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Men: Purdue Ft. Wayne at Pitt
Tipoff: 7 p.m., Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh
Records: Purdue Fort Wayne (11-1, 2-0 Horizon); Pittsburgh (8-3, 0-1 ACC)
TV: ACC Network Extra (Jason Earle and Julius Page)
Notable: Pitt's Blake Hinson has made three or more 3-pointers in each of the last 10 games ... Pitt coach Jeff Capel benched Federiko Federiko and Zack Austin last game and started Guillermo Diaz Graham and Will Jeffress ... Purdue Fort Wayne was picked eighth out of 11 teams in the Horizon League preseason poll ... The Mastodons' only loss was to San Francisco ... Jon Coffman is in his 10th season as PFW's coach ... Rasheed Bello (15.0), Anthony Roberts (14.9), Jalen Jackson (14.7) and Quinton Morton-Robertson (12.9) - none taller than 6-foot-4 - are the Mastodons' leading scorers ... Pitt is first among all ACC teams in rebound margin (+9 per game).
Mirror prediction: Pitt 82, Purdue Fort Wayne 69
Mirror prediction record: 9-2
-- Buck Frank
Men: Robert Morris at SFU
Tipoff: 7 p.m., DeGol Arena, Loretto
Records: Saint Francis (4-7); Robert Morris (3-8)
TV: NEC Front Row (Pat Farabaugh, pxp; Bernie Jubeck, color)
Live stats: Available at sidearmsports.com. Link on SFU's schedule at sfuathletics.com
Notable: SFU freshman Aaron "Ace" Talbert was named the NEC Rookie of the Week for the week of December 11-17 to become the third different Saint Francis player to earn the distinction this season, joining Bobby Rosenberger III and Eli Wilborn. ... Sophomore Cam Gregory (13.0 pgg, 143 total points) is ranked seventh in the NEC in scoring heading into tonight. ... This will be the 92nd meeting in the all-time series between Robert Morris and SFU dating back to the 1977-78 season, but just the eighth non-conference regular season meeting between the two teams. In non-conference regular season games, Saint Francis holds a 4-3 edge in the series. The Red Flash won four of the first five meetings in the matchup before both teams joined the ECAC Metro (now known as the NEC). The Colonials hold a 53-38 advantage in the all-time series, including a 24-21 edge at DeGol Arena. Robert Morris won the last meeting in Loretto 75-67 in 2021-22, but the Frankies had been on a six-game winning streak at home before that loss. ... Altoona native and SFU great Mike Iuzzilino is in his third season as associate head coach for Robert Morris. He first came to the Colonials as an assistant in 2016. ... Robert Morris graduate student Markeese Hastings leads five players averaging double figures with 15.1 points per game and a team-best 8.6 rebounds per game. Junior Justice Williams (13.4 ppg.), Josh Corbin (12.6 ppg.), TJ Wainwright (11.3 ppg.) and Stephaun Walker (10.2 ppg.) are also averaging double figures scoring.
Mirror prediction: Robert Morris 71, Saint Francis 66
Mirror prediction record: 7-4
-- Dan Isenberg
Women: C. Conn. St. at PSU
Tipoff: 11:30 a.m., Bryce Jordan Center, University Park
Records: Central Connecticut State (2-9, 0-0 in NEC); Penn State (8-3, 0-1 in Big Ten)
TV: Big Ten-Plus
Radio: Penn State Sports Network on Penn State app
Notable: Penn State is three wins away from 1,000 in its program history, a number only 25 other programs have reached. ... The Lady Lions got 46 points from their bench in Sunday's win over Saint Francis, the most this season. ... Shay Ciezki (14.4) and Leilani Kapinus (10.1) are both averaging double figures for PSU. ... Makenna Marisa is 33 points shy of scoring 2,000 in her career.
Mirror prediction: Penn State 103, Central Connecticut State 48
Mirror prediction record: 8-3
-- Michael Boytim
Providence beats No. 6 Marquette
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Devin Carter scored 22 points with eight rebounds to lead Providence to a 72-57 victory over No. 6 Marquette on Tuesday night -- the third time in five seasons that the unranked Friars have beaten a Golden Eagles team in The Associated Press Top 25.
Carter made five 3-pointers and Ticket Gaines also hit five from beyond the arc to score 18 for Providence, which has not lost at home to Marquette since 2019.
Elsewhere:
No. 20 JAMES MADISON 87, COPPIN STATE 48: TJ Bickerstaff scored 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds to lead James Madison to the victory over Coppin State.
No. 23 MEMPHIS 77, No. 22 VIRGINIA 54: David Jones scored 26 points, Caleb Mills added 11 and Memphis built a second-half lead to pull away from Virginia.
No. 25 MISSISSIPPI 74, TROY 53: Matthew Murrell scored 18 points and added 10 steals, and Mississippi improved to 11-0 with the win over Troy.
Morant scores 34 points in season debut
NEW ORLEANS -- Ja Morant capped a stirring, 34-point season debut with a spinning dribble in the lane to set up a game-winning floater as time expired in the Memphis Grizzlies' 115-113 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night.
The Grizzlies, who entered on a five-game skid and were 6-19 during Morant's 25-game suspension for his social media antics with guns, trailed by 24 in the first half but took a 113-111 lead on Morant's inside basket with 1:22 to go.
The Pelicans tied it and the teams exchanged missed 3-pointers before Morant's winner.
Lillard reaches 20,000
MILWAUKEE -- Damian Lillard scored a season-high 40 points to push his career total over 20,000, Giannis Antetokounmpo had a career-high 16 assists, 14 rebounds and a season-low 11 points and Milwaukee trounced San Antonio, 132-119.
The Associated Press