Box Score

STATE COLLEGE, PA. - Geno Thorpe came off the bench to score a game-high 19 points as Penn State survived a last-second shot attempt to defeat Duquesne 64-62 at Bryce Jordan Center.

Penn State had the ball up two with 34 seconds left when a D.J. Newbill airball was ruled out off bounds off a Duquesne player with three seconds on the shot clock. Brandon Taylor missed a 3-point attempt at the shot clock buzzer and Duquesne's Darius Lewis rebounded. DU advanced the ball to the frontcourt where Micah Mason's 3-point attempt from beyond the top of the key was short of the rim as time expired.

"We ran a play at the end and they did a good job of switching up on it," said Duquesne coach Jim Ferry. "We didn't attack the basket at that point, so its a credit to them."

Jordan Stevens came off the bench to lead Duquesne with 18 points, TySean Powell added 11 and sophomore center Darius Lewis set career highs for points (9) and rebounds (8) for DU.

There were four ties and seven lead changes in a first half that ended with Penn State up 29-28.

The Nittany Lions built the lead to 10 as DU hit just one of its first five shots to open the second half, but Duquesne wouldn't fold as Stevens, who scored 11 in the second half, repeatedly scored on drives to the rim.

The Dukes cut it to one on a three-point play by Lewis with 7:59 left.

DU cut it to one two more times, but could never regain the lead as Penn State scored 12 of its final 16 points from the foul line.

"I thought it got ugly - it turned into a rock fight out there for a little while," said Ferry. "They went basketless for a stretch there, but were able to keep turning the scoreboard over with foul shots and I thought that hurt us."

Thorpe, who was 11-of-14 from the line for the game, made 10-of-12 in the second half.

Duquesne, which shot 40.4 percent, had three more field goals than Penn State, which finished at 37.7 percent. Both teams were 4-of-19 from the 3-point arc, with the difference coming at the foul line where PSU was 20-of-28 and DU finished 12-of-21.

"I give my kids credit," said Ferry. "To come here on the road and play a team like this and really grind it out. We gave ourselves a chance to win the game. Both teams played really, really hard tonight."

Duquesne makes the short trip to Moon Township, Pa. to face Robert Morris (2-6) on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 4:00 p.m.

NOTES

• Duquesne held Penn State's D.J. Newbill, who entered the game averaging 23.3 ppg. to 11 points on 5-of-17 shooting.

• DU outrebounded the taller Nittany Lions 38-33.

• The loss snapped a three-game road winning streak for Duquesne. It was also PSU's tenth straight win over the Dukes at home.

• Darius Lewis set new career highs for points (9) and rebounds (8) in 14 minutes off the bench ... Lewis' previous scoring high was five set earlier this season at Abilene Christian ... he high rebound game was four (twice) last achieved on Dec. 2 vs. Howard .

• TySean Powell, who went 4-of-7 from the field in scoring 11 points, posted his fifth consecutive double-digit scoring game ... the five double-digit games are a team high.