National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Princeton 81, Penn St. 79
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 14, 2013
Where: Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, Pennsylvania
Officials: # Pat Driscoll, # Ed Hightower, # Gerald Williams
Attendance: 6188

Princeton 81, Penn State 79 (OT):
Will Barrett scored a team-high 24 points, including 22 after halftime, to lead the visiting Tigers to a stunning comeback win over the Nittany Lions in overtime.

Hans Brase, who fouled out in overtime, added 14 points and three blocked shots and T.J. Bray had 11 points and 13 assists for Princeton (8-1), which won its seventh in a row. Spencer Weisz chipped in 13 points off the bench while Ben Hazel added 11 in the Tigers' second overtime win of the season.

Tim Frazier and D.J. Newbill scored 24 points apiece for Penn State (8-4) , which outrebounded Princeton, 44-22. Ross Travis added 15 points and a game-high 12 rebounds for the Nittany Lions, who led by as many as 20 points midway through the second half.

Princeton outscored Penn State 35-15 over the final 10:23 of regulation - getting three straight 3-pointers from Barrett - and sent the game into overtime by hitting 5-of-6 free throws in the final 25 seconds, including two by Weisz with 13 seconds left to make it 66-66. The Tigers never trailed in the extra session but missed four of their final six three throws to give Penn State one last shot with three seconds left, but Frazier missed an off-balance layup off a full-court inbound pass at the buzzer to end it.

Leading 35-23 at the intermission, Penn State outscored Princeton 11-3 to start the second half and extended its lead to 51-31 with 10:23 remaining before going up by 20 again at 56-36 with 8:29 to go. The Nittany Lions had opened their first home game at Rec Hall since 1996 by scoring 17 of the game's first 25 points, with Newbill scoring 14 points by halftime.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Barrett shot 8-of-13 from the floor, including 6-of-11 from 3-point range for Princeton, which hit on 10 baskets from beyond the arc compared to four for Penn State. ... Princeton snapped its 11-game skid against Big Ten opponents dating to 1985 and beat a Big Ten team on the road for the first time since 1955. ... The Tigers also snapped their seven-game losing streak to Penn State in their first meeting since 2007.

Top Game Performances
 
Princeton   Penn St.
Will Barrett 24 Scoring Tim Frazier 24
T.J. Bray 13 Assists Tim Frazier 6
T.J. Bray 6 Rebounds Ross Travis 12
T.J. Bray 9 Free Throws Made Tim Frazier 8
Denton Koon 3 Steals Tim Frazier 2
Hans Brase 3 Blocks Donovon Jack 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Princeton 81 41.9 10-32 19-26 17 19 5 13 10
Penn St. 79 50.0 4-14 17-23 10 40 3 3 20