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Disastrous first half leads to Nittany Lion loss

From Mirror, wire reports EAST LANSING, Mich. — Malik Hall matched his career high with 24 points and Mady Sissoko matched his career best with 12 rebounds as Michigan State routed Penn State, 92-61, on Thursday night. Michigan State picked up its fourth straight win and its first Big Ten Conference victory after falling to No. 23 Wisconsin and Nebraska in December. The Spartans, who improved to 9-5 overall and 1-2 in the Big Ten, led by 15 at the break and pushed it to a 27-point lead after Hall hit a jumper with 13:15 left to make it 69-42. The Nittany Lions rallied and cut ...

College wrestling

Penn State at Oregon State Records: Penn State (2-0 overall, 0-0 Big Ten); Oregon State (4-1 overall, 1-0 PAC-12) Start: 8 p.m., Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, OR TV: PAC-12 Oregon Internet: www.gopsusports.com Notable: Oregon State is probably Penn State’s toughest dual meet yet, but their toughest work is still in front of them. The Beavers come into Friday night with nine of their 10 weight classes filled with ranked wrestlers. The highest is 184-pounder Trey Munoz. … The Beavers made the trip to State College last season with the Nittany Lions winning the dual meet, 31-3. ...

Lady Lions make Big Ten history with easy victory

UNIVERSITY PARK — In its largest Big Ten Conference victory since 2013, the Penn State women’s basketball team utilized swarming defense and placed four players in double figures in a 95-55 win over the Northwestern Tuesday night inside the Jordan Center. Penn State’s 40-point margin of victory against a Big Ten opponent was the largest at PSU since an 84-40 win over Wisconsin on Jan. 17, 2013, at home. The Lady Lions are 10-4 overall and 1-2 against Big Ten competitors this season. Northwestern dropped to 6-8 and 1-2 in in the league. Penn State’s relentless ...

PSU highs & lows

ATLANTA — Following are the highlights and lowlights from Penn State’s 38-25 loss to Mississippi on Saturday at the Peach Bowl in Mercedes-Benz Stadium: Play of the game: On third-and-9 from the PSU 14, leading 23-17, Mississippi caught the Nittany Lions in a blitz, and Jaxson Hart found ...

Coach Kiffin owns up to fake tweet

ATLANTA — A pre-game message on social media created some controversy involving Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin. The tweet surfaced Friday and originated from a “WeAre_PennSt” account that was created in December and had 62 followers. It quoted Penn State linebacker Kobe King as saying “Ole Miss will wish they never had to play us after we do what we came here to do … We’ll embarrass them on the field.” The account was clearly not representing King, who hadn’t met the media since November, and listed Penn State as a seven-time national champion and five-time Big Ten ...

Mississippi overpowers defenseless, outmanned Lions, 38-25

ATLANTA -- Penn State hasn’t had many players opt-out of bowl games since the national trend began 10 years ago. But that caught up with Nittany Lions on Saturday afternoon at the Peach Bowl. The Lions were down four key starters – including both their top cornerbacks – via opt-outs, ...