Ohio State survives scare from Penn St.
E.J. Liddell scored 22 points, including the tiebreaking free throws with 59.7 seconds left, and No. 13 Ohio State held off Penn State 83-79 on Wednesday night in Columbus, Ohio.
The Buckeyes (13-4, 7-4 Big Ten) squandered a 12-point first-half lead but rallied from a seven-point deficit in the second for their second consecutive victory and fourth in five games.
Liddell hit four clutch free throws in the final minute, sealing it with two from the line with a second to play. Zed Key went 5 for 5 from the field and converted his only free throw to finish with 11 points for Ohio State.
Kyle Young also had a perfect shooting night for the Buckeyes, scoring 10 points on 3 for 3 from the field and the free throw line before fouling out with 5:01 left. Seth Lundy paced Penn State (5-7, 2-6) with 26 points.
NO. 17 CREIGHTON 85, SETON HALL 81 >>
Mitch Ballock hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 41 seconds to play to cap a season-high 29-point performance and the Bluejays (12-4, 8-3 Big East) overcame a 16-point secondhalf deficit to beat the Pirates (9-7, 6-4) in Newark, N.J.
NO. 16 FLORIDA STATE 81, MIAMI 59 >> Malik Osborne had 11 points and 10 rebounds, RaiQuan Gray added 10 points and 11 rebounds and the Seminoles (10-2, 6-1 ACC) routed the shorthanded Hurricanes (69, 2-8) in Tallahassee, Fla., for their fifth straight win.
NO. 20 VIRGINIA TECH 62, NOTRE DAME 51 >>
Nahiem Alleyne led four Virginia Tech scorers in double figures with 15 points and the Hokies 12-3, 6-2 ACC) rebounded from their previous road loss to control the cold-shooting Fighting Irish (5-9, 2-6) in South Bend, Ind.
Cal at Arizona State, 8 p.m. Stanford at Arizona, 8 p.m. Air Force vs. San Jose State, in Phoenix, 6:30 p.m. Pacific at Santa Clara, ppd. Portland at Saint Mary’s, ppd
WOMEN Wednesday’s result
Stanford at Washington State, late
Today’s games
Portland at Saint Mary’s, 1 p.m. Santa Clara at Loyola, 6 p.m.
SAINT MARY’S POSTPONES NEXT TWO GAMES >> Saint Mary’s postponed its two games this week out of caution, and will look to reschedule their games against Portland and Pacific. The Gaels played at USF last Saturday. Since then, the Dons announced they have COVID-19 issues within the program. Future activity for the program will be determined based on further testing. UCONN POSTPONES TWO GAMES >> UConn postponed its next two men’s games, including today’s scheduled contest with No. 3 Villanova after learning that an official who worked its Tuesday night win over Butler tested positive for the coronavirus. The Huskies were placed in a daily testing protocol and a modified quarantine that also will prevent them from traveling to New York for a game at St. John’s on Sunday. The school says it won’t play another game until it is deemed safe by medical professionals and other postponements are possible.
These will be the ninth and 10th games on the Huskies schedule that have been either postponed or cancelled because of concerns related to the novel coronavirus.