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Big second half propels Lady Lions

From Mirror, wire reports PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Driven by a 24-point, 18-rebound night from redshirt sophomore center Gracie Merkle, the Penn State women’s basketball team caught fire in the second half in a 68-51 victory over Providence Wednesday night. The Lady Lions ended a two-game losing skid, improving to 9-2 overall. Penn State extended its lead over the Friars following the eighth all-time matchup at 8-0. The Friars fell to 6-6. The Lady Lions outrebounded the Friars by a 44-29 differential and nearly doubled Providence up on the offensive boards, winning the offensive ...

Poor play in 1st half sinks Lions

From Mirror, wire reports PISCATAWAY, N.J.­ — The Penn State men’s basketball team trimmed a 17-point second-half deficit down to two in the final minutes, but fell just short as Rutgers handed Penn State an 80-76 loss Tuesday night at Jersey Mike’s Arena. The Nittany Lions were coming off an upset win at home over Purdue from last week, while Rutgers came into the game 1-4 in its last five games. Zach Hicks led Penn State with 20 points behind six 3-pointers. Freddie Dilione V followed with 14 points, while Nick Kern Jr. tallied 10 points. Ace Baldwin was held to just eight ...

AP recognizes Lions’ Carter as top defender

By Eric Olson The Associated Press Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel is The Associated Press Big Ten offensive player of the year, Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter is defensive player of the year and Indiana’s Curt Cignetti is coach of the year. Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson and Penn State tight end Tyler Warren were unanimous first-team selections Tuesday by the voting panel of 21 media members who cover the conference. The first team includes five players from Iowa, four from Ohio State and three each from conference champion Oregon and Indiana. Repeat first-team ...

Penn State draws SMU in first round of College Football Playoffs

By Andy Stine astine@altoonamirror.com Penn State will host its first ever College Football Playoff game against Southern Methodist University on Dec. 21 at noon to kick off its playoff journey. SMU, which fell to Clemson in Saturday night's ACC championship, went 11-2 this season. The winner of the game will face No. 3 Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl on New Year's Eve at 7:30 p.m. Oregon drew the No. 1 seed and will play in the Rose Bowl against the winner of No. 8 Ohio State and No. 9 Tennessee. No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 Boise State, and No. 4 Arizona State also secured first round ...

Lions’ Franklin looks to fill empty trophy case

INDIANAPOLIS — The empty trophy case that stares back at the players in the Penn State team meeting room says as much about the program as it does about its coach. James Franklin was in on the decision to place it there. With one exception in 2016, there hasn’t been much to put in it ...

College wrestling

Penn State at Lehigh SUNDAY Start: 2 p.m., PPL Center, Allentown, Pa. Records: Penn State (1-0 overall, 0-0 Big Ten); Lehigh (1-1, 1-0 EIWA) TV: FloWrestling Radio: LionVision via gopsusports.com Notable: The dual meet will actually be held at a neutral site at the PPL Center, just six miles away from the Lehigh campus. … The Mountain Hawks come into Sunday ranked 14th in the nation. They have a win over Morgan State (37-7) and a loss to Pitt (21-12). … Lehigh has six wrestlers ranked by InterMat, including former Nittany Lion Michael Beard, who is sixth at 197 pounds. ...