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Hoops du Jour: Men: PSU at Ohio State

Tipoff: 7 p.m., Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio

Records: Penn State (9-10, 0-8 Big Ten); Ohio State (13-6, 5-4 Big Ten)

TV: FS1 (Jeff Levering and LaPhonso Ellis)

Notable: Ohio State is 9-2 at home … The Buckeyes lost at No. 3 Michigan, 74-62, on Friday night … Ohio State’s top players are Bruce Thornton (20.1 ppg.), John Mobley Jr. (15.6 ppg.), Devin Royal (13.9 ppg.) and Christoph Tilly (12.3 ppg.) … Ohio State won last year’s meeting at PSU, 83-64 … The Nittany Lions have lost six straight … PSU’s leading scorers are Kayden Mingo (14.6 ppg.) and Freddie Dilione V (13.8 ppg.) … The Nittany Lions next play at Northwestern on Thursday.

Mirror prediction: Ohio State 84, Penn State 76

Mirror prediction record: 18-1

— Buck Frank

HIGH SCHOOL

George leads Lady Devils

WINGATE — Katie George scored 22 points and made four of Central Cambria’s 11 3-pointers in a 57-24 victory over Bald Eagle Area in high school girls basketball on Saturday.

The Lady Devils improved to 14-3 and are currently the No. 2 seed in the District 6 Class 3A playoff field behind one-loss Marion Center.

CENTRAL CAMBRIA (57): Long 2 0-0 5, George 8 2-5 22, Ruddek 3 0-0 7, Hite 2 0-0 6, Alexander 3 0-0 9, Grimaldi 3 0-0 6, Snyder 0 0-2 0, Kirsch 1 0-0 2. Totals — 22 2-7 57.

BALD EAGLE AREA (24): Clark 3 1-2 7, Gaulock 0 2-2 2, Harter 3 0-0 9, Smith 1 0-0 3, Mottin 1 0-0 2, K. Smith 0 1-2 1. Totals — 8 4-6 24.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Central Cambria 19 16 15 7 — 57

Bald Eagle Area 12 3 4 5 — 24

3-point goals: Central Cambria 11 (George 4, Alexander 3, Hite 2, Ruddek, Long); Bald Eagle Area 4 (Harter 3, Smith).

Records: Central Cambria (14-3); Bald Eagle Area (2-11).

Devils triumph

WINGATE — Central Cambria topped Bald Eagle Area, 52-38, in a high school boys basketball game on Saturday.

The Red Devils improved to 7-9. No further information was reported to the Mirror.

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