Talor Battle hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds left and Penn State defeated Mount St. Mary's (Md.) 57-53 on Tuesday night.
The 3 broke a tie at 53, and Battle scored a fourth point on a foul shot after the timeout.
Battle led the Nittany Lions (7-2) with 13 points and eight rebounds, and Jeff Brooks had a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Mount St. Mary's (3-6) was unable to come away with the win despite going on a 16-6 run to open up the second half, pushing the Mountaineers ahead of Penn State 38-37 with just more than 10 minutes remaining.
The game went back and forth, leaving the game tied at 53 with less than 30 seconds left.
Lamar Trice led Mount St. Mary's with 16 points.
The Mountaineers are now 0-9 against Big Ten teams and 0-6 against Penn State since beginning Division I play in 1988-89.
''Good players make shots in those situations,'' Mount St. Mary's coach Robert Burke said of Battle.
Battle's go-ahead shot was an estimated 26-footer and he said it was his best shot of the night.
''I just shot the ball with some confidence,'' Battle said. ''Thank God it fell.''
Battle scored seven of his 13 points in the final 2 minutes of the game. He had been struggling offensively up to that point, finishing the game going 3 for 14 on field goals and 1 for 7 from outside the arc.
But despite his lack of scoring, the Nittany Lions wanted the ball in his hands at the end of the game.
''That's kind of normal for him,'' Penn State coach Ed DeChellis said. ''He didn't really have it for most of the game, but he finds a way to help us win the game. He's a special kid and a special player.''
Penn State was playing without starter D.J. Jackson, who was out with a neck injury, and redshirt freshman Billy Oliver, who was out because of concern about a head injury. Both remain day-to-day and it is unclear whether they will play Sunday at Virginia Tech.
Mount St. Mary's was also playing with five of its top nine players out because of injuries.
Sophomore Ihsaan Davis scored a team-high 18 points, but Lycoming team fell at a hot-shooting Juniata, 75-72. He hit on a 3-point play to cut the defict to 1 point with 11 seconds to play, but Juniata's Dan Sekulski hit two free throws wtih seven seconds to play.
The Warriors forced the Eagles into 25 turnovers, but the Eagles made the most of their shots, hitting 56 percent, while Lyco shot 45 percent.
men's basketball
Penn State 57, Mt. St. Mary's 53
MOUNTST.MARY'S,MD.(3-6)
Atupem 3-7 0-0 6, Jackson 3-7 2-2 8, Castellanos 1-6 0-0 3, Norfleet 2-7 0-0 6, Golladay 4-5 0-0 8, Wells 0-0 0-0 0, Trice 6-13 2-2 16, Thompson 2-9 2-2 6. Totals 21-54 6-6 53.
PENNST.(7-2)
Brooks 5-14 2-4 12, Jones 4-6 0-0 8, Battle 3-14 6-9 13, Frazier 1-3 1-2 3, Woodyard 3-4 0-0 8, Buie 4-7 2-3 10, Bowman 1-2 0-0 3, Kirkpatrick 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-50 11-18 57.
Halftime-Penn St. 31-22. 3-Point Goals-Mount St. Mary's, Md. 5-13 (Trice 2-5, Norfleet 2-5, Castellanos 1-3), Penn St. 4-12 (Woodyard 2-2, Bowman 1-1, Battle 1-7, Brooks 0-1, Buie 0-1). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Mount St. Mary's, Md. 28 (Jackson, Thompson 7), Penn St. 37 (Brooks 13). Assists-Mount St. Mary's, Md. 12 (Castellanos 7), Penn St. 10 (Battle, Frazier 4). Total Fouls-Mount St. Mary's, Md. 22, Penn St. 11. A-5,154.
JUNIATA 75, LYCOMING 72
LYCOMING
Ihsaan Davis 5-13 6-8 18; Michael Rudy 5-7 1-1 11; Will Kelly 4-10 0-2 10; Kevin Anthony 3-7 2-2 8; Jerald Williams 3-6 2-4 8; Mike Bradley 3-8 0-0 6; Sebastian Sabella 1-4 3-4 5; Justin Miller 2-2 0-0 4; John Ryan Wolff 1-2 0-0 2; Tyrone McFadden 0-0 0-0 0; Allen Kuiper 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-60 14-21 72.
JUNIATA
Dan Sekulski 10-15 9-9 29; Alex Raymond 4-9 4-5 15; Austin Ankney 5-6 1-2 11; Bruce Knowles 3-5 0-0 6; Jeremy Hays 2-4 1-2 5; Nick Pappas 2-3 0-1 4; Brian Scholly 1-6 1-2 3; Pat Cassidy 1-1 0-0 2; Nate Higgins 0-1 0-0 0; Lucas Mellott 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-50 16-21 75.
Halftime:?Lycoming, 34-33. 3-point goals--Lycoming 4-16 (Davis 2-7; Kelly 2-6; Williams 0-2; Sabella 0-1), Juniata 3-11 (Raymond 3-8; Scholly 0-3). Fouled out-Bradley. Rebounds--Lycoming 27 (Bradley 5; Sabella 5; Rudy 5), Juniata 32 (Austin Ankney 8). Assists--Lycoming 16 (Williams 8), Juniata 20 (Knowles 7). Total fouls--Lycoming 21, Juniata 16. Technical fouls--None.
Next:?Lycoming at Wilkes, Saturday
