From Mirror reports

EVANSTON, Ill. — The Penn State women’s basketball team suffered a 69-63 loss to Northwestern on the road on Sunday.

Despite a trio of Penn State players in double figure scoring, as well as five lead changes and six tie scores, PSU could not overcome the deficit down the stretch.

The Lady Lions fell to 10-14, 1-12 in the Big Ten, while Northwestern improved to 8-14 overall, 1-10 Big Ten.

Freshman Talayaha Walker led the Lady Lions in scoring with 14 points, redshirt-sophomore Gracie Merkle notched her 10th double-double of the season with 13 points and 12 boards, and graduate Gabby Elliott scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds.

The Lady Lions outrebounded the Wildcats 46-31 in the game.

PENN ST. (10-14): Merkle 6-10 1-6 13, Elliott 6-12 1-1 13, Murray 2-7 2-2 7, Santana 2-8 0-0 5, Walker 6-11 2-3 14, Hall 0-3 0-2 0, Johnson 0-0 2-2 2, Rust 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Oden 3-7 3-4 9, Totals 25-58 11-20 63

NORTHWESTERN (8-14): Walsh 3-10 2-2 9, Williams 2-6 3-6 7, Harter 2-9 5-6 10, Jones 1-4 2-2 4, Lau 2-7 1-3 5, Sullivan 7-10 0-0 14, Daley 9-14 2-3 20, Walton 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 26-62 15-22 69

Penn St. 19 10 12 22 — 63

Northwestern 12 18 11 28 — 69

3-Point Goals–Penn St. 2-13 (Elliott 0-3, Murray 1-4, Santana 1-5, Oden 0-1), Northwestern 2-16 (Walsh 1-3, Harter 1-6, Jones 0-1, Lau 0-4, Walton 0-2). Assists–Penn St. 14 (Elliott 4), Northwestern 20 (Lau 8). Fouled Out–Penn St. Hall, Johnson, Northwestern Walsh. Rebounds–Penn St. 46 (Merkle 12), Northwestern 31 (Williams 11). Total Fouls–Penn St. 23, Northwestern 19. Technical Fouls–None. A–1,902.

SFU women hold off rally

LORETTO — Saint Francis’ Airah Lavy scored a team-high 18 points in a 63-58 victory over Chicago State Saturday afternoon to move the team’s home-game winning streak to four.

Lavy hit double-digit points for the seventh time this season and knocked down five 3-pointers for the third time as well. The freshman forward went 3-for-3 from the free throw line.

Yanessa Boyd was the second-leading scorer with eight points, including four free throws made in the final 26 seconds. The sophomore guard secured the defensive rebound after a missed Chicago State 3-pointer that led to her two free throws to clinch the victory. She also led the squad in rebounds with six.

The Red Flash moved to 7-3 for the fifth time in team history. The squad is a half game above Stonehill (6-3) for the second seed going into this week’s game on Thursday.

CHICAGO STATE (58): Hill 7-10 2-3 16, Culver 3-15 2-2 10, Parrish 4-10 0-0 8, Hohenecker 2-2 1-2 5, Allen 0-5 0-0 0, Walker 4-10 0-0 10, Gant 2-3 0-0 6, Williams 1-5 0-0 2, Mount 0-4 1-2 1. Totals — 23-64 6-9 58.

SAINT FRANCIS (63): Boyd 2-4 4-4 8, Gibson 3-5 1-2 7, Plata 2-5 1-2 5, Artero 2-5 1-2 5, Shelton 1-5 0-0 3, Lavy 5-10 3-3 18, Robinson 3-4 0-0 7, Johnson 2-10 2-2 6, Bell 2-6 0-0 4, Eke 0-0 0-0 0, Campbell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals — 22-54 12-15 63.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Chicago State 18 11 8 21 — 58

Saint Francis 22 13 15 13 — 63

3-point goals: Chicago State 6-19 (Gant 2-3, Culver 2-7, Walker 2-7, Williams 0-1, Allen 0-1); Saint Francis 7-15 (Lavy 5-9, Robinson 1-1, Shelton 1-3, Johnson 0-2). Assists: Chicago State 14 (Culver 5); Saint Francis 15 (Robinson 5). Rebounds: Chicago State 37 (Hill 12); Saint Francis 38 (Boyd 6).

Records: Chicago State (3-22, 3-7 in NEC); Saint Francis (9-14, 7-3 in NEC).

PSU Altoona downed

ERIE — The Penn State Altoona women’s basketball team returned to the road on Saturday to take on Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference opponent Penn State Behrend, who dealt the Lions a 77-61 loss in the Junker Center.

Behrend (16-5, 12-0 AMCC) came out strong, putting 31 points on the board in the opening quarter en route to a 50-31 halftime lead. Penn State Altoona (10-11, 7-5 AMCC) tightened things up on defense in the second half, when it held Behrend to 27 points across the final two quarters, but the Lions were unable to dig out of their hole.

Avana Sayles posted her seventh double-double of the season for Penn State Altoona, leading all players in the game with 22 points and 13 rebounds. Jess Burns added 13 points, and Raniyah Green scored 10 points.

Skylar McCall chipped in six points off the bench. Madison Rusnica had team bests with six assists and two steals.

Behrend got 18 points from Rachel Majewski.