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Women: PSU at Minnesota Saturday Tipoff: 4 p.m., Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota Records: Penn State (9-3, 0-1 in Big Ten); Minnesota (12-1, 0-1 in Big Ten) TV: Big Ten Network Notable: Minnesota’s only loss is on the road to Nebraska, and it is 8-0 at home this year. … Penn State leads the all-time series 32-25, but is 10-13 in games played on Minnesota’s home court. … PSU defeated Minnesota, 90-34, last season, which was the biggest margin of victory for Penn State in a conference game. … Mara Braun leads Minnesota in scoring with an average of 13.6 points ...

Defense keeping Nittany Lions on their toes

By Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State’s first-round victory over SMU in the College Football Playoff on Saturday may have proven more about the Mustangs than it did about the Nittany Lions. As was the case in Notre Dame’s win over Indiana on Friday ...

Lady Lions a part of history with title

By Gary B. Graves The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Katie Schumacher-Cawley took in her milestone moment with a big smile, hugging confetti-covered players and supporters before hoisting the championship trophy that sets her apart from other volleyball coaches. Other than one ...

Nittany Lions cruise at Nashville wrestling event

From Mirror reports NASHVILLE — The Penn State wrestling team went 3-0 on Sunday while competing at the Nashville Duals. The Nittany Lions finished the day with a 41-3 victory over Missouri. The dual began at 125. Penn State’s Luke Lilledahl, ranked No. 12 at 125, opened up Penn State’s final dual of the day with a 5-4 win over Gage Walker. Braeden Davis, ranked No. 10 at 133, built up over 4:00 in riding time during a convincing 14-3 major over Missouri’s Kade Moore to give the Nittany Lions and early 7-0 lead. Beau Bartlett, ranked No. 3 at 141, had to use extra time ...

Keeping Allar clean will be high priority

By Andy Stine astine@altoonamirror.com Although it may not have the luster of Notre Dame or an SEC opponent, SMU is still a very good team coming to Beaver Stadium Saturday. If the Mustangs would have completed a 24-7 comeback against Clemson in the ACC Championship — and they came close to winning that game before falling on a 56-yard field goal — they may have even had a first-round bye this weekend. Here are five keys to a PSU win: 1. Protect Drew Allar at all costs Beau Pribula entered the transfer portal earlier this week at an inconvenient time, which is another ...

Penn State runs over SMU, 38-10, in first CFP appearance

UNIVERSITY PARK — It was a day for the defense for Penn State in its first ever College Football Playoff game. Dominic DeLuca and Tony Rojas both had interceptions returned for touchdowns, DeLuca added another interception, and Dani Dennis-Sutton had 1 ½ sacks to go with another 1 ½ ...