STATE COLLEGE — Penn State's youngsters passed a stiff test at the free-throw line and got a huge reward.

Stanley Pringle scored 19 points and Penn State went 16-of-20 from the foul line in the game's final four minutes to upend No. 8 Michigan State 85-76 on Saturday night and snap the Spartans' five-game winning streak.

Talor Battle had 17 points and David Jackson added nine — all from the free throw line — as the Nittany Lions scored their first win over a ranked team in two years.

No wonder fans rushed the court after the final buzzer sounded at the Jordan Center.

"It was crazy, I didn't know they would do that," Pringle said. "I didn't know whether to run or what."

The Nittany Lions faithful will remember this game for a while. Penn State came into night on a six-game losing streak and seemed like big underdogs to defeat one of the Big Ten's best teams, even in Happy Valley.

The odds were stacked against Penn State, especially without forward Geary Claxton, who was lost to a season-ending knee injury last month. Penn State (11-10, 3-6 Big Ten) has had trouble scoring since.