NCAA Game Summary - Indiana At Penn State
POSTED: 9:30 pm EDT March 9,
2008
University Park, PA -- (Sports Network) - David Jackson finished with 13 points and a career-high 10 rebounds, as Penn State stunned 18th-ranked Indiana, 68-64, in overtime at the Bryce Jordan Center. Jeff Brooks scored a career-high 12 points and grabbed six boards, while Talor Battle chipped in with 10 points, six boards and five assists for the Nittany Lions (15-15, 7-11 Big Ten), who closed out the regular season by winning three of four. Eric Gordon poured in a game-high 26 points for the Hoosiers (25-6, 14-4), who have dropped two of three. D.J. White donated 20 points and 12 boards in a losing effort. Indiana will enter the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis as the third seed and will play the winner of the matchup between sixth-seeded Minnesota and 11th-seeded Northwestern. Penn State earned the seventh seed and will battle 10th-seeded Illinois in the opening round. Trailing 58-55, Jackson completed a three-point play to tie the score with 22.9 seconds left in regulation. Indiana had a chance to win the game, but the Nittany Lions defense forced Gordon to take an off-balanced shot, sending the game into overtime. Jackson nailed a putback to make it 63-61 with 1:51 to go in the extra session. After Stanley Pringle converted 1-of-2 from the charity stripe for a three-point edge, Gordon missed a three-pointer and Battle pulled down the defensive board with 22 seconds left. Battle sank both free throws to push the lead to 66-61, but Jordan Crawford knocked down a trey at the other end to cut the deficit to two with 18 seconds on the clock. Pringle made 1-of-2 from the line to make it 67-64, but Armon Bassett and Gordon missed threes in dying seconds and Battle added another free throw to account for the final score. Indiana opened a 14-11 lead after DeAndre Thomas hit a layup seven minutes into the contest. Penn State then followed with a 15-6 run, capped by a Mike Walker three-pointer to pull ahead 26-20. The Hoosiers trailed 31-30 at the break after White converted a pair from the free throw line. Penn State scored the first five points of the second half to reclaim a six- point advantage, but the Hoosiers responded with a 14-0 run to pull ahead, 44-36, with 12:08 remaining. After Crawford started things off with a pair from the foul line, Gordon took over, notching 12 consecutive points. Gordon was a perfect 3-for-3 from beyond the arc during the spurt. However, the Nittany Lions refused to go away, countering with a 10-2 run to tie the score at 46. An Andrew Jones layup capped the flurry with 8:52 left in regulation.Game Notes:Bassett made only 3-of-13 shots, including a 2-for-12 effort from three-point range, and finished with eight points...Despite the loss, Indiana owns a commanding 27-4 advantage in the all-time series...Indiana shot 37.9 percent from the floor, while Penn State made 37.3 percent of its shots...Indiana held a 45-43 edge on the boards.
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