By Travis Johnson The Associated Press UNIVERSITY PARK — Of all the teammates and opponents Penn State safety Ji’Ayir Brown has lined up with and against over the years, none has caught his eye quite like Abdul Carter. The more Carter plays, the more Brown’s initial impression is ...
From Mirror reports UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State men’s basketball team earned a hard-fought 68-62 win over Butler in the Gavitt Tipoff Games to move to 3-0 on the season Monday night at the Bryce Jordan Center. Senior guard Jalen Pickett recorded just the second triple-double in Penn State history, finishing with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists. It marks the first triple-double for a Nittany Lion since all-time great Calvin Booth had 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 blocks in the NIT at Dayton on March 16, 1998. Penn State’s defense set the tone for the victory as ...
By Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com UNIVERSITY PARK -— Following are the highlights and lowlights from Penn State’s 30-0 victory over Maryland on Saturday at Beaver Stadium: Play of the game: On fourth-and-1, Nick Singleton exploded through a hole, shed a couple tacklers and raced 27 yards for a touchdown that upped the Nits’ lead to 21-0 with 7:46 left in the second quarter. Offensive player of the game: Singleton rushed for 122 yards on 11 carries and two touchdowns. Defensive player of the game: Freshman linebacker Abdul Carter led the Lions with seven tackles, ...
UNIVERSITY PARK – This was a mismatch. Penn State dominated Maryland from the start and cruised to a 30-0 victory before 108,796 on a rainy Saturday at Beaver Stadium. Freshman running back Nick Singleton led the Lions’ offense by rushing 122 yards on 11 carries and touchdown runs of 45 and 27 yards. The Lions scored on their first series with Sean Clifford hitting tight end Brenton Strange for a 3-yard score. For the game, Clifford completed 12-of-23 passes for 139 yards and a touchdown. He broke Trace McSorley’s career record for passing yards of 9,899. (McSorley ...
By Andy Elder For the Mirror UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State redshirt freshmen Shayne Van Ness and Alex Facundo sat at the head table in the Rec Hall Media Room answering questions Friday night like seasoned veterans instead of the first-year wrestlers that they are. That wasn’t the only place those two looked experienced. Van Ness, ranked No. 27, racked up a fall in his collegiate debut at 149 pounds and Facundo, ranked No. 23, followed two weights later with a technical fall to help fuel the No. 1 Nittany Lions’ season-opening 44-3 win over Lock Haven in front of a sell-out ...
From Mirror reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Bellwood-Antis graduate Alli Campbell scored her first points as a Lady Lion Friday night in Penn State’s 77-49 victory over Fairfield at the Bryce Jordan Center. Campbell, who took only two shots and didn’t score in Penn State’s opening 67-61 ...
