By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com The Penn State Altoona men’s basketball team missed a chance to clinch hosting the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference playoffs Wednesday after an 86-81 loss to La Roche at Adler Arena. The Lions handed the Redhawks their only conference ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Jalen Pickett scored a season-high 41 points, the first Penn State player with 40-plus points since 1961, and the Nittany Lions beat Illinois, 93-81, on Tuesday night to end a four-game losing streak. It was the most points scored by a Penn State player in Big Ten play ...
From Mirror, wire reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Chucky Hepburn scored 19 points and Connor Essegian added 18, the two combining for nine of Wisconsin’s 11 3-pointers in a 79-74 overtime victory over Penn State on Wednesday night. After a layup by Max Klesmit gave Wisconsin a 76-72 lead with 44 seconds remaining in overtime, Penn State’s Camren Wynter missed a 3-pointer and the Badgers closed out the victory at the free-throw line. “We played real hard. We didn’t always play smart and that is what got us,” Penn State coach Micah Shrewsberry said. “We are playing with a ...
LINCOLN, Neb. — Keisei Tominaga scored a career-high 30 points, Jamarques Lawrence scored five key points down the stretch, and Nebraska defeated Penn State, 72-63, on Sunday, giving Cornhuskers coach Fred Hoiberg his 150th career victory. The win moves Nebraska (11-13, 4-9 Big Ten) past ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Lisa Bluder loves pretty basketball and Iowa’s coach got her fill of highlights on Sunday. The No. 6 Hawkeyes — decked out in pink uniforms with white lettering — transitioned with ease, deftly set each other up for basket after basket and made stop after stop to ...
From Mirror reports COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Penn State wrestling team improved to 5-0 in the Big Ten and 12-0 overall Friday night, thanks to a convincing 29-9 victory at Ohio State. The Nittany Lions won eight of the 10 contested bouts and gave up only three takedowns along the way. Ohio State, 11-2 overall and 5-1 in the Big Ten, won the first bout of the night at 125 before the Nittany Lions won the next two bouts. Roman Bravo-Young dominated No. 9 Jesse Mendez in the next bout. Bravo-Young tallied three takedowns and built up 1:04 in riding time to roll to an 8-2 win, cutting ...
