SEATTLE — Disappointment was palpable Wednesday at the Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle following the Washington Huskies men's basketball team's 63-60 loss against the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Just minutes after sophomore guard Wesley Yates III's game-tying 3-point attempt failed to drop, the video boards in the arena were blank and fans in the building had already nearly completely emptied out.

It was an almost-eerie site that was a perfect analogy to the Huskies' loss, which dropped the team to 12-13 overall and 4-10 in Big Ten play and virtually ended their chance at making it as an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

"Not a good night for our team," Washington head coach Danny Sprinkle said after the game. "I felt like our energy was off. We looked like we were in quicksand .We look tired all night and I'll give a lot of credit to Penn State. I thought they did a tremendous job guarding us and making it hard on us. We just missed too many shots at the rims. Layups, free throws and the turnover bug killed us again."

In the first half, both sides had respective runs that resulted in leads. The Nittany Lions went on a 10-0 run from 13 minutes, 10 seconds left in the first half to 10:32 remaining in the frame that resulted in a 20-15 lead.

The Huskies responded with an 8-0 run that gave the home team 23-20 advantage with 6:53 remaining until halftime.

In the remaining time in the first half, the two sides tied or exchanged the lead a combined four times. Penn State ended up having the final advantage and went into halftime up 35-32 over Washington.

The Huskies had a solid start to the second half and scored five-straight points to take a 37-35 lead.

That run was a precursor for another back-and-forth half that saw both sides unable to truly pull away. The Nittany Lions didn't lead by more than five points in the second half and Washington didn't lead by more than three in the final 20 minutes.

With 2:11 left in the game, the game was knotted 59-59. The Huskies were held without a field goal for the rest of regulation and were limited to just one free throw courtesy of freshman forward Hannes Steinbach.

Before Yates' 3-point attempt, senior guard Quimari Peterson had his own attempt to tie the game that also fell short.

"I felt like I got a good look," Peterson said after the game. "Just probably shot it too strong. Just is what it is. I'm confident in that shot and that I can make that shot. Just got to get back in the gym. Figure it out."

Steinbach finished the game with a team-high 19 points, 14 rebounds, two assists and two blocks.

Yates had 11 points on 5-for-15 shooting to go with three assists, a block and two assists.

Washington will next be in action against Minnesota at 6 p.m. PT on Feb. 14 at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle.

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