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Pickett, Sessoms pace Nittany Lions past Wagner

UNIVERSITY PARK — Jalen Pickett scored 16 points with four assists, and Sam Sessoms made three 3-pointers, also scoring 16 points, as Penn State broke away from Wagner, 74-54, with a big second half on Wednesday night. Six players scored at least eight points for the Nittany Lions (5-4), who broke a two-game losing streak. Though 11 players scored for Wagner (3-2) only Alex Morales reached double figures with a season-low 11. John Harrar finished with 12 points and seven rebounds for Penn State, Seth Lundy added 10 points, six rebounds and three steals. Wagner fought into four ...

Hoosiers crush Lady Lions

The Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Nicole Cardano-Hillary’s 14 points, seven rebounds, five assists and five steals led No. 10 Indiana to a 70-40 victory over Penn State in its opening Big Ten game on Monday night. It was the fewest points Indiana has given up in a Big Ten game since allowing 39 to Wisconsin on March 4, 2004. Mackenzie Holmes scored 16 points and Ali Patberg added 15 for the Hoosiers (6-2), who shot over 50% from the field and were 6 for 14 from 3-point range, while the Lady Lions shot 33.9% from the field and made just two of 16 3-point attempts. ...

First-half hole too much for Penn State

From Mirror, wire reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Kyle Young scored 16 points, E.J. Liddell added 14 points and Ohio State beat Penn State 76-64 on Sunday night in a Big Ten opener for both teams. Ohio State made seven 3-pointers in the opening 10 minutes of the game. Six different Buckeyes made a 3 during the spree for a 27-19 lead, and Ohio State led 41-30 at halftime after going 7 of 16 from distance. Ohio State led by double figures for the opening 15 minutes of the second half. Penn State got as close as six points until Justin Ahrens sank a 3-pointer from the corner for a 70-61 ...

Penn State survives flu,Lehigh

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com UNIVERSITY PARK – When Penn State’s Creighton Edsell escaped in the second period at 165 against Lehigh’s Brian Meyer, someone in Rec Hall sarcastically yelled “Review that.” That’s because there were four video reviews in the first five bouts, including three in PSU unknown Tony Negron’s wild and controversial 5-4 loss to Josh Humphreys at 157. Edsell hung on to beat Meyer, a returning NCAA qualifier, 2-1. Two bouts later, Donovon Ball, a replacement for ill NCAA champion Aaron Brooks, defeated AJ Burkhart, 5-3, at 184. Both ...

Nittany Lions struggle from the field in loss

The Associated Press UNIVERSITY PARK — Sam Waardenburg scored 14 points and Kameron McGusty, Charlie Moore and Isaiah Wong each scored 12 and Miami beat Penn State 63-58 in a Big Ten/ACC Challenge game Wednesday night. Jaheam Cornwall made two foul shots to reduce Penn State’s deficit to 60-58 with 1:31 remaining. However, that was as close as the Nittany Lions would get. McGusty missed a 3-pointer on Miami’s next possession, but Jordan Miller secured the offensive rebound and McGusty followed the miss with a made 3 to seal it with 38 seconds left. Penn State used a 15-2 ...

Dotson climbs WR chart

Jahan Dotson caught eight passes for 137 yards and two touchdowns in the Lions’ 30-27 loss at Michigan State. He now has 25 career touchdowns, tying him with Kenny Jackson for second on the Lions’ all-time list behind Bobby Engram’s 31. His 91 catches this season trail Allen Robinson’s single-season mark of 97 set in 2013. Dotson moved into second place on Penn State’s single-season receiving yards list passing with 1,182. The senior has 183 career receptions and passed Robinson and Deon Butler (2005-08) to move into second all-time at Penn State behind DaeSean ...