UNIVERSITY PARK — Myles Dread hit a 3-pointer with just under a minute to go to lift Penn State over Yale, 58-56, on Saturday and remain undefeated.
Dread finished with 13 points, and Izaiah Brockington scored 15 for the Nittany Lions (5-0) in a game Penn State trailed for all but 56 seconds.
Yale’s Matthue Cotton had a shot at what would’ve been the winning 3-pointer with about three seconds left, but the ball bounced off the rim, and the Nittany Lions wrapped up the rebound to complete the comeback. Penn State trailed by 16 with 9:12 to play.
Lamar Stevens added 13 points and 13 rebounds for Penn State, including four straight baskets with five minutes left to fuel the comeback.
Azar Swain led Yale (3-3) with 21 points.
The Bulldogs jumped to a 7-0 lead and maintained an advantage for the entire first half. Swain drained his fourth basket of the half to put Yale up by 12 with 5:03 before halftime.
The Nittany Lions, who made just 9 of their first 32 field goals including just 1-for-13 from 3-point range, could only cut it to 31-21 before heading into the locker room.
Penn State plays Mississippi on Wednesday in New York City.
