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Plenty of fans on tap for lopsided Lions win

By Andy Stine astine@altoonamirror.com UNIVERSITY PARK — Wrestling on Monday evenings is popular for pro wrestling fans as WWE’s flagship “Monday Night Raw” has been running for more than three decades. But at a place like Penn State, Nittany Lion wrestling could be scheduled pretty much any time and there would be a packed house. Even though it wasn’t on a traditional Friday night or Sunday afternoon, the annual Bryce Jordan Center dual meet still drew a large crowd of 12,049 to see the Nittany Lions’ 35-3 dismantling of Rutgers. “I have an exam on Thursday. ...

Iowa’s offense gets the better of PSU

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Hannah Stuelke scored a career-high 47 points, and Caitlin Clark had 27 points as No. 2 Iowa defeated Penn State 111-93 on Thursday night Clark now has 3,489 career points, moving within 38 points of NCAA women’s basketball career scoring leader Kelsey Plum. Clark, who ...

Lions make it 3 straight in home ‘W’

The Associated Press UNIVERSITY PARK — Ace Baldwin Jr. scored 13 of Penn State’s final 18 points and finished with 22 in an 89-79 victory over Iowa on Thursday night for the Nittany Lions’ third straight win. Baldwin hit a 3-pointer to give Penn State (12-11, 6-6 Big Ten) its final lead. Qudus Wahab followed with a bucket then Baldwin scored the next eight points, capping his run with a 3-pointer for an 11-point lead — the largest of the game — with 43 seconds remaining. Baldwin scored 18 second-half points and finished with three 3-pointers and six assists. He was 9 for ...

PSU streak ends at 6

From Mirror reports UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State women’s basketball team dropped an 80-75 decision to Michigan on Saturday at the Bryce Jordan Center. The Lady Lions welcomed a season-high crowd of 4,745 to the BJC and celebrated the 18th annual Pink Zone game, honoring survivors of breast cancer with a ceremony at halftime. After winning each of its last six Big Ten Conference contests, the Lady Lions suffered their first setback in league play since Jan. 10. Penn State fell to 16-6 overall and 7-4 in the Big Ten. Michigan improved to 15-8 and 6-5. PSU graduate guard Ashley ...

Lions overcome slow start in win

From Mirror, wire reports PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Ace Baldwin Jr. scored 15 points, D’Marco Dunn added 14 and Penn State defeated Rutgers 61-46 on Wednesday night. Baldwin added seven assists and five steals for the Nittany Lions (10-11, 4-6 Big Ten). Dunn had seven rebounds and three steals. Qudus Wahab had nine points and 11 rebounds. Penn State shot 38.5% for the game. Gavin Griffiths had 11 points and Jamichael Davis 10 for Rutgers (10-10, 2-7). The Scarlet Knights shot 34%, made 1 of 17 3-pointers and had 20 turnovers. Penn State led 44-35 near the 9-minute mark of the second ...

Lady Lions win sixth straight game

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Penn State women’s basketball team rolled to its sixth-straight Big Ten Conference win with an 80-64 victory over the Minnesota Golden Gophers Wednesday night. Shay Ciezki finished with a game-high 18 points while Ashley Owusu booked her first double-double since arriving in Happy Valley, finishing with 17 points and 11 rebounds. The Lady Lions improved to 16-5 overall and 7-3 in the Big Ten. It’s their best start to a campaign since the 2013-14 squad got out to a 17-4 opening with an 8-2 mark through 10 league contests. The Lady Lions improve ...