BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana needed three career-high scoring efforts to extend a Big Ten game nearly lost twice to beat Penn State 110-102 in triple-overtime on Wednesday night.

Sophomore center Thomas Bryant scored 31 points, eight more than his previous best, and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Hoosiers (15-8, 5-5).

Josh Newkirk and Robert Johnson also set personal bests with 27 points apiece.

“We had enough time to do it,” Johnson said with a chuckle after a game that lasted more than three hours. “Those guys, we just kept fighting and it didn’t matter who had to make the play.”

Newkirk hit a go-ahead 3-pointer for a 98-95 lead with 3:05 remaining in 3OT. The Nittany Lions (12-11, 4-6) then lost their composure as Indiana freshman guard Devonte Green stole the ensuing inbounds pass and scored on a layup for a five-point lead.

“You fight, you know?” Bryant said of logging 44 minutes, another career high, as was Johnson’s 50 minutes and Newkirk’s 46. “You just gotta do it. It’s no other way around it, (you) just gotta do it, be a man.”