Men's Basketball Drops Physical Exhibition Game to Penn State

Monday, October 26

Philadelphia, Pa.

7 p.m.

Drexel University

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Penn State (Exhibition)

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Team	1	2	F
Penn St.	31	37	68
Drexel	30	27	57

10/26/2026 10:35:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA – The Drexel men's basketball team dropped a physical, 68-57, exhibition game to the Penn State Nittany Lions on Monday at the Daskalakis Athletic Center. Josh Reed led the team with 15 points. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Worker's Local 98 is once again the presenting sponsor of Drexel Men's Basketball.

BY THE NUMBERS
Reed had a double-double, pulling in 11 rebounds and also stole the ball once.

Latief Lorenzano-White and David Simonovic each had eight points.

On the night, Drexel's defense only allowed two three-pointers from the Nittany Lions.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Dragons played aggressively and physically from tip-off. Reed drew an early foul off of Penn State's Josh Reed to give Drexel possession 14 seconds into the game. At 18:40, Clem Edomwonyin connected with Adrian Petkovic beyond the arc to give the Dragons a 3-0 lead. The teams battled for possession of the ball for more than a minute before a 6-0 Nittany Lion run gave them a 6-3 lead with 16:39 to play. The Dragons responded with a layup from Reed to cut the lead to one at the 15:42 mark.

Excuse Me! #FearTheDragon??| ??@Flocollege https://t.co/F757nsIBI7
— Drexel Men's Basketball (@DrexelMBB) October 26, 2026

This kicked off a 7-0 run for the Dragons, capped off by a layup from Simonovic at 12:34. A second-chance tip-in basket from Dillon Tingler gave Drexel a 12-9 lead with just over 10 minutes to play. A Nittany Lion three tied things up at 12 with 9:16 to play. The teams went back and forth, with neither able to pull away until a layup from BJ Brown Jr. started a 6-0 Drexel run, which put them up 23-17 with 5:30 to play in the first half.

Brown Jr. is on Fire!!! He hits his second 3 off the bench #FearTheDragon??| ??@Flocollege https://t.co/l3arUt9Clh
— Drexel Men's Basketball (@DrexelMBB) October 26, 2026

Penn State fought back, tying things at 25 with 2:17 to go before a Tingler jump shot put the Dragons back in front with just under two minutes to play. Free throws from LaDricus Pittman gave Drexel a 30-29 lead with four seconds in the half but a buzzer beating layup gave Penn State a 31-30 lead at the half.

Drexel won the turnover battle in the first half, 6-9 while also putting up more assists with six to Penn State's four.

A jumpshot from Simonovic gave the Dragons the lead early in the second. A three from Latief Lorenzano-White made it a 35-32 Dragon lead with 18:55 to play.

Lorenzano-White gives the Dragons the lead out of the half. ?? #FearTheDragon?? | ?? @FloCollege https://t.co/9gVTlc1kky
— Drexel Men's Basketball (@DrexelMBB) October 27, 2026

The teams went back and forth, with neither team pulling ahead. A jump shot from Reed at 14:50 left gave Drexel a five-point lead. An 11-0 Penn State run made it 49-43, but free throws from Panagiotis Pagonis cut the lead to four with just over 10 minutes to play. A block and offensive rebound from Edomwonyin cut the lead to 51-49 with 8:11 to play.

Defense ?? Offense, Clem Edomwonyin makes it look easy. ?? #FearTheDragon?? | ?? @FloCollege https://t.co/cfmaFhTk91
— Drexel Men's Basketball (@DrexelMBB) October 27, 2026

A 10-1 run from the Nittany Lions gave them a 61-50 lead with three minutes to play. Late baskets from Josh Reed cut into the lead but ultimately Penn State held on to win, 68-57.

The Dragons outrebounded Penn State 23-21 in the second half and made the most of their second chances, outscoring the Nittany Lions 7-5 in second-chance points.

UP NEXT
The Dragons will start non-conference play on Tuesday, November 3, when they visit Virginia. The game is set to tip-off at 7:30 p.m.