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Men: SFU at Santa Clara
SATURDAY
Tipoff: 7 p.m., Leavey Center, Santa Clara, Calif.
Records: Saint Francis (0-2); Santa Clara (1-0)
TV: ESPN-Plus
Live stats: Available at sidearmsports.com. Link on SFU's schedule at sfuathletics.com
Notables: Tonight will be the first-ever meeting between the programs. Santa Clara enters tonight coming off its season-opening win, 77-69, over Utah Tech on Wednesday. David Elliot led the Broncos with 24 points while Aric Demings added 17 points. ... Saint Francis started 0-2 in each of the three seasons it advanced to the NEC Championship game under coach Rob Krimmel (2016-17, 2018-19 and 2019-20). The program also participated in the NEC Semifinals in 2014-15 and went on to postseason tournaments three times in that span: CIT (2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18) and NIT (2019-20).
Mirror prediction: Santa Clara 80, Saint Francis 60
Mirror prediction record: 2-0
-- Dan Isenberg
Women: SFU at Canisius
SATURDAY
Tipoff: 1 p.m., Koessler Athletic Center, Buffalo
Records: Saint Francis (0-1); Canisius (0-1)
TV: ESPN-Plus
Internet: www.gogriffs.com
Notable: Canisius leads the all-time series 3-1. ... The Red Flash closed a 16-point halftime deficit down to six at the end of the third before being outscored, 13-8, in the fourth against Robert Morris on Monday. ... On the same night, the Griffs led Buffalo by two after three stanzas before being outscored, 23-12, in the fourth quarter. Sisi Eleko recorded 15 points and 19 boards for Canisius. ... Former SFU assistant coach (2018-19) Meg Cunningham is an assistant for the Griffs.
Mirror prediction: Canisius 62, Saint Francis 57
Mirror prediction record: 1-0
-- Nate Ritchey
Lady Lions cruise past Navy
UNIVERSITY PARK -- The Penn State women's basketball team cruised to another 40-plus point victory margin with a dominant 107-44 win over Navy Friday night.
Redshirt junior Leilani Kapinus paced the Lady Lions (2-0) on both sides of the ball, logging a career-high 24 points to go along with nine rebounds and four assists. Senior guard Makenna Marisa broke the 1,800-point mark, bringing her career total to 1,815. She finished with 16 points.
Kapinus opened the scoring with a layup after the opening tip. Navy responded with two back-to-back 3s to get off to and early lead. The Midshipmen extended their lead to 9-4 before Kapinus came back with five points to tie it at nines.
The Lady Lions took off from there and found themselves up 33-14 after one quarter.
Marisa's block on a Midshipmen shot sent them to inbound the ball with just a few seconds on the clock and Kapinus blocked the last second shot to give the Lions the ball back. Penn State extended its lead to 20-14 at one point just under five minutes to play in the quarter.
Murray then picked up a steal on a Navy offensive drive which sparked the team toward a big first-quarter lead.
PSU welcomes Kansas to the Jordan Center Monday for a 6 p.m. tipoff on the Big Ten Network.
NAVY (1-1): Watts 3-9 1-2 8, Samson 0-3 0-0 0, Barnett-Gay 4-17 3-4 11, Louridas 3-8 0-0 9, Smith 0-11 0-0 0, Andrews 0-2 0-0 0, Demos 1-1 0-0 2, Holder 1-6 0-0 2, McNece 2-6 0-0 5, Pissott 2-3 0-1 4, Giuliani 0-0 0-0 0, Moschella 0-1 0-0 0, Schofield 1-2 0-0 3, Totals 17-69 4-7 44
PENN STATE (2-0): Brigham 4-6 2-2 10, Ciezki 5-11 4-4 17, Kapinus 10-12 3-5 24, Marisa 8-11 0-0 16, Valladay 1-5 3-6 5, Hall 1-3 0-0 2, Lavelle 2-9 3-5 7, Pinto 4-5 1-1 10, Murray 4-7 0-0 12, Oden 2-5 0-1 4, Totals 41-74 16-24 107
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Navy 14 7 14 9 -- 44
Penn St. 33 23 29 22 -- 107
3-Point Goals — Navy 6-27 (Watts 1-4, Barnett-Gay 0-5, Louridas 3-6, Smith 0-3, Holder 0-2, McNece 1-5, Schofield 1-2), Penn St. 9-24 (Brigham 0-1, Ciezki 3-8, Kapinus 1-2, Marisa 0-2, Hall 0-1, Lavelle 0-2, Pinto 1-1, Murray 4-7). Assists — Navy 10 (Smith 4), Penn St. 25 (Valladay 6). Fouled Out — Navy Barnett-Gay, Pissott. Rebounds — Navy 33 (Barnett-Gay 9), Penn St. 57 (Brigham 9, Kapinus 9). Total Fouls — Navy 24, Penn St. 15. Technical Fouls — None. A — 2,127.
PSU Altoona men win opener
TIFFIN, Ohio -- The Penn State Altoona men's basketball team overcame a double-digit deficit in the second half of its season opener on Friday night, getting past Adrian College, 71-67, at the Ron Linhart Memorial Tournament.
The Lions will play in the tournament's championship game Saturday at 7 p.m. against either Bluffton University or host Heidelberg.
Justin Sheetz scored a team-high 15 points for Penn State Altoona. Dwayne Jones finished with 13 points and a game-high 12 rebounds for the double-double, and he also blocked a game-high three shots.
Kaden Claar added 11 points and nabbed a pair of steals, and Jahmar White contributed 11 points off the bench while dishing out three assists.
From Mirror reports