Penn State looked to be heading toward their first Big Ten victory of the year on Saturday against the Purdue Boilermakers after a nine point halftime lead. But Purdue had different plans, outscoring the Lions 42-33 in the second half and forcing an overtime in which they dominated on both sides of the ball.
After starting the overtime tied up at 67, Purdue put up 17 points to Penn State's 10 to come away with the victory in Happy Valley.
Purdue's Kendall Stephens led the team with 22 points, going 6-12 on three points and 7-16 on field goals. One of those 3-pointers sent the game into overtime with just seconds left to play.
Other contributing players to the Boilermakers win were A.J. Hammons and Jon Octeus who put up 21 and 13 points, respectively. With the help of these two players, Purdue's field goal percentage sat at 48.3%.
Penn State had success for the first part of the game thanks to D.J. Newbill, who put up 37 points and went 10-11 on costless throws. No other player on the team scored more than ten points.
Penn State was lucky to stay in this one, but sloppy play and a lossed lead in the second half caused them to just miss out on their first Big Ten win of the year.
The Boilermakers climb to 3-2 on the season against Big Ten teams and will face off against Illinois next Wednesday.
PSU falls to 0-5 in the Big Ten and will face Michigan State on Wednesday.
