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Penn State women's basketball takes down Holy Cross overtime

Despite an exciting overtime win full of moxie and spark, the Penn State women's basketball team had a somber and melancholy mood postgame.

“We didn’t play as well as we wanted to,” coach Coquese Washington said.

The Lady Lions defeated Holy Cross by a small margin of 86-82 on Friday night at the Bryce Jordan Center to tip off their 2015-16 season.

The Lions got off to a slow start as they found themselves behind Holy Cross for much of the first quarter. Lindsey Spann and Ashanti Thomas had back-to-back shot attempts, but the ball wouldn’t find the net against the Crusaders’ defense.