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Men: Northwestern at PSU Tipoff: 7 p.m., Jordan Center, University Park Records: Northwestern (13-13, Big Ten 6-11); Penn State (11-13, Big Ten 6-10) TV: Fox Sports 1 Radio: TOONA 1430-AM & 99.7-FM Notable: The Nittany Lions have the top defense in the Big Ten at the moment, giving up only 64.8 ppg. ... Penn State beat Northwestern on the road earlier this season. ... The Nittany Lions are coming off a loss at Maryland, while Northwestern is coming off a 12-point win over Nebraska, which ended a three-game losing streak for the Wildcats. ... Northwestern is led offensively by ...

PSU finishes 17-0

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State wrestling team closed out the regular-season with a 17-0 mark with a 45-0 rout of Rider on Sunday. The top-ranked Nittany Lions will now get ready for the Big Ten Championships on March 5-6 in Lincoln, Neb.. 157—Brady Berge PSU maj. dec. Cole McComas RID, 14-4. 165—Creighton Edsell PSU dec. Michael Wilson RID, 7-6. 174—Carter Starocci PSU maj. dec. Shane Reitsma RID, 22-9. 184—Donovon Ball PSU maj. dec. Corey Connolly RID, 12-3. 197—Max Dean PSU pinned Azeem Bell RID, WBF (0:54). 285—Greg Kerkvliet PSU pinned David Szuba RID, WBF ...

Lions avenge recent loss to Golden Gophers

From Mirror, wire reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Jalen Pickett scored 20 points, John Harrar had 10 points and 10 rebounds, and Penn State beat Minnesota, 67-46, in Big Ten action on Thursday in the second meeting in five days. It was Penn State’s largest win over Minnesota in program history. Less than a week ago, Penn State lost, 76-70, at Minnesota. “I told our guys our game plan was good,” Penn State coach Micah Shrewsberry said when asked about the differences in the two games. “Now we need to do it harder, and we need to do it better. Our game plan didn’t change ...

Strong fourth lifts Lady Lions to win

From Mirror reports UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State women’s basketball team got key contributions from multiple players in the fourth quarter Thursday night that led to an 83-76 Big Ten win over Nebraska at the Bryce Jordan Center. Penn State (10-15, Big Ten 4-11) ignited a 15-0 run to erase a 13-point deficit and take its first lead of the fourth quarter with six minutes left, and closed out the victory. Nebraska fell to 19-7 overall and 8-7 in conference. Makenna Marisa paced Penn State with 22 points, six rebounds and eight assists. Kelly Jekot hit four three-pointers as ...

Foul shots seal it for Penn State

By Travis Johnson The Associated Press UNIVERSITY PARK — Micah Shrewsberry was a bit starstruck before Penn State’s game against Michigan State. As the first-year Penn State coach watched the pregame shootaround, he couldn’t take his eyes off counterpart Tom Izzo at the other end ...

Penn State women beaten at Rutgers

PISCATAWAY, N.J. —Despite a career day by Leilani Kapinus, the Penn State women’s basketball team fell, 71-62, at Rutgers on Sunday afternoon. Kapinus recorded 23 points and 12 rebounds for her first career double-double. Penn State is now 9-15 overall and 3-11 in Big Ten play, while Rutgers is 8-17 overall and 1-12 in conference. Kapinus added five steals to go with PSU’s first double-double by a freshman since Lauren Ebo had 12 points and 12 rebounds against Nebraska on March 2, 2018. Kapinus registered her second game this season with five steals. Makenna Marisa tallied 15 ...