Penn State upsets Ohio State in Big Ten men's basketball

With the score tied and final seconds winding down, Penn State's Tony Carr dribbled across the center line and launched a desperation jumper with two Ohio State players in his face. The ball banked in off the glass, and Carr's teammates mobbed him on the Value City Arena court.

The buzzer-beater — seconds after Ohio State's Keita Bates-Diop tied it with a three-pointer — gave visiting Penn State an 82-79 victory over the No. 13 Buckeyes on Thursday night.

Ohio State lost for the first time in 10 Big Ten games this season.

"We definitely outplayed them from the tip," Carr said. "We were just more focused, we were more hungry."

Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann wouldn't argue with that. Neither would his players, at the end of the grueling stretch of five games in 11 days.

"This is not unlike what we thought could happen at some point," Holtmann said. "We'll see how they respond."

Ohio State played from behind the entire game and was outhustled on defense, allowing Penn State (14-8, 4-5) to hit 11 of 14 shots from behind the three-point line. The 78.6 percent success rate was the best in program history.

He was the logical guy to take the final shot. "I was definitely rolling tonight," he said, "and that shot kept it up."

Bates-Diop, who had been battling the flu and was questionable for the game, led Ohio State (18-5, 9-1) with 25 points but was in foul trouble for much of the second half. He sat on the bench for a 7-minute chunk in the middle of the half.

But he had three three-pointers in the last 2:07 to rally the Buckeyes.

Iowa 103, No. 12 Ohio State 89: Megan Gustafson had 29 points and Kathleen Doyle 25 points and 11 assists to lead the Hawkeyes (16-5, 4-4) over the visiting Buckeyes (15-5, 5-3). Iowa shot 54.4 percent from the field and made nine of 17 three-point attempts. Kelsey Mitchell had 27 points for Ohio State, which shot 40.7 percent and was five of 23 behind the arc.

No. 14 Maryland 68, Northwestern 65: Kaila Charles scored 17 points and Eleanna Christinaki had 15 as the Terrapins (18-3, 7-1) edged the host Wildcats (9-13, 2-6). Kristen Confroy made two free throws with four seconds left to put Maryland ahead 68-63. Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Northwestern.