saw Michigan build their lead into double digits a few different times, thanks in part to Hunter Dickinson, but also some quality three-point shooting off the bench from Joey Baker, and starters Jett Howard and Kobe Bufkin getting their share of buckets. Penn State was able to keep things from getting truly ugly though, thanks to Jalen Pickett being Jalen Pickett, and six three-pointers as a team (with Seth Lundy nailing half of said three-pointers).