Lance McAlister

Lance McAlister

Lance McAlister covers everything in Cincinnati sports! Host of sports talk on Cincinnati News Radio 700WLW and ESPN 1530!Full Bio

 

Your Tri-State Morning Tip-Off

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Tri-State Morning Tip-Off

A quick and easy daily recap of the night in area CBB and a look ahead to tonight's action.

Yesterday 

Indiana 77 Penn State 71

Big road win at the iconic Palestra for the Hoosiers. The Hoosiers (12-3/3-1) throttled one of the conference's best offensive teams, holding Penn State 17 points below its season average. A 15-2 surge to open the second half -- sparked by swingman Mackenzie Mgbako's personal 8-0 run in 56 seconds -- provided crucial separation as IU won its fourth straight game. Mgbako finished with 20 points. The 98-year-old Palestra is one of the nation's most iconic basketball venues. Penn still uses it as its home court, and Penn State schedules one game there every season. Its hallways include a 1960s' black-and-white photo of Bob Knight during his Army coaching days.

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Purdue 79 Northwestern 61

Purdue (11-4/3-1) won its third straight game. The Boilers led by 23 at halftime (41-18), its largest halftime lead of the season. The big three of Trey Kaufman-Renn, Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith combined for 43 points in the win. Smith recorded his third straight 20-point game with 22 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 2 steals. Purdue held Northwestern to 38.3 percent shooting and its two leading scorers, Brooks Barnhizer and Nick Martinelli, who entered the game averaging 40.2 points per game between them, to 21 points on 6-of-23 shooting with 10 combined turnovers. Matt Painter won his 229th game in Big Ten Conference play, moving past Ward "Piggy" Lambert for fourth on the career wins list in conference history (Bob Knight – 355; Tom Izzo – 346; Gene Keady – 265).

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Today

Ohio State at Minnesota, 9pm

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Latest NET Rankings

1 Auburn

12 Kentucky

26 Purdue

28 Ohio State

32 Cincinnati

39 Louisville

54 Dayton

56 Indiana 

62 Xavier

156 Miami

165 Ohio

172 Wright State

193 NKU


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