Tigers Take Down Penn State in OT, 68-63, Advance To ECC Championship Saturday

The game will be broadcast on the CBS Sports Network and broadcast locally on Guaranty Media affiliate 100.7 FM The Tiger because of football coverage on Eagle 98.1 FM.

But LSU dominated on the offensive glass, 17-8, was able to stay even on second chance points with the Nittany Lions and get a 21-5 advantage on points off turnovers.

Darius Days would foul with LSU having a foul to give with 4.6 seconds left leaving Penn State with little time to make their attempt.

In the overtime, LSU scored the first five points on two Tari Eason free throws, a Pinson floating jumper and two more Easton free throw to make it 64-58 with 3:14 to play.

The Tigers failed to score and Penn State called a timeout with 9 seconds to play getting one final shot.

Penn State now 3-2, was led by Jalen Pickett with 14 points, while Sessoms had 13 points and 10 rebounds and Myles Dread had 11.

They did some things differently than other teams we’ve played, they forced us to change up some things offensively.

We had some opportunities, even at the end there, we messed some things up but that last inbounds play where they tipped it in at the end of regulation, we couldn’t have guarded that any better.

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