HERSHEY -- How could it happen? Worse, how could it happen twice in one season?

For the second time this year the Lions were involved in an overtime game. And for the second time, regulation ended in controversy and mayhem.

Along those same lines, the Lions lost their second overtime game 87-86, as Penn outscored them 17-16 in the extra frame Saturday. But this came after the Quakers went to the locker room thinking they had won the game in regulation and were forced back on the court to play another five minutes.

"I had a feeling we would have to come back out," Penn forward Shawn Trice said. "We were celebrating, getting dressed and about to get into the showers."

Trice's jumper with seven seconds left gave Penn a 70-69 lead. Three more seconds went off the clock before the Lions called a timeout.

From his own baseline, center Dave Degitz threw a pass that landed in the hands of Elton Carter across midcourt and near the NBA 3-point line. Penn State called its last timeout with :02 remaining.

On the ensuing out-of-bounds play, Monroe Brown hit DeRon Hayes, who attempted a 3-pointer but was fouled on his way up by Trice. While one official whistled the foul, another official waved his arms to signal that it was not a shooting foul. Penn misinterpreted the call.

"(When the official waved his arms) I figured no shot," Penn Coach Fran Dunphy said. "I figured he said, 'Game over.' "

Penn started to jump up and celebrate. While the coaches hurried the team off the court, Penn State Coach Bruce Parkhill and his team pleaded their case to send Hayes to the line. The Big Ten officiating crew finally decided that Hayes was not in the act of shooting, but would get two free throws because Penn was over the limit.

The Quakers returned to the court stunned and to a chorus of boos from the pro-Penn State crowd. Head official Ron Grissom said the crew had intended to give Hayes two free throws, and none of the officials said the game was over. Grissom added that the official waving his hands signled a non-shooting foul.

"It looked to me like (Hayes) caught the ball and was going up to shoot it," Parkhill said. "He was beyond the 3-point line as well, so I thought he should have gotten three shots. But it wasn't meant to be."

Hayes said, "I thought I was in the process of shooting. I thought I would get three shots."

After 10 minutes of bickering and arguing by Penn and the officials, Hayes finally attempted his shots. He missed the first one, but made the second to tie the game at 70-70 and sent the game into overtime.

"The call at the end is a tough call," Dunphy said. "We're going to see it one way, Penn State's going to see it another way. All I can say is that I'm real proud how we came out in the overtime."