The Lady Lions went nearly eight minutes without scoring in the third quarter and blew a 15-point lead.
Tori Gorrell tallied a match-high 12 kills off the bench in the 25-14, 25-19, 25-12 win over the Scarlet Knights at College Avenue Gym.
Penn State lost a heartbreaker to Ohio State in its last home game of the 2019 calendar year.
A dismal shooting performance by Penn State almost cost the game, but a Herculean effort in the last five minutes brought it back from the brink on a 16-2 run.
The Nittany Lions managed to hold on for the win after watching their 5-2 lead vanish in the final two minutes of play.
The Nittany Lions earned a much-needed victory over Clemson Thursday night at the Bryce Jordan Center.