Penn State Basketball

After a disastrous regular season, Penn State men’s basketball finished with a 12-19 overall record, including a 3-17 mark in Big Ten play, locking in the last seed for the conference tournament. The Nittany Lions would need a miraculous run for a conference championship to earn a berth in the NCAA tournament, but even a…

Penn State is back in the coaching market. The university has parted ways with women’s basketball head coach Carolyn Kieger, athletic director Pat Kraft said in a statement on Thursday afternoon. Kieger amassed an 84-123 overall record across the last seven seasons, including an abysmal 30-97 mark in Big Ten play. Under Kieger’s leadership, the…

Coming off its biggest win of the season, a road victory over tournament hopeful Iowa, Penn State returned to the Bryce Jordan Center on Wednesday night for its final home game of the season. The team honored its solo senior, Josh Reed, before tipoff, which was the only thing for Nittany Lion fans to cheer…

Looking to snap its three-game losing skid, Penn State hosted Iowa at noon Saturday inside the Bryce Jordan Center. A strong offensive performance from the starters propelled the Nittany Lions (12-17, 3-15) to a 71-69 upset over the Hawkeyes (20-10, 10-9), marking four straight home wins for the blue and white over their Big Ten…

Following its West Coast swing, Penn State returned to home turf to host Rutgers in a Wednesday night battle of Big Ten bottom-dwellers. An embarrassing first half doomed the Nittany Lions in their first conference game as a betting favorite all season, losing 85-72 and dropping them to 11-16 and 2-14 against Big Ten foes…

On a blustery Super Bowl Sunday in State College, Penn State took to the court to face off against cross-country conference foe USC at noon. The depleted Nittany Lions pushed the Trojans to the brink, but a last-second shot from Alijah Arenas gave the visitors a narrow 77-75 win inside the Bryce Jordan Center. “We…

A stoppable force met a moveable object at the Bryce Jordan Center on a chilly Saturday afternoon, when Penn State welcomed Minnesota to the Bryce Jordan Center. Dwelling in the basement of the Big Ten, both teams entered with extensive losing streaks, but it was the Nittany Lions who came away with the win by…

Penn State returned to its old stomping grounds inside Rec Hall for the annual “Return to Rec” game against Wisconsin on Thursday night. The Nittany Lions had beaten ranked Badger squads in each of the last two meetings, but that wasn’t the case on a cold night in State College. It wasn’t Penn State’s usual…

Riding a three-game losing streak, all by single-digits against ranked Big Ten opponents, Penn State welcomed UCLA to the Bryce Jordan Center for an 8:30 p.m. tipoff on Wednesday. The Nittany Lions were again without Kayden Mingo (broken nose) and Tibor Mirtič (knee) and lost Freddie Dilione V to injury in the first half. A…