From Mirror reports

LINCOLN, Neb. — Despite knotting the score at 59-all with less than five minutes to play, the Penn State women’s basketball team dropped a 72-61 decision to the Nebraska Cornhuskers Sunday afternoon inside Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Penn State’s Alli Campbell was a standout in the Lady Lions’ effort, setting a career-high in the scoring column with 19 points while matching her season-high in 3-point baskets with a 2-for-3 showing behind the line.

Teammate Gabby Elliott was the only other Penn Stater in double digits, mustering her third-straight game with 10-or-more points following a 14-point, six-rebound showing in Lincoln.

The early moments of the fourth quarter passed largely without incident, but Elliott was able to get the scoring started in the fourth with a jumper inside the arc. Johnson followed that up with a personal 5-0 scoring run with a layup and a 3-pointer from the left corner to make it a six-point game at the 7:45 mark, forcing Nebraska into a timeout.

Grace Hall kept the scoring coming for the Lady Lions following the Husker’s intermission, and Campbell hit a pair of free throws to make it an 11-0 scoring run and cut the Nebraska lead back to two points.

The Huskers replied with a triple from deep, but Elliott kept it close with a layup on the other end. Nebraska and PSU continued to battle back-and-forth over the ensuing two minutes of play, but a basket by Hall and an and-one opportunity from Elliott tied the score at 58-all. After each squad split trips to the stripe, Nebraska was able to rattle off a 13-2 run to close the game out and come away with a victory.

Campbell scored in double figures for the 15th time this season with her showing. She surpassed the 10-point mark in the second quarter on her way to the personal best mark, shooting six-of-11 from the field.

The Lady Lions dropped to 9-6 overall and 0-4 in the Big Ten. Nebraska is 11-4 and 2-2 in the conference.

PENN ST. (9-6): Merkle 3-7 1-4 7, Campbell 6-11 5-6 19, Elliott 6-16 2-3 14, Murray 1-5 1-2 3, Oden 1-8 0-0 3, Hall 4-7 0-0 8, Johnson 2-5 0-0 5, Rust 1-1 0-0 2, Jekot 0-0 0-0 0, Steele 0-1 0-0 0, Walker 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 24-61 9-15 61

NEBRASKA (11-4): Petrie 2-5 2-3 6, Markowski 4-12 5-6 13, Hake 5-10 3-4 16, Nissley 0-2 0-0 0, Prince 5-15 0-0 13, Bozan 3-7 2-2 8, Coley 1-4 2-2 5, Hargrove 0-0 0-0 0, Moriarty 0-1 0-0 0, Rimdal 3-8 0-0 7, Weidner 1-4 2-2 4, Totals 24-68 16-19 72

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Penn State 9 16 15 21 — 61

Nebraska 13 17 23 19 — 72

3-Point Goals_Penn St. 4-16 (Campbell 2-3, Elliott 0-3, Murray 0-4, Oden 1-5, Johnson 1-1), Nebraska 8-30 (Petrie 0-1, Markowski 0-3, Hake 3-7, Nissley 0-1, Prince 3-8, Bozan 0-1, Coley 1-4, Moriarty 0-1, Rimdal 1-3, Weidner 0-1). Assists_Penn St. 11 (Johnson 3), Nebraska 16 (Hake 4, Prince 4). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_Penn St. 37 (Merkle 7), Nebraska 46 (Markowski 10). Total Fouls_Penn St. 18, Nebraska 14. Technical fouls –None. A– 5,945