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Plenty of fans on tap for lopsided Lions win

By Andy Stine astine@altoonamirror.com UNIVERSITY PARK — Wrestling on Monday evenings is popular for pro wrestling fans as WWE’s flagship “Monday Night Raw” has been running for more than three decades. But at a place like Penn State, Nittany Lion wrestling could be scheduled pretty much any time and there would be a packed house. Even though it wasn’t on a traditional Friday night or Sunday afternoon, the annual Bryce Jordan Center dual meet still drew a large crowd of 12,049 to see the Nittany Lions’ 35-3 dismantling of Rutgers. “I have an exam on Thursday. ...

Iowa’s offense gets the better of PSU

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Hannah Stuelke scored a career-high 47 points, and Caitlin Clark had 27 points as No. 2 Iowa defeated Penn State 111-93 on Thursday night Clark now has 3,489 career points, moving within 38 points of NCAA women’s basketball career scoring leader Kelsey Plum. Clark, who ...

Lions make it 3 straight in home ‘W’

The Associated Press UNIVERSITY PARK — Ace Baldwin Jr. scored 13 of Penn State’s final 18 points and finished with 22 in an 89-79 victory over Iowa on Thursday night for the Nittany Lions’ third straight win. Baldwin hit a 3-pointer to give Penn State (12-11, 6-6 Big Ten) its final lead. Qudus Wahab followed with a bucket then Baldwin scored the next eight points, capping his run with a 3-pointer for an 11-point lead — the largest of the game — with 43 seconds remaining. Baldwin scored 18 second-half points and finished with three 3-pointers and six assists. He was 9 for ...

College wrestling

Wrestling: Penn State at Iowa Start: 9 p.m., Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, IA Records: Penn State (8-0 overall, 5-0 Big Ten); Iowa (10-1 overall, 5-1 Big Ten) TV: Big Ten Network Internet: gopsusports.com Notable: A possible 1 vs. 2 matchup for this dual meet was taken away after Iowa lost to Michigan last week. The Hawkeyes are now third in the InterMat rankings. Oklahoma State is ranked second. … Penn State now has half of its lineup ranked No. 1 in Beau Bartlett (141), Levi Haines (157), Carter Starocci (174), Aaron Brooks (197), and Greg Kerkvliet (285). Iowa has no ...

College wrestling

Ohio State at Penn State Time: 6:30 p.m., Rec Hall, University Park, Pa. Records: Ohio State (12-1 overall, 4-0 Big Ten); Penn State (7-0 overall, 4-0 Big Ten). TV: Big Ten Network Internet: gopsusports.com Notable: Penn State now has nine of its 10 starters ranked in the top 10 by InterMat. The only exception is 149-pounder Tyler Kasak, who is ranked 12th. … The 17th-ranked Buckeyes will be one of PSU’s better opponents for the year. Ohio State has solid wins over Virginia Tech, North Carolina State, Cornell, and Michigan. Its only loss was against Pitt on Dec. 10. … ...

Lady Lions use 3s to get win

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com CRESSON — The 3-point field goal not only provides a basketball team with extra points, but it can also shift the momentum of a game in a team’s favor. The Penn State Altoona women’s basketball team provided a case in point Wednesday night, hitting 12 of 25 shots from behind the arc and riding a strong second half to an 82-74 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference victory over Mount Aloysius at the Mount Aloysius Convocation Center. Two products of Peters Township High School in suburban Pittsburgh — sophomore forward Avana ...