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Big weekend awaits IU

By Steve Megargee The Associated Press Indiana can clinch its first season with double-digit wins in school history Saturday when the unbeaten and eighth-ranked Hoosiers host defending national champion Michigan as the highest-profile game in this week’s Big Ten schedule. Another intriguing Big Ten matchup has No. 6 Penn State seeking to bounce back from its loss to No. 3 Ohio State when it hosts Washington. Penn State seems to have a clear path into the 12-team College Football Playoff field if it wins the rest of its regular-season games. Things to watch this week in the Big ...

Lady Lions have too much offense

From Mirror, wire reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Powered by a 20-point performance from redshirt sophomore Gracie Merkle and the first collegiate double-double from freshman forward Cam Rust, the Penn State Lady Lion basketball team rolled to an 89-57 victory over the Canisius Thursday night at the Bryce Jordan Center. Penn State picked up its second win of the season and improved to 2-0 for the fifth season in a row. The Lady Lions came away with a win in the first all-time meeting between Penn State and Canisius. Canisius fell to 0-2. Merkle finished shooting 9-for-13 from the floor ...

Ducks get top billing in first CFP bracket

The Associated Press Undefeated Oregon got top billing Tuesday in the first set of rankings on the road to college football’s new 12-team playoff. A 13-member selection committee released its first top-25 list, and saw what most of the country has seen this year -- that with a 9-0 record, five wins in the Big Ten by three touchdowns or more, and a key victory over Ohio State, coach Dan Lanning’s Ducks are the best in the country. Ohio State, Georgia and Miami were ranked 2, 3 and 4, respectively, in the first of six weekly polls the committee will release, culminating with the ...

Questions about loss to Ohio State linger

UNIVERSITY PARK — Following are the highlights of James Franklin’s Monday press conference: Saturday’s game: vs. Washington (8 p.m., Peacock. Note: Peacock requires a paid subscription.) Records: Penn State (7-1 overall, 4-1 in Big Ten), Washington (5-4 overall, 3-3 in Big Ten). Odds: Penn State is a 13.5-point favorite. Rankings: Penn State is ranked No. 6 by the Associated Press. Washington is not ranked. Series: PSU leads, 3-0, having beaten the Huskies in the 1983 Aloha Bowl and the 2017 Fiesta. The aftermath Not surprisingly, almost the entire press conference was ...

Hoops Du Jour

Men: Binghamton at PSU Tipoff: 7:30 p.m., Bryce Jordan Center, University Park Records: Binghamton (0-0); Penn State (0-0) TV: Big Ten-Plus Radio: WRKY-FM 104.9 Notable: Binghamton’s top three offensive weapons going into the 2024-25 season are Chris Walker, Nehemiah Benson and Ben Callahan-Gold. The Bearcats, a Division I program that competes in the American East Conference, went 15-15 last season. … The five veterans returning for the Nittany Lions include all-everything guard Ace Baldwin, the only active D-I player this season who has 1,000-plus career points and ...

Lions, Buckeyes look for validation

By Will Graves The Associated Press Will Howard has a score to settle. The Ohio State quarterback is hardly the only one. Howard grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs waiting for Penn State coach James Franklin to recruit him. Only the Nittany Lions never offered him a scholarship. Four years ...