College Basketball

Taylor leads Penn State to 68-63 win over No. 22 Indiana

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 5:37 p.m. ET

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Brandon Taylor scored 11 of his 24 points with less than 10 minutes left and Penn State shocked No. 22 Indiana with a 68-63 win on Saturday night.

Devin Foster added 13 points and Shep Garner chipped in 12 for the Nittany Lions (12-12, 3-8 Big Ten), who snapped a four-game losing streak.

Nick Zeisloft led Indiana (19-5, 9-2) with 14 points while Yogi Ferrell added 13.

Taylor sparked his team on a 21-15 run with a midrange shot with 9:34 left and hit his second of four 3-pointers on Penn State's next possession. He followed with another 3 moments later that gave Penn State a 55-50 lead.

The Hoosiers pulled it even at 58 on a pair of Zeisloft free throws, but the Nittany Lions took the lead for good on a Julian Moore layup that put his team up 64-61 with 1:13 remaining.

Garner hit four of six foul shots in the final 37 seconds to clinch Penn State's win in a game that had 14 lead changes and 13 ties.

Penn State's second half was propelled by an energetic first half.

Garner opened the game with a steal and layup. The Nittany Lions grabbed an early 11-5 lead thanks to physical play down low. Jordan Dickerson blocked a Collin Hartman shot in the opening minutes and Moore converted a 3-point play the other way. Taylor snagged Penn State's second steal moments later and the Nittany Lions cycled the ball before Foster drained a 3 to give them their biggest lead of the game.

It didn't last.

The Hoosiers kept pace making 6 of 12 3-pointers that included makes from four players. They pulled even on a wild back-and-forth sequence that included turnovers on both sides. It ended when Ferrell caught up to an errant Penn State pass and threw the ball the length of the court to Williams whose layup tied it at 16.

But Taylor mounted his own run to the delight of the Bryce Jordan Center's biggest crowd of the season. He scored six of his 13 first-half points in the next 50 seconds to put Penn State up 22-19 with 8:51 left. Taylor wouldn't score again until he hit a midrange shot with 28 seconds left. It cut Indiana's halftime lead to 34-33.

TIP-INS

Indiana: Entered the game on pace with the 2001-02 Kansas squad as the only teams to score 85-plus points per game, make more than 50 percent of its field goals and shoot better than 40 percent from 3-point range. The Hoosiers finished well below their averages in each category making just 36.2 percent of their field goals and shooting 33.3 percent from 3-point range against the Nittany Lions.

Penn State: Despite a 35-11 all-time series in Indiana's favor, the Nittany Lions and Hoosiers have battled to close finishes recently. Each of the teams' last four games has been decided by five points or less.

UP NEXT

Indiana hosts No. 5 Iowa on Thursday.

Penn State visits Nebraska on Saturday.