Tipoff: 7:30 p.m., Jordan Center, University Park

Records: Ohio State (18-11, Big Ten 10-8); Penn State (12-17, Big Ten 3-15)

TV: PEACOCK

Radio: Penn State Sports Network

Satellite: SiriusXM Ch. 389 & 979

Notable: Penn State is coming off its best win of the year, a home victory over Iowa in which it held the Hawkeyes to just two points in the final minutes of the game. … This is the final home game of the season with Saturday’s game at Rutgers. The Big Ten Tournament then starts on Tuesday, March. 10. … The Nittany Lions will celebrate senior night with Josh Reed as the only one on the roster. Reed is coming off a 25-point game in the upset win over Iowa. … The Buckeyes are coming off a home win over No. 8 Purdue. … Ohio State is 4-6 on the road in the Big Ten. …PSU lost 84-78 at Ohio State back in January. … The Buckeyes are led by Bruce Thornton (20.0), John Mobley Jr. (15.3), Devin Royal (14.0) and Christoph Tilly (11.1). … Penn State is second in the Big Ten in steals, averaging 7.1 per-game.

Mirror prediction: Penn State 77, Ohio State 74

Mirror prediction record: 24-5

— Scott Franco

Men: Florida State at Pitt

Tipoff: 9 p.m., Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh

Records: Florida State (15-14, 8-8 ACC); Pittsburgh (11-18, 4-12 ACC)

TV: ACC Network (Kevin Fitzgerald and Eric Devendorf)

Notable: It is senior night for Pitt, which will honor players Cameron Corhen, Barry Dunning Jr. and Damarco Minor … The top 15 teams make the ACC Tournament, and Pitt currently sits in 15th place with two games remaining … Pitt closes the regular season on Saturday at Syracuse … Senior guard Robert McCray V (15.6 ppg., 5.9 apg.) leads the Seminoles, along with 6-foot-10 senior Chauncey Wiggins (12.5 ppg.) and senior guard Lajae Jones (11.9 ppg., 5.8 rpg.) … Luke Loucks is in his first season as FSU’s coach.

Mirror prediction: Pitt 77, Florida State 75

Mirror prediction record: 21-8

— Buck Frank

Saint Francis player earns league honor

LORETTO — Skylar Wicks, a member of the Saint Francis men’s basketball team, was named to the All-NEC third team, announced by the league on Tuesday.

Wicks becomes the fifth Red Flash player to be named to the third team since the third team was added in 2012-13, and he becomes the 24th player to earn an all-conference honor in the 45 years of the league.

Wicks appeared and started 28 games with 25 double-figure point games, 12 20-point performances, four 10+ rebound games, and three doubles-doubles. He paced the Red Flash in scoring 14 times and powered the team in rebounds 19 times.

He scored a career-high 33 points against Mercyhurst on February 14, which was the sixth-most points scored by an NEC player this season, and his 27 points at Le Moyne ranked as the 18th most among NEC players in 2025-26. He was named an NEC Prime Performer nine times.

Wicks ranked second in the NEC in scoring (17.8 ppg), fourth in 3-pointers made (2.18 pg), fifth in rebounding (6.7 rpg) and fifth in defensive rebounds (5.14 rpg).

Pitt fires women’s head coach after three seasons

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh fired women’s basketball coach Tory Verdi on Tuesday, ending a three-year tenure in which the Panthers struggled to find success on the court and Verdi potentially ran into trouble off it.

Athletic director Allen Greene announced the decision shortly after the Panthers missed the ACC women’s tournament after going 8-23, including a 1-17 mark in conference play.

“After a thorough and thoughtful evaluation of our women’s basketball program, it has been determined that we have not progressed enough competitively and now is the right time to seek a new leader for our program,” Greene said in a statement.

The decision comes just weeks after former Pitt players filed a lawsuit against Verdi and the university, alleging they were subject to Verdi’s abusive coaching methods and their pleas for the university to intervene went unheard. The school has denied the allegations.

Verdi went 29-66 with the Panthers, who hired him in 2023 following a lengthy run at Massachusetts.

Pitt’s next coach will be the program’s third in four years.

UPJ announces Rukavina retirement

JOHNSTOWN — The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Athletics Department announced Tuesday that men’s basketball head coach Bob Rukavina has announced his retirement after a 37-year tenure.

When Rukavina took over in 1989, he inherited a program that had managed only four winning seasons since 1969. In his time at UPJ, Rukavina compiled an overall record of 577 wins and a .580 winning percentage.

His first major milestone came in 1992, when he guided Pitt-Johnstown to its first winning season since 1979 — clinching it with a historic victory over Division I Youngstown State University, the program’s first-ever win over a Division I opponent.

Pitt-Johnstown made five NCAA Division II Tournament appearances and posted 10 seasons of 20 or more wins, including four consecutive 20-win seasons from 2005-06 through 2008-09, and three straight in 2019-20, 2021-22, and 2022-23.

In 1997-98, he guided the team to a school-record 24-5 record and back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids. The following season, UPJ finished the regular season ranked fifth in the country in Division II.

Altoona places two on first team

HARRISBURG — Altoona placed two players on the Mid-Penn Conference Commonwealth Division girls basketball all-star first team.

Senior Zaelihn Nguyen-Moore and sophomore Brionna Hudson earned first-team honors. They were joined by Central Dauphin’s Olivia Green and Kayanah Taylor, and CD East’s Samirah Mamoudou, who was the division’s player of the year.

Central Dauphin’s Randy Gambelunghe was the coach of the year.

Altoona junior Raylin Eyer was a second-team selection, along with State College’s Sienna Wilson, Cumberland Valley’s Payton Basehore, Carlisle’s Isla Heckman and CD East’s Mia Walker.

The third team included Central Dauphin’s Samantha Sembrot and Syncere Matthews, Cumberland Valley’s Reagan Witalec, Chambersburg’s Maddie Mills and Harrisburg’s Iyhanna Griffin.