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PSU Lady Lions win at Indiana

From staff and wire reports

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Maggie Lucas scored 32 points and No. 11 Penn State defeated Indiana 71-63 on Thursday night.

Lucas made all eight of her free throws and is 140 of 145 this season for 96.5 percent. She is on target to break the NCAA single-season record of 96.4 percent set by PSU’s Adrienne Squire in 2006. The senior passed 500 career rebounds to become the first Lady Lion with 2,000 points, 500 rebounds, 250 assists and 200 steals.

PSU (19-5, 10-2) is a game up in the loss column over second-place Nebraska and Michigan State in the Big Ten. PSU?also tied the school record for Big Ten road wins in a season with its seventh victory. The victory also marked the fourth-straight 10-win conference season.

Larryn Brooks led the Hoosiers (17-7, 4-7) with 16 points. Simone Deloach had 13 points and 15 rebounds – her fifth career double-double.

Down two, PSU went on a 13-3 run to lead 62-53 with 5:09 left. Indiana closed to 67-63 with 44 seconds left, but from there Lucas made four free throws.

Senior guard/forward Ariel Edwards just missed out on a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds. Fellow senior guard Dara Taylor added 12 points, eight assists, six rebounds and three steals for another solid outing.

PENN ST. (19-5)

East 3-5 3-4 9, Waldner 1-3 0-0 2, Taylor 5-11 1-1 12, Edwards 4-12 0-0 10, Lucas 10-16 8-8 32, Agee 0-0 0-0 0, Harris 1-2 0-0 2, Mitchell 1-2 0-0 2, Whitted 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 26-52 12-13 71.

INDIANA (17-7)

Gerardot 3-5 0-0 7, Deloach 5-8 3-5 13, Brooks 7-18 1-3 16, Agler 1-10 2-2 5, Gassion 3-15 0-0 6, Newbauer 0-0 0-0 0, Bell 2-3 0-0 6, Chaplin 0-1 0-0 0, McBride 0-4 1-2 1, Leikem 3-7 0-0 9. Totals 24-71 7-12 63.

Halftime-Penn St. 37-31. 3-Point Goals-Penn St. 7-13 (Lucas 4-7, Edwards 2-3, Taylor 1-3), Indiana 8-34 (Leikem 3-7, Bell 2-3, Gerardot 1-2, Brooks 1-6, Agler 1-8, McBride 0-2, Gassion 0-6). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Penn St. 41 (Edwards 9), Indiana 37 (Deloach 15). Assists-Penn St. 14 (Taylor 8), Indiana 10 (Brooks 4). Total Fouls-Penn St. 15, Indiana 16. A-2,115.

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