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Penn State defeated in final seconds

MINNEAPOLIS — Anthony Leal put back a missed jumper by Malik Reneau with seven seconds left to give short-handed and sixth-seeded Indiana to a 61-59 win over No. 11 seed Penn State in the second round of the Big Ten Conference Tournament on Thursday night. Indiana was without guard Trey Galloway, who injured his knee during pregame warmups before Sunday’s regular-season finale with Michigan State. The Hoosiers advance to face third-seeded Nebraska in the quarterfinals today. The Cornhuskers received a double bye in the tournament, the first ever in program history. The Cornhuskers ...

PSU men are moving on

The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Zach Hicks posted season highs with six 3-pointers and 20 points and 11th-seeded Penn State defeated 14-seed Michigan 66-57 in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday. The Nittany Lions (16-16) will play sixth-seeded Indiana in tonight’s second-round game. Ace Baldwin Jr. added 17 points and six assists with Qudus Wahab scoring 13 points and grabbing eight rebounds for Penn State. Terrance Williams II scored 15 points, Tarris Reed Jr. added 12 points with eight rebounds and Nimari Burnett scored 11 points for Michigan (8-24), ...

Hoops Du Jour

Men: Penn State vs. Michigan BIG TEN TOURNAMENT Tipoff: 9 p.m., Target Center, Minneapolis, Minn. Records: Penn State (15-16), Michigan (8-23) TV: PEACOCK Radio: POP-104.5 FM Internet: SiriusXM Ch. 84 Notable: Penn State is the 11 seed and Michigan is the 14 seed. The winner plays Indiana, the 6 seed on Thursday at 9 p.m. … Penn State’s Ace Baldwin Jr. was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year on Tuesday. He leads the Big Ten this year with an average of 2.71 steals per game. He leads the team in scoring (14.3) and assists (6.0). … Michigan enters the tourney ...

Hawkeyes too much for PSU

Clark sets record By Patrick Donnelly The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark broke the NCAA Division I record for 3-pointers in a season by a woman or man, finishing with 24 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists on a poor shooting night to lead No. 4 Iowa past Penn State, 95-62, in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on Friday. Clark missed her first 11 3s before finally connecting in the fourth quarter. It was her 163rd 3-pointer of the season, surpassing Stephen Curry of Davidson (2007-08) and Darius McGhee of Liberty (2022-23) for the most by a D-I ...

Easy victory over Wisconsin gets Lady Lions shot at Iowa

From Mirror reports MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The seventh-seeded Penn State women’s basketball team rode a fast start — and a full-team effort — to a dominant 80-56 rout of 10th-seeded Wisconsin Thursday night in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament. The Lady Lions now advance to the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals tonight to take on second-seeded Iowa at 6:30 on the Big Ten Network. Penn State booked its first trip to the quarterfinals since 2014 by controlling the Badgers from start to finish as the Lady Lions led by 12 at the end of the first quarter. The Lady ...

Health of Lions’ Starocci in the spotlight

By Andy Elder For the Mirror With defending champion Penn State the prohibitive favorite to repeat as the Big Ten tournament champion, most of the focus this week has been more on one Nittany Lion than the other nine. Two-time defending 174-pound Big Ten champion Carter Starocci, the three-time NCAA champ, suffered what appeared to be a knee injury in the last dual of the season. His status for the tournament, Saturday and Sunday at the Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland, remains up in the air. But earlier in the week the reports sounded promising. “He’s doing pretty ...