Hoops Du Jour
Men: PSU at Michigan State
Tipoff: 7:30 p.m. Breslin Center, East Lansing, Mich.
Records: Penn State 12-5, Big Ten 2-4; Michigan State 14-2, Big Ten 5-0
TV: Big Ten Network
Radio: WRAX-FM 106.5
Satellite: Sirius XM Ch. 372
Notable: Michigan State is ranked 12th in the country. … Penn State lost to No. 13 Oregon by one point this past Sunday with leading scorer Ace Baldwin in street clothes on the bench. He was listed with a back injury, and it was unknown whether or not he would play tonight at Michigan State. … The Nittany Lions have lost three straight games, all Big Ten games. …Michigan State is 8-0 at home this year. The last time it lost to Penn State at home was in February of 2020. It leads the all-time series with Penn State, 45-10, including 26-2 at home. … Seven Spartans average in double figures, led by Jaden Akins; 14.1 ppg. … Freddie Dilione V scored 21 points for Penn State in the Oregon loss.
Mirror prediction: Michigan State 77, Penn State 64
Mirror prediction record: 13-4
— Scott Franco
Men: Pitt at Florida State
Tipoff: 9 p.m., Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee, Fla.
Records: Pittsburgh (12-4, 3-2 ACC); Florida State (11-5, 2-3 ACC)
TV: ESPNU (Ariya Massoudi and Perry Clark)
Notable: Pitt is coming off back-to-back losses to Duke and Louisville … Pitt’s Cameron Corhen, who averages 10.9 points and a team-high 5.8 rebounds per game, is a Florida State transfer who played in 60 career games for the Seminoles … Pitt is 12-0 when winning or tying the rebounding battle … FSU’s losses are to Florida, LSU, NC State, Louisville and Clemson. Its ACC wins are over Syracuse and Miami … Leonard Hamilton is in his 23rd season as the Seminoles’ coach … Redshirt senior 6-foot-7 guard Jamir Watkins (18.2 ppg.) and 6-11 junior Malique Ewin (13.8 ppg. and 7.6 rpg.) lead Florida State.
Mirror prediction: Pitt 80, Florida State 75
Mirror prediction record: 13-3
— Buck Frank
Women: Penn State at UCLA
Tipoff: 9:30 p.m., Walter Pyramid, Long Beach, Calif.
Records: Penn State (9-8, 0-6 in Big Ten); UCLA (16-0, 5-0 in Big Ten)
TV: Peacock
Internet: Penn State Sports Network on the Penn State app
Notable: UCLA is ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25. … The teams have not met since a Penn State win in 1983. … The Lady Lions will play the top team in the country for the first time since playing UConn on Nov. 7, 2013. … UCLA is No. 1 for the first time in school history after beating previous No. 1 South Carolina. … UCLA leads the all-time series 2-1. … Penn State is one of four Big Ten teams without a win going into Tuesday, the others being Purdue, Northwestern and Rutgers. … Alli Campbell is averaging a team-high 31.7 minutes per game.
Mirror prediction: UCLA 102, Penn State 66
Mirror prediction record: 16-1
— Michael Boytim
No. 19 Illinois roughs up Indiana
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Kylan Boswell scored 22 points, Kasparas Jakucionis added 21 and No. 19 Illinois opened a 28-point halftime lead in a 94-69 blowout of Indiana.


