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Men: Pitt at Boston College

Hoops du Jour

Tipoff: 7 p.m., Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Records: Pittsburgh (8-10, 1-4 ACC); Boston College (8-10, 1-4 ACC)

TV: ACC Network (Evan Lepler, Dan Bonner, Jim Boeheim)

Notable: Pitt leads the all-time series, 40-21, and has won the last three meetings (93-67 last year in Pittsburgh) … BC is 7-3 at home, losing to Central Connecticut State, LSU and NC State. The Eagles have also lost to Florida Atlantic, Davidson, Tulane, UMass, Georgia Tech, Louisville and Clemson … BC is coming off an 81-73 home win over Syracuse on Saturday behind redshirt-sophomore guard Fred Payne’s 26 points, while Pitt is coming off a 100-59 beatdown by Louisville at home Saturday … Payne (14.8) and redshirt-junior guard Donald Hand Jr. (14.2) average in double-figure scoring for Earl Grant’s Eagles.

Mirror prediction: Pitt 71, Boston College 68

Mirror prediction record: 12-6

— Buck Frank

Women: PSU at Washington

Tipoff: 9 p.m., Alaska Airlines Arena, Seattle, Wash.

Records: Penn State (7-12, 0-8 in Big Ten); Washington (14-4, 4-3 in Big Ten)

TV: Big Ten+

Internet/radio: Penn State Sports Network on the Penn State app

Notable: Gracie Merkle is now fifth all time in Penn State program history with 38 career double-doubles. … Penn State will remain on the west coast and play at Oregon on Saturday. … Washington is ranked No. 25 in the AP Top 25. … Penn State has not beaten a ranked opponent on the road since Feb. 24, 2022 when it beat Ohio State. … Penn State needs one Big Ten win to reach 300 in program history. … Sayvia Sellers leads Washington offensively, averaging 18.4 points per game. … Penn State leads the all-time series 3-1 but hasn’t beaten Washington since 1996.

Mirror prediction: Washington 88, Penn State 67

Mirror prediction record: 17-2

— Michael Boytim

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