Women: St. John’s at PSU

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

Records: St. John’s (6-1); Penn State (8-0)

TV: Big Ten Network

Notable: Penn State is off to an 8-0 start for the third time in school history and first time since the 1993-1994 season. … PSU has won 17 straight non-conference home games, the longest streak in school history. … Penn State is 2-0 all time against St. John’s with the last meeting coming last year, a 69-53 win in Queens. … St. John’s is coming off its first loss of the season to Harvard. … St. John’s, like PSU, was also in last year’s WBIT tournament and made it to the second round.

Mirror prediction: Penn State 71, St. John’s 65

Mirror prediction record: 8-0

— Michael Boytim

Radford defeats Saint Francis

LORETTO — Brandon Maclin’s 22 points helped Radford defeat the Saint Francis men’s basketball team, 79-70, on Sunday.

Maclin shot 7 of 11 from the field, including 6 for 9 from 3-point range, and went 2 for 5 from the foul line for the Highlanders (7-2). Truth Harris shot 4 for 7 (2 for 4 from 3-point range) and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line to add 16 points. Josiah Harris finished 6 of 8 from the floor to finish with 12 points, while adding eight rebounds.

The Red Flash (2-6) were led by Bobby Rosenberger III, who posted 15 points, four assists and two steals. Juan Cranford Jr. added 15 points for Saint Francis. Riley Parker had 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists.

“We had a decent focus and energy to start,” SFU coach Rob Krimmel said, “but in the last four minutes of the first half and the first probably three minutes of the second half, we dug ourselves too deep of a hole to come back against a talented and experienced Radford team who’s playing well.”

RADFORD (7-2): Gaines 0-3 4-4 4, J.Harris 6-8 0-0 12, Yamazaki 2-4 2-2 7, Maclin 7-11 2-5 22, Moss 2-8 4-6 9, T.Harris 4-7 6-6 16, Davis 1-4 2-2 5, NeSmith 0-1 0-0 0, Walker 2-2 0-0 4, Early 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-48 20-25 79.

SAINT FRANCIS (3-6): Webb 3-8 2-3 9, Cranford 5-11 4-4 15, Kelly 2-9 0-0 6, Parker 6-14 0-0 14, Rosenberger 5-13 2-3 15, A.Harris 1-1 0-0 2, Payne 0-3 0-0 0, Moncrief 1-2 3-3 6, Clayville 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 24-62 11-13 70.

Halftime–Radford 44-31. 3-Point Goals–Radford 11-26 (Maclin 6-9, T.Harris 2-4, Davis 1-2, Yamazaki 1-3, Moss 1-6, Gaines 0-2), St. Francis 11-29 (Rosenberger 3-8, Kelly 2-5, Parker 2-6, Clayville 1-1, Webb 1-1, Moncrief 1-2, Cranford 1-4, Payne 0-2). Rebounds–Radford 29 (J.Harris 8), St. Francis 28 (Parker 7). Assists–Radford 14 (Yamazaki, Moss, T.Harris 3), St. Francis 18 (Parker 5). Total Fouls–Radford 11, St. Francis 16. A–672 (3,500).

Cougars roll past Lions, 89-62

The Penn State Altoona men’s basketball team host ed non-conference opponent Chatham University on Sunday afternoon in the Adler Arena, where the visiting Cougars dealt the Lions an 89-62 loss.

Chatham (6-1) ran out to a 51-24 halftime lead, helped by a 58.1 percent field goal success rate and going 9-for-18 from 3-point range. Penn State Altoona (4-4) was able to reign in the Cougars’ offense during the second half, but the Lions could not dig out of their 27-point hole.

“Obviously, we were not ready to play this afternoon. It seems like we still had a little lag from the Thanksgiving holiday,” said Penn State Altoona coach David McGreal. “Now, our focus has to switch to what’s most important, and that’s conference play, starting with our first home conference game on Wednesday.”

Dwayne Jones scored 11 points for Penn State Altoona, Michael Baskerville had 10 points off the bench, and Kaden Claar (Portage) added nine points.

SFU falls on the road

PITTSBURGH — Yanessa Boyd led Saint Francis in scoring with a career-high 20 points, but the Red Flash fell to Duquesne, 85-71.

The sophomore went 8-for-12 from the field and 3-for-4 from 3-point range. She is the first player to record 20 points in a game for SFU this season.

The two teams went back-and-forth to start the game, with the score tied at 8 at the 7:34 mark. The Dukes proceeded to go on a 11-0 run to the 2:49 mark, and carried the momentum to holding a 24-16 lead after the first 10 minutes. Duquesne continued to pull away with a 26-13 second quarter to extend its lead to 50-29 at halftime.

Gabby Hutcherson led Duquesne with 22 points.

SAINT FRANCIS (71): Boyd 8-12 1-2 20, Lavy 5-9 0-0 15, Gibson 4-5 0-0 8, Plata 1-2 0-0 3, Artero 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 4-9 0-0 10, Shelton 3-12 1-2 9, Campbell 2-2 2-2 6, Robinson 0-4 0-0 0, Eke 0-1 0-0 0, Walker 0-3 0-0 0, Daffe 0-0 0-0 0. Totals — 27-60 4-6 71.

DUQUESNE (85): Hutcherson 10-12 1-4 22, M. McConnell 6-15 2-2 17, Kiaku 7-12 1-2 16, Matic 1-7 4-4 6, Browne 2-5 0-0 4, Blackford 4-9 0-0 10, Green 1-3 3-4 6, Ammons 1-3 0-0 3, Walker 0-2 1-2 1, Sane 0-2 0-0 0, K. McConnell 0-2 0-0 0. Totals — 32-72 12-18 85.

Saint Francis 16 13 25 17 — 71

Duquesne 24 26 20 15 — 85

3-point goals: Saint Francis 13-31 (Lavy 5-8, Boyd 3-4, Johnson 2-3, Shelton 2-10, Plata 1-1, Walker 0-2, Robinson 0-3); Duquesne 9-37 (M. McConnell 3-8, Blackford 2-6, Ammons 1-2, Green 1-3, Kiaku 1-3, Sane 0-1, K. McConnell 0-2, Walker 0-2, Browne 0-2, Matic 0-5). Assists: Saint Francis 21 (Plata 9); Duquesne 15 (M. McConnell 7). Rebounds: Saint Francis 36 (Gibson 7); Duquesne 39 (Hutcherson, M. McConnell, Matic 6 each).

Records: Saint Francis (1-8); Duquesne (4-2).

From Mirror reports