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Hoops du Jour

Ohio State at PSU women

Tipoff: 7 p.m, Bryce Jordan Center

Records: Penn State (9-7, 2-3 Big Ten); Ohio State (6-8, 2-3 Big Ten)

Coaches: Coquese Washington holds a record of 207-158 in her 12th season at Penn State. Kevin McGuff is in his sixth season at Ohio State. He has a career mark of 384-158 in 16 years with stops at Washington (41-26) and Xavier (214-73).

Radio: WRSC 1390 AM, online at GoPSUsports.com

TV: BTN Plus, BTN2GO

Live stats: online at GoPSUsports.com

Notes: Ohio State comes to Happy Valley surging on a two-game win streak with Top 25 wins over Indiana and Michigan State after returning no starters from the team that won the Big Ten tournament championship a year ago. … Penn State is 19-10 all-time at home against the Lady Buckeyes, while OSU is 0-4 on the road so far this season. Ohio State has won the previous seven matchups dating back to 2014. … Teniya Page, who ranks 17th nationally averaging 20.3 ppg, currently has 1914 points, 394 rebounds and 375 assists for her career, putting her on track to eclipse 2000 career points, 400 rebounds and 400 assists before the season is over. Her current streak of double-digit scoring games is now up to 38; she has 94 such games all-time.

Mirror prediction: Penn State 65, Ohio State 62

Comment: Because Ohio State is rolling right now, they have the confidence to make this a close matchup. It could go either way, but I’ll take the Nits at home. They could use the win — they have to travel to College Park for a rematch with Maryland on Sunday.

Mirror prediction record: 13-3

— Dan Isenberg

Stauffer leads JC women to victory

HUNTINGDON — The Juniata College women’s basketball team improved to 6-10 overall Wednesday night, thanks to a 67-53 win over Goucher in Landmark Conference action.

Gracie Stauffer’s 21 pints were tops for the Lady Eagles, now 4-1 in conference play. Teammate Grace Long added eight points.

Down 9-3 after just one quarter, Goucher (5-11, 0-5 LC) got 17 points from Alayna McFadden.

Big third quarter sparks Lady Mounties

GREENSBURG — The Mount Aloysius women’s basketball team used a 19-10 showing in the third quarter Wednesday night to hand Pitt-Greensburg a 67-57 setback in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference play.

Breana Kendrick’s 27 points were tops for the Mount (5-10, 4-4 AMCC). Teammate Lea Sammarco added 19 points while Rachel Robinson came off the bench to score 11 points.

Pitt-Greensburg (4-12, 4-5 AMCC) 19 points from Maddie Stiler and 14 from Sam Ballow. Colleen Murphy added seven points.

Win streak ends for PSU Altoona women

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — The Penn State Altoona women’s basketball team saw its five-game winning streak end on Wednesday, when the Lady Lions suffered a 77-61 loss to Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference opponent Franciscan University.

Jess Stevens’s 17 points were tops for Penn State (8-8, 6-4 AMCC) while teammate Alexis Cannistraci added 13 points and 11 rebounds. Alivia Borlie added 10 points.

Up 34-21 at halftime, Franciscan (2-14, 2-8 AMCC) got 16 points from Gaby DeJesus and 15 from Angela Starre. Abby Baieri contributed a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Mount men hang on to beat UPG

GREENSBURG – The Mount Aloysius men’s basketball team jumped out to a 44-29 halftime lead and held on for a 78-73 win over Pitt-Greensburg in an Allgheny Mountain Collegiate Conference game.

The Mount (9-7, 5-4 AMCC) were led by Josiah Jones’ 22 points, followed by 20 off the bench from Trent McErlane. Nate Christian added 19 to go with 10 from Imrane Amadou.

Martinazzi sparks Juniata men

TOWSON, Md. — Brandon Martinazzi scored 22 points Wednesday night to lead the Juniata College men’s basketball team to a 62-49 win over Goucher in a Landmark Conference game.

Juniata (7-9, 1-4 LC) also got 13 points from Paul Martello.

Comeback win for PSU Altoona men

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Trailing by 10 at halftime, the Penn State Altoona men’s basketball team came back to win, 74-72, over Franciscan University Wednesday night in area college action.

Jalen Archie-Davis’s 21 points were tops for Penn State. Teammate Jack Kusters added 16 to go with 12 from Cameron Gardner-Nicholson and 10 from Austin Krise.

The Nittany Lions improved to 6-10 overall while the Barons fell to 8-9.

From Mirror reports

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