INDIANAPOLIS -- Teniya Page scored 18 points, including four free throws in the final minute, and had nine assists to help 11th-seeded Penn State hold off 14-seed Illinois 75-66 on Wednesday in the first round of the Big Ten women's tournament.
The Lady Lions (12-18) will take on sixth-seeded Purdue (19-10) on Thursday.
Chatrice White tied the game for the Fighting Illini (9-21) with a basket at the start of the fourth quarter. Peyton Whitted and Brianna Banks followed with buckets to give Penn State the lead for good and the Lady Lions were up eight points after Kaliyah Mitchell's basket with 40 seconds remaining.