Tipoff: 8 p.m., Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Illinois

Records: Penn State (9-11, Big Ten 0-9), Northwestern (9-11, Big Ten 1-8)

TV: Peacock

Radio: ESPN Radio 1450 State College & 103.7-FM

Satellite: SiriusXM Ch. 391 & 981

Notable: Penn State is in last place in the Big Ten at 0-9. The two 1-8 teams in front of them are Maryland and Northwestern. The Wildcats lone win, on the road at USC (74-68). … Northwestern is coming off a 71-64 loss to UCLA. Penn State is coming off a loss at Ohio State in which it trailed by 18 at halftime, got to within a point in the second half, and then lost 84-78. … Nick Martinelli is the top scorer for Northwestern at 23.4 points-per game. Also contributing are Arrinten Page (12.1) and Jayden Reid (10.9). … The last eight meetings between these two teams have been decided by an average of four points. … Penn State leads the all-time series, 39-22. The Lions are 17-13 at Northwestern. … Penn State won last year’s game, 84-80, at home. … Penn State has two players averaging in double figures, Kayden Mingo (14.0) and Freddie Dilione V (13.5). … Over his last eight games, the Lions’ Eli Rice is averaging 12.1 points-per game. In the first 12, he was scoring just 5.7 per-game. He is coming off a 20-point game in the loss at Ohio State. … Freshman big man Ivan Juric is coming off a 14-point, 14-rebound game vs. the Buckeyes.

Mirror prediction: Northwestern 74, Penn State 70

Mirror prediction record: 19-1

— Scott Franco

Women: Chicago State at SFU

Tipoff: 7 p.m., DeGol Arena, Loretto

Records: Chicago State (4-17 overall, 3-5 Northeast Conference); Saint Francis (2-17, 2-6 Northeast Conference)

TV: NEC Front Row

Notable: The two teams played a week ago in Chicago with the Panthers claiming a 73-64 victory to take a 2-1 lead in the all-time series. … Saint Francis was outscored 24-13 in the opening quarter to fall into a deficit it wouldn’t never completely recover from. The Red Flash battled back to tie the contest at 50-50 on a free throw by Sonia Sato with 2:55 remaining in the third. However, a jumper by Chicago State’s Keona McGee 14 seconds later kept her team in the lead for good. … Shelby Ricks posted 18 points and 11 rebounds for SFU, while McGee delivered a game-high 20 points. … The Panthers are tied with Stonehill and Le Moyne in the sixth spot, while the Red Flash are alone in ninth place. … Leading by 12 after the opening quarter against Mercyhurst in its last game out, CSU was outscored by 13 in the final three quarters of a 77-76 loss.

Mirror prediction: Chicago State 72, Saint Francis 68

Mirror prediction record: 16-3

­– Nate Ritchey

SFU men’s game called off tonight

LORETTO — The Saint Francis men’s basketball game at Chicago State, originally scheduled for tonight has been postponed. The game has been rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 9, at 4 p.m.

With this change, the Red Flash will play four road games in eight days: Mercyhurst (Feb. 5), Le Moyne (Feb. 7), Chicago State (Feb. 9) and FDU (Feb. 12).

This is the second consecutive game the Red Flash has had postponed, following the Jan. 24 game at New Haven, which was postponed due to inclement weather. A makeup date is to be announced.

Saint Francis returns to action on Saturday at home against New Haven. Game time is 7 p.m. Prior to the game, Saint Francis will honor senior team manager Matthew Hall, a Northern Bedford graduate.

Lady Lions still Big Ten winless

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State women’s basketball team fell to 7-15 overall and 0-11 in the Big Ten Wednesday night, falling 87-66 to Minnesota at Rec Hall.

Kiyomi McMiller led the Lady Lions with 23 points. Moriah Murray added 16 points, while teammate Tia Cleante chipped in with 11 points.

The Lady Lions leading scorer, Gracie Merkle, did not play. No reason was given.

Minneosta, 15-6 overall and 6-4 in the Big Ten, got 23 points from Tori McKinney and 22 points from Mara Braun.

Penn State is off until Wednesday, Feb. 4, when it plays at Purdue.

MINNESOTA (15-6): Grocholski 4-6 0-0 9, Hart 5-14 2-2 12, Battle 5-9 2-2 12, Braun 8-14 3-3 22, McKinney 8-13 2-2 23, Holloway 0-0 0-0 0, Tonga 1-2 0-0 2, Bershers 0-0 0-0 0, Christian 0-1 0-0 0, Glenn 3-7 0-0 7, Senden 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 34-66 9-9 87

PENN STATE (7-15): Mendelson 1-2 0-0 2, Cleante 4-11 0-0 11, McFadden 0-5 3-4 3, Murray 6-13 0-0 16, Steele 1-6 0-0 2, Okokoh 0-0 0-0 0, McMiller 8-19 5-6 23, Ranisavljevic 2-3 0-0 6, Santana 1-3 0-0 3, Smith 0-3 0-0 0, Totals 23-65 8-10 66

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Minnesota 19 23 25 20 — 87

Penn State 12 26 17 11 — 66

3-Point Goals–Minnesota 10-22 (Grocholski 1-2, Battle 0-2, Braun 3-7, McKinney 5-7, Christian 0-1, Glenn 1-3), Penn St. 12-28 (Cleante 3-5, McFadden 0-2, Murray 4-8, Steele 0-3, McMiller 2-5, Ranisavljevic 2-2, Santana 1-3). Assists–Minnesota 20 (Battle 4, Hart 4), Penn St. 15 (McMiller 3). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Minnesota 35 (Battle 10), Penn St. 36 (Mendelson 8). Total Fouls–Minnesota 13, Penn St. 14. Technical Fouls–None. A–1,546.

Lady Lions cruise past Pitt-Bradford

BRADFORD — The Penn State Altoona women’s basketball team jumped out to a 30-10 first-quarter lead Wednesday night en route to an 89-51 win over Pitt-Bradford.

Avana Sayles scored 19 points for PSU Altoona, which improved to 11-6 overall and 6-2 in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference.

Lanie Wilt and Allyana Stephens each totaled 12 points to go with 10 each from Madison Rusnica and Haley Hicks.

Lions poor first half costly

BRADFORD — The Penn State Altoona men’s basketball team fell behind 50-28 at halftime on the way to a 104-78 loss at Pitt-Bradford Wednesday night.

Kaden Claar led Penn State (8-9, AMCC (2-6) with 18 points to go with 16 points from Rasheed Daniels.

LeBron loses in return to Ohio

CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell scored 25 points, Jaylon Tyson had 20 and the Cleveland Cavaliers used a big third quarter to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 129-99 and spoil LeBron James’ return to northeast Ohio.

De’Andre Hunter added 19 points, and Jarrett Allen had 17 points and nine rebounds to help Cleveland to its season-best fifth straight victory. James had only 11 points, the first time in 13 trips to Cleveland as an opposing player he has not had at least 20. The 41-year old Akron native was 3 of 10 from the field, including 0 of 3 on 3-pointers, and was 5 of 6 from the line in 27 minutes.

From Mirror, wire reports