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Penn State women’s basketball (9-15, 6-14 Big Ten) fell in dramatic fashion to Michigan State (14-7, 9-7 Big Ten) 75-66 on Wednesday evening in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament at Banker’s Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
The back-and-forth battle was stalled by a late 12-2 Michigan State run towards the midway point of the fourth quarter. Despite holding the lead for nearly three quarters of the contest, the Lady Lions were never able to regain the slim advantage in crunch time.
Budding star Maddie Burke finished the game with 22 points on 7-for-19 shooting for the Lady Lions. The sharpshooting freshman tallied six three-point conversions and five rebounds in her impressive Big Ten Tournament debut.