UNIVERSITY PARK — Yanic Konan Niederhauser scored 14 points, Ace Baldwin Jr. set a single-game program assists record and Penn State overwhelmed Coppin State, 99-51, on Saturday.
Baldwin, a fifth-year senior, recorded his fourth double-double of the season, scoring 11 points and distributing a career-high 16 assists. Tom Doaty held the previous single-game record for assists with 15 on Jan. 29, 1975, against Syracuse.
Baldwin, who had an assist-to-turnover ratio of 4-1, had one more assist than Coppin State’s total.
Puff Johnson and reserve Nick Kern Jr. scored 12 points apiece and backups D’Marco Dunn and Dominick Stewart 10 each for Penn State (9-2).
Peter Oduro scored 15 points and Toby Nnadozie and reserve Jonathan Dunn 10 apiece for Coppin State (0-12).
The Nittany Lions (9-2) built a 19-4 lead in the game’s first four-and-a-half minutes and extended it to 36-8 with 7:53 left to play before halftime. Penn State made 14 of its first 22 shots (63.6%) and had nine players in the scoring column just eight minutes in. Penn State reached its first 30-point lead with a Johnson layup to make it 38-8.
Penn State led 52-21 at halftime, tallying 15 assists on 21-made baskets.
