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Penn State wins season opener 76-68

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State men’s basketball team spent the final 3:28 on a 16-2 run, including 11 unanswered points in the final two minutes, to earn a gritty 76-68 season-opening victory over Fairfield Monday night inside the Bryce Jordan Center. The back-and-forth battle saw 13 lead changes and 12 tied scores. The Stags owned a 66-60 lead with 3:45 to play, but Penn State battled back to close the game on a 16-2 run, which included the game’s final 11 points. PSU’s dominance in transition made the difference in the season opener, with the Blue & White ...

Hoosiers topple PSU, 3-0

UNIVERSITY PARK - Penn State women’s volleyball suffered a rare defeat to No. 24 Indiana 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-23) in a Big Ten match Sunday at Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions fell to 13-9 overall and 7-5 in the conference, while the Hoosiers moved to 18-4, 9-3. Kennedy Martin continued her impressive season in the loss, recording her third-straight double-double and seventh of the season. She collected 14 kills to go with her 13 digs. Emmi Sellman had the next most on the team with six kills as the Nittany Lions couldn’t find their groove offensively. Avry Tatum and Jaidyn Jager ...

Lions’ task has never been greater

It’s difficult to remember a more challenging situation than the one facing the Nittany Lions today. They’re in Columbus, where they’ve won twice since 1978 – in 2008 when Mark Rubin punched the ball loose from Terrelle Pryor and in 2011 with Tom Bradley as the interim coach – to ...

No. 4 Lions dodge Buckeyes, 3-2

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The fourth-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions used three unanswered goals to come-from-behind to defeat No. 17 Ohio State in Big Ten Conference action at Value City Arena on Thursday night in the league opener for both teams. The Nittany Lions run their winning streak to six games and improve to 8-1-0 overall and 1-0-0 in conference action while Ohio State drops to 4-3-0 on the year and 0-1-0 in league play with the loss. HOW IT HAPPENED The Buckeyes opened the scoring early in the first period as Broten Sabo ripped a slapshot from the high point that deflected off a ...

Big Ten slate includes Lions-Buckeyes, Trojans-Huskers

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer Things to watch this week in the Big Ten Conference: Game of the week No. 23 Southern California (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten) at Nebraska (6-2, 3-2), Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET (NBC) Each of these teams has at least a remote chance of earning a College Football ...

Carter, Barkley headline Lions’ play in Week 8

UNIVERSITY PARK – Week 8 in the National Football League saw 47 Penn State Football alums populate the rosters of 25 National Football League organizations. Top performances from Week 8 included a star running back scoring in the air and on the ground, a pair of promising performances by ...