Penn State's Kanye Clary 'Day-to-Day' After Leaving Minnesota Game

The Nittany Lions' leading scorer, injured against the Gophers, has been a consistent force of an uneven offense.

Kanye Clary, Penn State's leading scorer who left Saturday's game in the second half, is "day-to-day" as the Nittany Lions prepare for a Big Ten road trip to Rutgers. Penn State men's basketball coach Mike Rhoades said "we'll leave it at that" when discussing Clary's availability for Wednesday's game at Rutgers.

Meanwhile, guard Nick Kern Jr. will be available Wednesday after being helped off the court in the second half against Minnesota. leaving the Minnesota game as well. Kern told reporters in State College on Monday that he was "good" and that that the issue was "nothing much, really."

Clary has been the revelation of Penn State's season, becoming one of the Big Ten's top scorers in his second year with the program. Clary ranks sixth in the conference in scoring (18.4 points per game) and 10th in field-goal percentage (46.5 percent). Against Minnesota, Clary appeared to run into a Minnesota player’s elbow and remained on the floor, holding his face. He left the court with a towel covering part of his face.

According to Penn State statistics, Clary has made one of the biggest year-over-year leaps in college basketball. Clary averaged 3.7 points and 10.4 minutes per game as a freshman. His 14.7-point increase per game ranks second nationally behind SIU's Xavier Johnson. In addition, the 5-11 guard leads the nation in scoring among players under 6 feet tall.

Clary has been the consistent mark of Penn State's erratic offense. He hasn't missed a start and, since a two-game outlier stretch when he scored a combined 4 points against VCU and Bucknell, has scored fewer than 13 points just once. That came Saturday, when he left the Minnesota game with 11 points. Penn State squandered a 16-point first-half lead and fell to the Gophers 83-74.

"Like most of this year, lack of consistency in a 40-minute game has been hurting is," Rhoades told reporters Monday at his weekly media availability."... If games were 20 minute games, we’d be pretty darn good."

Penn State (9-11, 3-6 Big Ten) heads to Rutgers having lost four of its last five. Wednesday's game tips off at 8:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.

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