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Penn State men crushed at home UNIVERSITY PARK — Freshman Bryce McGowens poured in 25 points and Nebraska rolled to a 93-70 victory over Penn State on Sunday in Big Ten action. McGowens sank 8 of 13 shots from the floor with three first-half 3-pointers and made all six of his free throws for the Cornhuskers (8-21, Big Ten Conference 2-16), who snapped a four-game skid. He added six rebounds. Alonzo Verge Jr. pitched in with 15 points and five assists. McGowens hit three 3-pointers and had 13 points, Verge sank two 3s and had 12 and Derrick Walker scored all 10 of his points to ...

Lions’ soph keys win over ’Cats

The Associated Press UNIVERSITY PARK — Dallion Johnson made five 3-pointers for all 15 of his points, John Harrar had 11 points and a career-high 20 rebounds and Penn State beat Northwestern 67-60 on Friday night in Big Ten action. It was a defensive battle through the first 13 minutes as Northwestern led 48-43. Penn State then started making 3-pointers — five of them during a 17-2 run to take a 57-50 lead with 2:30 left. The Wildcats went five-plus minutes without a field goal during the run. Penn State, leading 61-57, turned it over in the backcourt with 36.2 seconds left. ...

Hoops du Jour

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 ...