November 15 at Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, PA
Big 10 Network
With just under 10 minutes to play in this one, Montana had gotten to within 51-50 on Ahmaad Rorie's lay up. The Grizzlies made just two field goals the rest of the way.
Shep Garner shook off a facial injury by knocking down consecutive 3-pointers to help Penn State pull away late in a 70-57 victory.
Montana, which was coming off an upset win in overtime at Pittsburgh on Monday, was down just 58-55 with a little more than four minutes to play after a Jamar Okoh offensive rebound led to a three from Michael Oguine, the Grizzlies' first field goal since the 9:50 mark.
Before that, Garner had collided with Nazeer Bostick on a loose ball and Garner had to leave the game while trainers dealt with his bloody nose. He returned just after Oguine's bucket and drained consecutive threes to put the Nittany Lions up 64-55 with 2:42 left and effectively end Montana's bid for a second upset in three days.
All 12 of Garner's points came on threes. Josh Reaves also had 12 points for Penn State (3-0).
Lamar Stevens, who led all scorers with 25 points, hit a pair of free throws with 12:20 to go that put Penn State in front 51-41. But Montana wouldn't go away. The visitors scored the next nine points as Rorie had two baskets and assisted on another during the run.
Rorie led Montana (2-1) with 16 points, while Oguine added 15.
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