Berger also signed a one-year deal to spend the 2019-20 AHL season in Wilkes-Barre with the Baby Pens.
The Panthers came within a single run twice in the final few innings, but the Nittany Lions always had an answer to earn the team's 14th win in the last 18 games.
It's been a while since Penn State men's basketball won a March Madness tournament game. In fact, enrollee Brandon Smith wasn't even born the last time the Nittany Lions won.
The end result may be disappointing, but the Nittany Lions have plenty of reasons to be optimistic heading into the future.
Connor Klemann's two-RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning was the difference on Tuesday night in Happy Valley.
Larsson will join the New Jersey Devils' AHL affiliate after scoring 25 points in 38 games for the Nittany Lions as a graduate transfer.