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Men: VMI at Pitt
Tipoff: 7 p.m., Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh
Records: VMI (4-1, 0-0 Southern Conference); Pitt (4-0, 0-0 ACC)
TV: ACC Network Extra (Jason Earle and Nick Rivers)
Notable: The Panthers' opening game of the Greenbrier Tip-Off. Pitt will play at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. on Friday (vs. LSU) and Sunday (vs. Wisconsin or UCF) … Pitt has topped the 80-point mark in all of its wins so far … Houston transfer Damian Dunn led the Panthers with 23 points in Friday's win over West Virginia … Virginia Military Institute owns wins over Washington College (Md.), Bellarmine, Christendom and Charleston Southern. Its loss was by one point to Tennessee Tech … Andrew Wilson is in his third season as coach of the Keydets, going 7-25 and 4-28 in the first two seasons … Lithuanian 6-foot-8 sophomore Augustinas Kludulas (21.8 ppg., 8.0 rpg.), 6-6 sophomore TJ Johnson (15.0 ppg.) and Turk 6-4 sophomore Tan Yildizoglu (7.6 apg.) lead VMI, which was picked last among 10 teams in the SoCon preseason poll.
Mirror prediction: Pitt 95, VMI 68
Mirror prediction record: 4-0
-- Buck Frank
EMMITSBURG, Md. -- Terrell Ard Jr. had 12 points in Mount St. Mary's 66-58 victory against Saint Francis on Saturday night in men's basketball.
The Red Flash (1-4) were led in scoring by Bobby Rosenberger III, who finished with 14 points.
SAINT FRANCIS (1-4): Pinedo 4-6 0-1 8, Kelly 2-10 4-4 8, Parker 3-10 0-0 7, Rosenberger 5-11 2-2 14, Talbert 3-8 0-0 8, Clayville 4-10 0-0 9, Cranford 1-3 2-2 4, Webb 0-1 0-0 0, Harris 0-2 0-0 0, Moncrief 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-61 8-9 58.
MOUNT ST. MARY'S (3-1): Adebayo 2-8 6-7 10, Ard 4-7 4-4 12, Hobbs 4-12 3-3 12, Lipscomb 3-6 2-2 10, Pacheco 3-9 0-1 8, Keyes 2-6 0-2 4, Ervin 5-8 0-1 10, Khadre Kebe 0-0 0-0 0, Wilson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-56 15-20 66.
Halftime--Mount St. Mary's 31-28. 3-Point Goals--Saint Francis 6-30 (Talbert 2-5, Rosenberger 2-7, Clayville 1-6, Parker 1-6, Cranford 0-1, Webb 0-1, Kelly 0-4), Mount St. Mary's 5-23 (Lipscomb 2-5, Pacheco 2-6, Hobbs 1-6, Adebayo 0-1, Ervin 0-2, Keyes 0-3). Fouled Out--Pinedo. Rebounds--Saint Francis 33 (Pinedo 8), Mount St. Mary's 39 (Adebayo 13). Assists--Saint Francis 10 (Talbert 3), Mount St. Mary's 9 (Hobbs 5). Total Fouls--Saint Francis 14, Mount St. Mary's 10. A--2,133 (3,500).
Lady Lions pummel Monmouth
UNIVERSITY PARK -- Led by a double-double from redshirt sophomore center Gracie Merkle (20 points and 12 rebounds), the Penn State women's basketball team rolled to its second-straight 100-point performance in a 100-55 win over the Monmouth Hawks Sunday afternoon inside the Bryce Jordan Center.
Redshirt sophomore guard Moriah Murray scored 23 points. Graduate guard Alli Campbell (Bellwood-Antis) delivered seven points and seven rebounds.
MONMOUTH (NJ) (0-5): Exanor 3-12 3-4 9, Kranbuhl 1-2 0-0 2, Haynes 3-8 0-0 8, Reynolds 0-4 0-2 0, Rodriguez 7-14 2-2 17, Dibula 3-4 1-4 7, Milon 1-2 0-0 2, Carter 2-9 2-2 6, Murray 1-1 0-0 2, Preira 0-2 0-0 0, Stewart 1-2 0-0 2, Totals 22-60 8-14 55
PENN ST. (5-0): Merkle 9-13 2-5 20, Campbell 3-7 1-2 7, Elliott 1-5 0-0 2, Murray 7-15 2-2 23, Oden 2-8 0-1 5, Hall 4-5 0-0 8, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Rust 1-2 2-2 4, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Jekot 1-3 0-0 3, Santana 3-3 1-1 8, Steele 1-1 0-0 2, Walker 7-10 3-3 18, Totals 39-74 11-16 100
Monmouth (NJ) 6 20 12 17 -- 55
Penn St. 18 29 25 28 -- 100
3-Point Goals--Monmouth 3-18 (Exanor 0-3, Haynes 2-5, Reynolds 0-1, Rodriguez 1-4, Carter 0-2, Preira 0-2, Stewart 0-1), Penn St. 11-29 (Campbell 0-2, Elliott 0-2, Murray 7-14, Oden 1-4, Johnson 0-2, Jekot 1-2, Santana 1-1, Walker 1-2). Assists--Monmouth 8 (Rodriguez 3), Penn St. 22 (Oden 5). Fouled Out--Monmouth Kranbuhl. Rebounds--Monmouth 39 (Exanor 12), Penn St. 40 (Merkle 12). Total Fouls--Monmouth 17, Penn St. 16. Technical Fouls--None. A--1,751.
SFU women fall to 0-5
LORETTO -- The Saint Francis women's basketball team fell to Loyola, Maryland, 65-52, on Sunday at the Maurice Stokes Center thanks in part to being outscored 14-4 in the second quarter.
LOYOLA MARYLAND (2-2): Hicks 7-12 5-7 19, Sims 5-13 0-2 10, Salmeron 3-13 0-1 8, Garcia 3-3 0-0 7, Espinal 2-7 0-0 4, Amorich 3-7 0-0 7, Kalet 3-5 0-0 7, Lovisolo 1-1 0-0 2, Van-Otoo 0-4 1-2 1, Hernandez 0-0 0-0 0, Simmons 0-0 0-0 0, Betton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals -- 27-65 6-12 65.
SAINT FRANCIS (0-5): Gibson 4-8 0-0 8, Boyd 2-6 2-2 6, Shelton 2-6 0-0 6, Artero 1-3 0-0 2, Plata 1-2 0-0 2, Lavy 5-7 2-2 16, Robinson 1-5 2-2 5, Bell 2-4 1-2 5, Johnson 1-5 0-0 2, Eke 0-0 0-0 0, Daffe 0-0 0-0 0. Totals -- 19-46 7-8 52.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Loyola Md. 16 14 18 17 -- 65
Saint Francis 16 4 15 17 -- 52
3-point goals: Loyola Md. 5-12 (Salmeron 2-7, Garcia 1-1, Amorich 1-1, Kalet 1-1, Espinal 0-1, Van-Otoo 0-1); Saint Francis 7-20 (Lavy 4-6, Shelton 2-5, Robinson 1-3, Gibson 0-1, Plata 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Boyd 0-3). Assists: Loyola Md. 10 (Hicks/Espinal 3 each); Saint Francis 12 (Boyd 3). Rebounds: Loyola Md. 40 (Sims 14); Saint Francis 25 (Gibson/Bell 4 each).
From Mirror, wire reports