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Women: Penn State vs. Iowa BIG TEN TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS Tipoff: 6:30 p.m., Target Center, Minneapolis, MN Records: Penn State (19-11, 9-9 in Big Ten); Iowa (24-6, 15-3 in Big Ten) TV: Big Ten Network Notable: Iowa beat Penn State at home, 111-93, on Feb. 8. … Caitlin Clark, the NCAA all-time leading scorer, is the only woman to lead her conference in scoring and assists in four straight years. … Penn State hasn’t made it to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals since 2013. … The Lady Lions lost, 63-61, in the quarterfinals to Michigan last season. … Iowa played in ...

Lady Lion win gets a date with Iowa

By Dave Campbell The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The full allotment of tickets for the Big Ten women’s basketball tournament was sold nearly two weeks ago, assuring the attendance total will more than double the event record set last year. These teams aren’t about to be awestruck by large and loud crowds. From Iowa to Maryland, with Indiana and Ohio State in between, the conference has continued to stage well-attended games in a trend that suggests it has staying power long after Caitlin Clark — now the career scoring leader among all major college players — launches ...

Status of Starocci up in air

UNIVERSITY PARK —- It is usually pretty memorable when a crowd of more than 6,000 fans collectively goes silent like it did in Penn State’s final wrestling dual meet of the season against Edinboro. Carter Starocci needed help getting off the mat after beating the Fighting Scots’ Brody ...

Sandfort gets first-ever triple-double for Hawkeyes in win

The Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — Payton Sandfort finished with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his first triple-double and Iowa breezed to a 90-81 victory over Penn State on Tuesday night. Sandfort, a junior, made 3 of 11 shots with two 3-pointers and 18 of 19 free throws for the Hawkeyes (17-12, 9-9 Big Ten Conference). He also blocked three shots. Josh Dix scored 20 points on 8-for-10 shooting with two 3-pointers. It was the first-ever triple-double at Iowa. Owen Freeman totaled 11 points and eight rebounds. Tony Perkins pitched in with 10 points, five rebounds ...

NCAA wrestling

Edinboro at PSU Sunday Start: 2 p.m., Rec Hall, University Park, Pa. Records: Edinboro (2-11 overall); Penn State (11-0 overall, 8-0 Big Ten) TV: Big Ten Plus Internet: gopsusports.com Notable: It will be Senior Day at Rec Hall for nine Nittany Lions. … The Fighting Scots compete in the MAC in wrestling and are coming off a 41-7 loss to Lock Haven. … Edinboro has four wrestlers from District 5 or 6 in Bald Eagle Area’s Lane Aikey (125), Mifflin County’s Hunter Johnson (125), Chestnut Ridge’s Jared McGill (174), and St. Joseph’s Amonn Ohl (141). … Penn State will ...

Top scorer dismissed from team

From Mirror reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State men’s basketball coach Mike Rhoades has dismissed his leading scorer. Rhoades confirmed Monday that Kanye Clary, who was averaging 16.7 points through 23 games, is no longer with the team. “We’ll move forward and focus on the task at hand,” Rhoades said. “It came to a point where as a coach, I decided to move on.” Rhoades declined chances to elaborate at his press availability. Clary did not travel with the team Saturday to a one-sided loss at Nebraska. The speedy sophomore guard suffered a concussion during a ...