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District basketball roundup: Late comeback lifts Penn State men past Bucknell

Brandon Taylor scored 19 points, Payton Banks added nine and Penn State overcame an 8-point deficit over the final 5:30 to beat visiting Bucknell, 62-58, Saturday.

Banks was quiet in the second half but drilled a 3-pointer with 23 seconds to play. It broke a 58-58 tie and secured the win for Penn State (3-2).

Chris Haas led Bucknell (3-3) with 18 points. Nine of them came over a 1:24 span that gave Bucknell its eight-point lead, the largest for either team, with 5:37 to play. But Haas missed what would’ve been the tying 3-pointer with 2.