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Men: New Haven at Penn State
SUNDAY
Tipoff: 4:30 p.m., Jordan Center, University Park
Records: New Haven (1-2), Penn State (3-1)
TV: NBC Sports Network; Peacock
Satellite Radio: Sirius XM Channel 995
Notable: New Haven is the school that replaced Saint Francis in the Northeast Conference when the Red Wolves dropped down to Division III. ... The Nittany Lions are coming off a 72-57 win over Mercyhurst, another NEC college, where big man Ivan Jurcic had 10 points and 15 rebounds to go with 15 points each from Roko Prkacin and Brant Byers. ... The Nittany Lions loss was to Pittsburgh. ... New Haven played host to Penn State last year, a game won by the Nittany Lions. ... New Haven has a win over Army out of the Patriot League and losses to Syracuse and Rutgers this season. ... The Chargers have received double-digit scoring from the likes of Teshawn Steele, Moussa Camora, Zoumana Traore, Aidan Losiewicz and Danny Young Jr.
Mirror prediction: Penn State 81, New Haven 64
Mirror prediction record: 3-1
-- Scott Franco
Women: PSU at Arizona State
SUNDAY
Tipoff: 4 p.m., Desert Financial Arena, Tempe Ariz.
Records: Penn State (0-3); Arizona State (3-0)
TV: ESPN+
Notable: Senior transfer Cristen Carter leads Penn State with 28 rebounds over the first three games. ... The Lady Lions and Arizona State met for the first time in school history last season, and the Sun Devils won, 74-60. ... Ruby Whitehorn, Madison Morson, Heloisa Carrera, McKinna Brackens and Rashunda Jones are all averaging at least 10 points per game for Arizona State, which is receiving votes in the AP Top 25 poll. ... ASU head coach Molly Miller is in her second season with the Sun Devils.
Mirror prediction: Arizona State 90, Penn State 62
Mirror prediction record: 1-2
-- Michael Boytim
ACC Men
Pitt rallies for victory over Butler
INDIANAPOLIS -- Jonathan Powell scored 17 points, Chase Foster added 15 and Pittsburgh rallied from a 12-point deficit to beat Butler 76-64 on Friday night.
Baye Ndongo had 13 points and A'lahn Sumler scored 10 for Pitt (4-0). Naithan George added 11 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and three steals.
Eduardo Klafke led Butler (2-2) with 16 points and eight rebounds. Asim Djulovic scored 11.
Powell hit a 3-pointer, Foster converted a three-point play and Bethea added another 3 to spark a 13-0 run that gave the Panthers a 61-54 lead with 7:25 left and it remained a two-possession game the rest of the way.
Klafke hit a 3-pointer almost 5 1/2 minutes into the game that gave the Bulldogs a 10-point lead and a 9-0 spurt made it 42-30 -- Butler's biggest lead of the game -- with 1:31 remaining until halftime.
Butler shot 33% (21 of 60) from the field, 7 of 34 (21%) from 3-point range.
Up next
Pitt: Hosts Villanova on Tuesday.
Butler: Hosts Western Carolina on Tuesday.
PITTSBURGH (4-0): Ndongo 5-8 3-5 13, Souare 1-2 2-2 4, George 4-12 3-4 11, Sumler 3-9 2-2 10, Powell 6-11 2-2 17, Foster 5-9 4-5 15, Bethea 2-5 0-0 6, Mighty 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-56 16-20 76.
BUTLER (2-2): Calderon 2-4 3-4 7, Djulovic 4-10 1-2 11, D.Jones 2-6 0-0 4, Jackson 2-11 3-4 8, Klafke 4-13 6-6 16, Anderson 3-8 2-3 9, Ellerbee 2-5 2-2 6, Adler 0-3 0-0 0, Walker 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 20-61 17-21 64.
Halftime--Butler 42-34. 3-Point Goals--Pittsburgh 8-28 (Powell 3-8, Bethea 2-5, Sumler 2-6, Foster 1-4, George 0-5), Butler 7-34 (Djulovic 2-6, Klafke 2-10, Walker 1-1, Jackson 1-3, Anderson 1-4, Adler 0-2, Calderon 0-2, Ellerbee 0-3, D.Jones 0-3). Rebounds--Pittsburgh 36 (George 8), Butler 29 (Klafke 8). Assists--Pittsburgh 16 (George 8), Butler 10 (Jackson, Klafke, Adler 2). Total Fouls--Pittsburgh 16, Butler 18. A--7,345 (9,100).
Area college
PSU Altoona routs Thiel
NEW WILMINGTON -- Nehemiah Frye scored 20 points to lead Penn State Altoona to a 96-60 victory over Thiel College on Friday evening.
Braelen Cage added 12 points, while Colin Hartig and Malachi Brown put in 10 points apiece off the bench.
John Osuji led the Tomcats with 15 points.
SFU nipped by Albion
TIFFIN, Ohio -- Saint Francis had a five-point lead at halftime, but allowed 46 points in the second half in an 89-82 loss to Albion College.
Trey Weiand poured in 18 points to lead the Red Wolves, while Damain Harrison scored 17. Mason Douglas (11 points) and Bishop Guilfoyle graduate Taurean Consiglio (10 points) both scored in double figures.
Kurtis Rhodes paced Albion with 20 points.
Mounties downed by Westminster
NEW WILMINGTON -- Mount Aloysius scored 50 points in the second half, but lost on the road to host team Westminster, 92-84, in the Buzz Ridl Classic.
Jack Bryan had 20 points to lead Mount Aloysius, while Noah Wright and Donovahn Keyes chipped in 14 points apiece.
Eagles crush PSU DuBois
HUNTINGDON -- Juniata College led Penn State DuBois 37-9 at halftime on its way to an 82-35 blowout win.
The Eagles, which had 21 players appear in the game, got 14 points from Elijah Welsh. Ty Kocak also scored in double figures with 11 points.
From Mirror, wire reports