After one half of play, No. 13 Penn State leads IU 31-24.
Nittany Lions senior forward Ariel Edwards leads all scorers with 12 points. Senior forward Tabitha Gerardot leads the Hoosiers with nine points on 60 percent shooting from 3-point range.
Freshman guard Alexis Gassion's layup nearly beat the buzzer at the end of the first half. The Hoosiers closed the first half on a 5-2 run in the final three minutes of the first half because the basket did not count.
Penn State senior forward Ariel Edwards hit layups on three consecutive possessions early in the first half to give Penn State an 11-2 lead.
IU responded with a 10-2 run to cut the deficit to one at the 10:08 mark.
A layup by Edwards with eight minutes and 22 seconds remaining gave Penn State its largest lead of the half at 23-12.
