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There is only so much opponent scouting you can do at this point in the college basketball season. Which is fine, because that leaves more time to focus on exactly just what you might see from your own team.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Ed Czekaj, Penn State's athletic director from 1969-80, died Monday at The Village in State College. He was 87.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Ed DeChellis knows that strategy, effort and smart, heads-up play are all important on the basketball court.

Under the blanket of a brilliant blue sky and an unusually warm mid-November day, nearly everyone had reason to enjoy their day Sunday.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Freshman Alex Bentley slowly had been getting her feet wet as Penn State's starting point guard.

His jumper, by his own admission, was a line drive during his first two seasons at Penn State, when Jeff Brooks shot 25 percent and 26 percent, respectively, from 3-point range.

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State men's soccer team, fresh off a runner-up Big Ten finish in both the regular season and conference tournament, has drawn the No. 7 seed and will be home for the second round of the NCAA tournament.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — David Tiemstra scored in the final minute of regulation for No. 25 Ohio State, sending Penn State to heartbreaking 1-0 loss on Sunday in the Big Ten men's soccer title game.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Cael Sanderson adjusts his white Penn State cap multiple times.

Penn State spent the day following its season-opening loss at Lehigh by practicing.

Kermit the Frog sang, “It Isn’t Easy Being Green.”

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State women's volleyball team won its 92nd consecutive match Saturday night, sweeping past Northwestern 25-20, 25-14, 25-20 at Rec Hall.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State senior forward Katie Schoepfer has done many things in her career: She has scored 48 goals, been named to numerous post-season awards and played for the United States U-23 team.

Senior Day. It always has special meaning for athletes who have toiled four, five and sometimes six years between their final high school seasons and closing out their college careers.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Jeff Brooks stole the show from Talor Battle.

BETHLEHEM — His studs earned victories. Some of his unknowns showed fight. His presence attracted a large crowd.

PHILADELPHIA — Penn State women's basketball coach Coquese Washington says she likes to ride rollercoasters.

Talor Battle's double-double of 27 points and 10 rebounds powered the Penn State Nittany Lions past the Penn Quakers, 70-55, in a non-conference matchup at the Bryce Jordan Center.

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UNIVERSITY PARK — There was a point in mid-to late-September the Penn State women's soccer team had to wonder if they would be here.