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Men: Purdue Ft. Wayne at Pitt Tipoff: 7 p.m., Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh Records: Purdue Fort Wayne (11-1, 2-0 Horizon); Pittsburgh (8-3, 0-1 ACC) TV: ACC Network Extra (Jason Earle and Julius Page) Notable: Pitt’s Blake Hinson has made three or more 3-pointers in each of the last 10 games … Pitt coach Jeff Capel benched Federiko Federiko and Zack Austin last game and started Guillermo Diaz Graham and Will Jeffress … Purdue Fort Wayne was picked eighth out of 11 teams in the Horizon League preseason poll … The Mastodons’ only loss was to San Francisco … Jon ...

PSU erases 18-point deficit to beat OSU

From Mirror, wire reports UNIVERSITY PARK — If you left after halftime, or tuned out the game early in the second half on your television or radio, you missed it. Ace Baldwin Jr.’s 3-pointer with 32 seconds remaining cappped a rally from an 18-point second-half deficit and Penn State ...

Bonus points plus newcomers equals another Penn State win

By Andy Stine astine@altoonamirror.com UNIVERSITY PARK — There was one last dual meet before a long holiday break on Sunday afternoon for the Penn State wrestling team. The Nittany Lions turned in a solid effort against Hofstra, scoring bonus points in every bout they won in a 43-10 victory over the Pride in front of 6,589 fans at Rec Hall. PSU had four pins, three technical falls, and a major decision, and that was with four more wrestlers making their Rec Hall debut. The Lions had five compete for the first time in Rec Hall last Sunday in the 30-10 win over Lehigh. “It was ...

Lady Lions put up fight in loss to OSU

The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jacy Sheldon scored 31 points, Cotie McMahon had 27 and Celeste Taylor had a double-double as No. 12 Ohio State pulled away from No. 25 Penn State in overtime for a 94-84 win in their Big Ten Conference opener on Sunday. The Nittany Lions were held to four points in the extra session, shooting 1 for 7 with three turnovers. They also lost leading scorer Makenna Marisa, who suffered a leg injury with 1:51 to go and was carried into the locker room. Sheldon had nine in overtime, combining with McMahon for the first nine points, before Shay ...

College wrestling

Hofstra at Penn State SUNDAY Start: 1 p.m., Rec Hall, University Park Records: Hofstra 0-1 (0-0 EIWA); Penn State 1-0 (0-0 Big Ten) TV: Big Ten Plus Internet: www.gopsusports.com Notable: Things got just a little tougher for the No. 1-ranked Nittany Lions this week as coach Cael Sanderson announced 149-pounder Shayne Van Ness will miss the rest of the season with an undisclosed injury. Van Ness was ranked second by FloWrestling. Tyler Kasak will be the likely starter going forward at 149. … Like Penn State, Hofstra has just one dual meet under their belts, a 51-0 loss to ...

Penn State drops 5th straight

The Associated press COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Jahmir Young scored 28 points, Julian Reese bulled his way to 24 points plus 15 rebounds and Maryland beat Penn State 81-75 in overtime. Young was 7-of-19 shooting and made all 12 of his free throws in coming up two points shy of his career high. Reese was 7-of-11 shooting in tying his career-high point total, was a rebound short of tying his best and made 10 of 15 free throws while collecting his fifth double-double of the season. Jamie Kaiser Jr. added 10 points and Donta Scott grabbed 10 rebounds for Maryland (5-4, 1-1 Big Ten), which ...