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Lions take part in new NBA season

UNIVERSITY PARK – Three Penn State men’s basketball alumni will represent the Nittany Lions as the 2025-26 NBA season tips off this week. Yanic Konan Niederhauser (Los Angeles Clippers) and Jalen Pickett ‘23 (Denver Nuggets) are both on NBA rosters, while Andrew Jones ’11, M’15 begins his second season as the head coach of the Toronto Raptors’ G League affiliate, Raptors 905. Yanic Konan Niederhauser – Los Angeles Clippers Konan Niederhauser begins his rookie season in the league after becoming the first Nittany Lion in program history to be selected in the first ...

Nittany Lion wrestlers head to U23 World Championships

UNIVERSITY PARK – Seven Penn State Wrestlers will take part in the United World Wrestling U23 World Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia, beginning on Friday, Oct. 24, and running through Monday, Oct. 27. The United States U23 World Team features ten wrestlers, seven of whom are current Nittany Lions. The U23 World Championships officially begin on Monday, Oct. 20, with Greco Roman competition, continue midweek with women’s freestyle wrestling and conclude with men’s freestyle starting on Friday, Oct. 24. Two-time All-American and 2025 NCAA Champion Mitchell Mesenbrink and ...

Lions can’t finish off their solid effort

In his first game as Penn State’s interim coach, Terry Smith came here not certain if the Nittany Lions would win but certain they would give a maximum effort that was clearly absent during the last three games of James Franklin’s tenure. And Smith was right. Despite a painful 25-24 loss Saturday night that in some ways represented a snapshot of this wrecked season – a porous defense when it mattered most and questionable key offensive calls, even without Franklin – the Lions played harder than they have all year. In the visiting media room underneath Kinnick Stadium, in ...

Nittany Lions head to Dayton for charity exhibition

DAYTON, Ohio – The 2025-26 Penn State men’s basketball season gets an early start Sunday when the Nittany Lions travel to Dayton for a charity exhibition game in support of adolescent and young adult mental health and suicide prevention. Tipoff from UD Arena is slated for 2 p.m., with the game airing on FanDuel Ohio and streaming live on ESPN+. FOLLOW ALONG TV: FanDuel Ohio VIDEO STREAM: ESPN+ LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast GAME NOTES: Penn State Notes BIGGER THAN BASKETBALL Penn State and Dayton team up for a great cause Sunday when the Nittany Lions and Flyers meet in a ...

Janecke, Lions swat Mercyhurst, 3-0

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Tessa Janecke’s goal to start the second period pushed the No. 6 Nittany Lions to a 3-0 shutout win over No. 15 Mercyhurst on Friday evening at Pegula Ice Arena. HOW IT HAPPENED At the opening faceoff of the second period, Mikah Keller won it back to Kendall Butze who gained the zone and found Tessa Janecke going to the net and she tapped in the cross ice pass. Seven minutes into the third period, McKenna Walsh found Katelyn Roberts on the left offensive dot and she picked her corner to make it 2-0. With just under three minutes to go, McKenna Walsh found ...

PSU field hockey downs Iowa in double OT

UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State Nittany Lion field hockey team (6-7, 2-4 B1G) notched a thrilling 1-0 double overtime win over No. 11 Iowa (8-4, 1-3 B1G) in Big Ten action on Friday. True freshman Olivia Marthins scored unassisted midway through the second extra period to lift Penn State to victory. Iowa worked the ball down into the Nittany Lion circle in the opening minute, but the Penn State defense held. Ella Jennes forced a turnover at 11:30 to push action into the Iowa circle for the first time. Natalie Freeman tipped a Morgan Snyder pass at the Hawkeye cage, but Iowa ...