LUBBOCK, Texas - Kierra Mallard had 18 points and 15 rebounds to help No. 19 Texas Tech beat No. 16 Penn State, 70-66, on Saturday.
Jordan Barncastle made a 3-pointer off an inbounds pass with 2 seconds to play to seal the win for the Lady Raiders (7-0), who held off a pair of late surges by Penn State (6-2).
Texas Tech led by seven with 3:30 to go, but the Lady Lions twice pulled within one on 3s by Maggie Lucas and Alex Bentley.
Bentley's shot made it 67-66 with 34 seconds remaining. Penn State knocked the ball out of bounds on the Lady Raiders' next possession with a second left on the shot clock. Barncastle then drilled the clinching bucket from the corner.
Bentley finished with 18 points.
PENN STATE (6-2): Edwards 1-5 1-2 3, Greene 2-4 7-8 11, Gray 3-8 2-2 8, Bentley 6-15 5-6 18, Lucas 5-13 4-4 15, East 3-5 0-2 6, Studevent 0-1 0-0 0, Wolfe 0-2 0-0 0, Waldner 2-5 1-2 5. Totals 22-58 20-26 66.
TEXAS TECH (7-0): Mallard 6-18 4-4 18, Baker 1-3 0-2 2, Hyde 3-9 1-3 7, Morris 4-15 1-1 13, Smalls 3-7 8-11 15, Brown 1-7 0-0 2, Barncastle 2-3 0-0 6, Battle 0-0 0-0 0, Bokenkamp 0-0 0-0 0, Nobles 2-3 3-5 7, Walker 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-65 17-26 70.
Halftime-Penn St. 36-34. 3-Point Goals-Penn St. 2-9 (Bentley 1-2, Lucas 1-5, Gray 0-2), Texas Tech 9-26 (Morris 4-10, Barncastle 2-3, Mallard 2-4, Smalls 1-2, Baker 0-1, Hyde 0-3, Brown 0-3). Fouled Out-Nobles. Rebounds-Penn St. 36 (East, Greene 8), Texas Tech 48 (Mallard 15). Assists-Penn St. 11 (Bentley, Gray 3), Texas Tech 16 (Smalls 7). Total Fouls-Penn St. 23, Texas Tech 22. Technicals-Edwards, Baker. A-8,923.
