ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Penn State men’s basketball team dropped a 110-69 result to the second-ranked Michigan Wolverines on Thursday night inside the Crisler Center.

The short-handed Nittany Lions dressed just eight players due to injuries and illness. Penn State was without starters Ivan Juric (9.4 points per game, 5.1 rebounds per game) and Eli Rice (7.9 ppg), as well as Sasa Ciani (2.6 ppg, 2.3 rpg) and Tibor Mirtic (3.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg).

The Nittany Lions were led by a trio of double-digit performers offensively, with redshirt junior guard Freddie Dilione V pacing the team with 19 points on eight made field goals, seven rebounds, three assists and a steal in 40 minutes of action. Senior forward Josh Reed dropped 15 points highlighted by a 6-for-7 trip to the free throw line with four rebounds in 26 minutes. Freshman guard Melih Tunca rounded out the trio of PSU student-athletes in double figures, finishing with 15 points, three assists and two rebounds in 38 minutes of play.

The Nittany Lions forced a Michigan turnover on the opening possession of the game and Freddie Dilione V tossed in a mid-range jumper to get the scoring started, but the Wolverines scored the game’s next 15 points to take a 15-2 lead just under eight minutes into the game.

A pair of free throws from Melih Tunca snapped Penn State’s scoreless streak at the 12:16 mark while Dilione V added a pair of layups and Justin Houser tossed in a hook shot all within a two-minute stretch, but the Wolverines had an answer for every basket and controlled a 23-10 lead with just over 10 minutes to play in the opening half.

Michigan scored 10 of the game’s next 12 points to stretch its lead to 31-12 at the under-8 media timeout. The Wolverines kept their foot on the gas for the remainder of the half as Michigan took a 56-24 lead into halftime.

The Wolverines spent the first 4:35 of the second half on a 17-8 run to stretch their lead to 73-32 with 15:25 to play. Penn State was never able to recover as No. 2 Michigan took home the 110-69 win to improve to 21-1 on the season.