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Men: Penn State vs. Michigan
BIG TEN TOURNAMENT
Tipoff: 9 p.m., Target Center, Minneapolis, Minn.
Records: Penn State (15-16), Michigan (8-23)
TV: PEACOCK
Radio: POP-104.5 FM
Internet: SiriusXM Ch. 84
Notable: Penn State is the 11 seed and Michigan is the 14 seed. The winner plays Indiana, the 6 seed on Thursday at 9 p.m. ... Penn State's Ace Baldwin Jr. was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year on Tuesday. He leads the Big Ten this year with an average of 2.71 steals per game. He leads the team in scoring (14.3) and assists (6.0). ... Michigan enters the tourney on an eight-game losing streak. ... Penn State is 2-1 lifetime against Michigan in the tournament. Michigan's win came in 2013 (83-66). ... The two played just once this season with Penn State winning, 79-73. ... The Nittany Lions are coming off a win over Maryland to end the regular season. ... Michigan is led by Dug McDaniel (16.6 ppg). Following him are Olivier Nkamhoua (14.8) and Terrance Williams II (12.3).
Mirror prediction: Penn State 80, Michigan 76
Mirror prediction record: 19-12
-- Scott Franco
Shrewsberry leads Notre Dame
WASHINGTON -- Freshmen Braeden Shrewsberry and Markus Burton combined for 44 points and 12th-seeded Notre Dame opened the ACC Tournament with its third straight nail-biting win over 13th-seeded Georgia Tech 84-80 on Tuesday.
Shrewsberry had 23 points with five 3-pointers and Burton added 21 with eight assists as the Fighting Irish (13-19) advanced to face fifth-seeded Wake Forest despite blowing a 17-point lead in the final 13 minutes.
The winner of today's Notre Dame-Wake Forest game will face Pitt at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Elsewhere:
n Casey Morsell scored 25 points, Jayden Taylor had 18 points, eight rebounds and four steals and No. 10 seed North Carolina State beat No. 15 seed Louisville, 94-85, on Tuesday night in the first round of the ACC Tournament, spoiling a 36-point performance by Skyy Clark. N.C. State (18-14) advances to play No. 7 seed Syracuse in the second round today.
n No. 11 seed Boston College defeated Miami, 81-65, in the opening round of the 2024 ACC Tournament, advancing to play six-seed Clemson in the second round. Quinten Post finished with 30 points to lead all scorers, to go along with a game-high 13 rebounds.
Wagner knocks off Merrimack
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- Tahron Allen scored 22 points and No. 6 seed Wagner allowed only four points in the final eight minutes of a 54-47 victory over Merrimack on Tuesday night in the championship game of the Northeast Conference Tournament.
The Seahawks advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003.
The Associated Press