UNIVERSITY PARK — Jalen Pickett scored a season-high 41 points, the first Penn State player with 40-plus points since 1961, and the Nittany Lions beat Illinois, 93-81, on Tuesday night to end a four-game losing streak. It was the most points scored by a Penn State player in Big Ten play ...
From Mirror, wire reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Chucky Hepburn scored 19 points and Connor Essegian added 18, the two combining for nine of Wisconsin’s 11 3-pointers in a 79-74 overtime victory over Penn State on Wednesday night. After a layup by Max Klesmit gave Wisconsin a 76-72 lead with 44 seconds remaining in overtime, Penn State’s Camren Wynter missed a 3-pointer and the Badgers closed out the victory at the free-throw line. “We played real hard. We didn’t always play smart and that is what got us,” Penn State coach Micah Shrewsberry said. “We are playing with a ...
LINCOLN, Neb. — Keisei Tominaga scored a career-high 30 points, Jamarques Lawrence scored five key points down the stretch, and Nebraska defeated Penn State, 72-63, on Sunday, giving Cornhuskers coach Fred Hoiberg his 150th career victory. The win moves Nebraska (11-13, 4-9 Big Ten) past ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Lisa Bluder loves pretty basketball and Iowa’s coach got her fill of highlights on Sunday. The No. 6 Hawkeyes — decked out in pink uniforms with white lettering — transitioned with ease, deftly set each other up for basket after basket and made stop after stop to ...
From Mirror reports COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Penn State wrestling team improved to 5-0 in the Big Ten and 12-0 overall Friday night, thanks to a convincing 29-9 victory at Ohio State. The Nittany Lions won eight of the 10 contested bouts and gave up only three takedowns along the way. Ohio State, 11-2 overall and 5-1 in the Big Ten, won the first bout of the night at 125 before the Nittany Lions won the next two bouts. Roman Bravo-Young dominated No. 9 Jesse Mendez in the next bout. Bravo-Young tallied three takedowns and built up 1:04 in riding time to roll to an 8-2 win, cutting ...
By Kevin Petrochko For the Mirror A 22-point performance coming out of halftime helped the Penn State Altoona women’s basketball team to a 61-44 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference win over Mount Aloysius Wednesday night at the Adler Arena. After a rather evenly-matched first half, the Lions lit it up from the charity stripe, hitting on nine of 10 in the third quarter and 13 of 14 in the fourth. PSU Altoona coach Halee Adams was pleased with her team’s third-quarter display overall. “I feel good about it,” Adams said. “I think it’s something we need to ...
