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Balanced offense sparks Lady Lions

From Mirror reports QUEENS, N.Y. — The Penn State women’s basketball team improved to 4-0 Thursday night with a 69-53 comeback win at St. John’s. A combination of three Lady Lions in double figures, including Ali Brigham’s 14 points, six rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals, produced a second-half offensive resurgence. Makenna Marisa cracked two-digit scoring for the fourth consecutive game, scoring 15 points with 13 of them coming in the second half. Chanaya Pinto rounded out the trio of PSU players with her 12 points. The second half proved to be ...

JC women end PSU Altoona’s season

HUNTINGDON — The Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball team, making its third-ever NCAA postseason appearance in program history Thursday night, lost to No. 1 seed Juniata College in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament regional at Memorial Gymnasium. Juniata (30-0) posted a sweep to advance to the next round, winning in three sets 25-10, 25-13, and 25-19. Penn State Altoona (16-11) is eliminated from the postseason with its loss. Lacee Barnhart had a team-high seven kills for Penn State Altoona, and she also finished with 10 digs. Lia Simanski added six kills ...

Fast start sparks Nittany Lions past Flash

By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State scored the first seven points in the game and never looked back as the Nittany Lions took down Saint Francis, 83-53, Tuesday night at the Bryce Jordan Center. It was the third straight win for Penn State which outscored the Red Flash, 46-18, in the first half of play. The Nittany Lions were able to find the scoreboard early and often as nine players found the scoreboard before the break. “Everywhere I’ve been I’ve always talked about let’s build an army,” Penn State coach Mike Rhoades said. “Let’s flat ...

Franklin: ‘Tough decision’ on OC had to be made

Following are the highlights of James Franklin’s Monday press conference: Saturday’s game: vs. Rutgers (noon, FS1) Records: Penn State is 8-2 following last week’s 24-15 loss to Michigan. Rutgers is 6-4 overall and 3-4 in the Big Ten after last week’s 22-0 loss at Iowa. Odds: Penn State is a 17.5-point favorite. Rankings: Penn State is ranked No. 12 by the Associated Press. Yurcich fallout As expected, the vast majority of questions centered around Franklin’s firing of offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich on Sunday. He called ...

Frustration continues vs the big boys

UNIVERSITY PARK ­— This was an eerily-similar rerun of the Ohio State game. The Nittany Lions mustered almost nothing offensively against the Buckeyes, and that was exactly the case on an otherwise glorious football Saturday as they lost to Michigan, 24-15, at Beaver Stadium. So Penn ...

Nittany Lions look strong in opener

From Mirror reports BETHLEHEM — The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team opened its season at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic with 20 Nittany Lions competing in the event held at Freedom High School. Penn State had 11 competitors go unbeaten, won 75 percent of its matches and went 45-15 on the day with 10 pins, 11 technical falls and nine majors. True freshman Braeden Davis went 3-0 at 125. He opened up his tournament with two tech falls and then a major. Teammate Gary Steen went 2-1, picking up two tech falls of his own. Senior Beau Bartlett, ranked No. 2 at 141, rolled to a ...