Penn State reeling
No. 9 Nittany Lions lose second game in a row to an unranked team.
In a game full of wild swings, Indiana boxed out No. 9 Penn State.
The Hoosiers let a 19point first-half lead completely disappear, fell behind by six and then rallied for a 68-60 victory Sunday.
“We play the game in 10 four-minute battles or rounds like a fight,” Indiana coach Archie Miller said. “There is going to be swings and you have to fight through it and find a way to weather it.”
Al Durham scored 14 points and Trayce JacksonDavis had 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Hoosiers (18-9, 8-8 Big Ten).
“We got off to great start and should have had a bigger lead going into halftime, but we made some dumb errors,” Miller said. “We took a huge punch in the second half.”
Devonte Green contributed 10 points for the Hoosiers, who made their final four free throws to help seal the win.
“At the end of the game, we made almost every single hard hustle play,” Miller said. “We were able to make some plays when it was tough. We found a way to finish. For the most part, we played smart. We fought and finished the last two games well defensively.”
Lamar Stevens, who was plagued with foul trouble all game, led Penn State (20-7, 10-6) with 29 points on 11of-27 shooting.
“Lamar was great but he needs help,” Penn State coach Patrick Chambers said. “When we are successful, we are sharing the basketball. We were relying on one guy.”
Penn State has been without Myreon Jones, who is averaging 14.1 points, who has missed the last five games with an undisclosed illness.
More men
Fairleigh Dickinson 75, Robert Morris 70: Jahlil Jenkins had 20 points as host Fairleigh Dickinson (9-18, 7-9 NEC) edged Robert Morris (16-14, 12-5). Dante Treacy scored a career-high 23 points for the host Colonials and Josh Williams and Jalen Hawkins added 10 points each. Treacy’s 3-pointer with 12 second to go brought the Colonials within 73-70, but they were beaten at the freethrow line
Women
Louisville 79, Pitt 47: Kylee Shook scored 17 points to lead Louisville to a rout of Pitt (4-23, 1-15 ACC). No. 5 Louisville (25-3, 14-2) led by just one point at the end of the first quarter, but took over, using a 50-17 margin over the middle two periods to turn the game into a rout.
Robert Morris 48, Fairleigh Dickinson 35: Natalie Villaflor scored nine points and Irekpitan Ozzy-Momodu added eight more as the Colonials (20-7, 15-1 NEC) won a close match at Farleigh Dickinson (4-23, 1-15).