Indiana University
14-10, 4-7B1G
Penn State
13-12, 4-8B1G
Indiana Drops Contest to Penn State, 66-65
2/12/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 12, 2014
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell led the Hoosiers with 16 points, but Penn State rallied late to beat Indiana 66-65 on Wednesday night.
Tim Frazier scored on a driving layup for Penn State with 6.1 seconds to go.
Frazier finished with 14 points for the Nittany Lions (13-12, 4-8 Big Ten).
Will Sheehey added 12 points for Indiana.
Indiana led 64-53 with 3:19 to go, but Penn State closed the game on a 13-1 run.
Twice in the final 15 seconds, Penn State stole inbound passes with a chance to tie the score or take the lead. The first one slipped away when Ross Travis missed 1 of 2 free throws, but Frazier bailed him out with the layup that gave Penn State its only lead of the game.
Ferrell missed a 17-footer in the closing seconds for Indiana.
Indiana appeared to take charge late in the first half when it scored seven straight points and went into halftime with a 36-30 lead.
In the second half, the Hoosiers cranked up the intensity and started pulling away. They used a 6-2 run to extend the lead to 47-36 on Stanford Robinson's runner and when Ferrell knocked down a 3-pointer with 11:21 left, the Hoosiers had their biggest lead of the night at 54-41.
Instead of going away, the Nittany Lions answered with a 10-2 run that got them within 56-51. And after Ferrell helped Indiana rebuild an 11-point lead, Penn State came right back again.
Brandon Taylor's short jumper with 1:06 to go cut the deficit to 65-63. Penn State had a chance to tie it or win it with 16.8 seconds left when John Johnson drove in for a layup - only to be called for a charge.
Frazier came up with a steal right in front of the Penn State bench before the ball wound up in Travis' hands. And then after the made free throw, D.J. Newbill picked off the inbound pass at midcourt and called timeout to set up Frazier's layup.
