Men: Pitt at Stanford
Hoops du Jour
Tipoff: 8 p.m., Maples Pavilion, Stanford, Calif.
Records: Pittsburgh (10-17, 3-11 ACC); Stanford (16-11, 5-9 ACC)
TV: ACC Network (Dave Feldman and Ben Braun)
Notable: Pitt won last year’s meeting with Stanford at home, 83-68, and leads the all-time series 3-1 … The Cardinal have lost seven of their last nine games … Stanford second-leading scorer, senior Chisom Okpara, who scored 14 points against the Panthers last season, is out for the rest of this year with a lower extremity injury suffered on Jan. 10 … Ebuka Okorie, a 6-foot-2 freshman, averages 22.3 points per game for Stanford, and 6-1 senior Benny Gealer averages 10.6 … The top 15 teams make the ACC tournament, and the Panthers are currently 15th, ahead of Notre Dame, Boston College and Georgia Tech … Pitt will continue its West Coast swing on Saturday at Cal.
Mirror prediction: Stanford 72, Pitt 67
Mirror prediction record: 20-7
— Buck Frank
Women: USC at Penn State
Tipoff: 6 p.m., Rec Hall, University Park
Records: USC (17-10, 9-7 in Big Ten); Penn State (10-17, 3-13 in Big Ten)
TV: Big Ten+
Internet/radio: Penn State Sports Network on Penn State app
Notable: Penn State will hold its senior night and honor Amiya Evans and Vitoria Santana. … The teams have not faced each other in Happy Valley since the first meeting in 1980, also the only win the Lady Lions own in the series. PSU defeated USC 91-80 on Jan. 6, 1980. … USC has won five straight in the series and leads it 5-1. … The Lady Lions have won two straight games for the first time since November. … PSU is averaging 74.6 points per game and allowing 81.8 points per contest.
Mirror prediction: USC 82, Penn State 75
Mirror prediction record: 24-3
— Michael Boytim




