UNIVERSITY PARK — Josh Reed scored, a season-high 17 points for Penn State in a 96-87 win over Boston University on Tuesday night. Reed shot 5 of 6 from the field and was perfect on six attempts from the free-throw line and grabbed eight rebounds. All four starters for the Nittany Lions ...
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Penn State wrestling team dominated at the Black Knight Invitational on Sunday as coach Cael Sanderson’s squad notched nine individual champions and had six runners-up in the event. Penn State sent 20 wrestlers into competition and 19 placed (with the other bowing out with an injury). True freshman Nate Desmond won the title at 125. He went 3-0, plus picked up a victory over teammate No. 1 Luke Lilledahl in the finals, winning 5-3. Lilledahl went 2-0 with two tech falls. True freshman Marcus Blaze, ranked No. 14 at 133, won the title as well. Blaze went ...
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — It was a one-point game with under four minutes to play, but Providence pulled away in the final minutes to hand the Penn State men’s basketball team its first loss of the season, 77-65, Saturday afternoon at the Hall of Fame Showcase inside Mohegan Sun Arena. The Nittany Lions fell to 5-1 while Providence improved to 4-2. Freddie Dilione V tallied a career-high 22 points to lead Penn State. Dilione V, a native of Fayetteville, North Carolina, finished the game shooting 8-for-18 from the field and drilled four of his eight attempts from 3-point range to ...
James Franklin got his first taste of Virginia Tech’s “Enter Sandman” tradition on Wednesday as he walked into Cassell Coliseum for his introductory press conference. It’s something the 53-year-old Franklin is eager to experience as the Hokies’ football coach. “I can’t wait. ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State men’s basketball team made big plays down the stretch to close out an 84-80 win over Harvard and move to 5-0 on the season Wednesday night inside the Bryce Jordan Center. The game saw 11 lead changes and eight tie scores, with neither team holding more ...
Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball had two student-athletes voted to the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference team by league officials this week. Lions junior outside hitter Lia Simanski was a first-team All-AMCC selection, and sophomore outside hitter Hannah Swank was voted to the third team of the all-conference list. Simanski played in 27 matches for Penn State Altoona during her junior season and finished among the top players in the conference in several statistical categories. In the AMCC, she ranks eighth in points per set (3.4) and kills per set (3.1), ninth in ...
