Washington, Penn State fighting for Big Ten tourney lives

Washington and Penn State are on the bubble.Not for the NCAA Tournament, but the Big Ten tourney.The Huskies (12-12, 3-10) and Nittany Lions (13-12, 3-11) are in 17th and 18th place, respectively, in the 18-team conference heading into Saturday’s matchup in University Park, Pa.Only the top 15 teams in the league standings will head to the Big Ten tourney next month in Indianapolis.The Huskies won two of three games to move out of the cellar before a 93-69 loss at Ohio State on Wednesday.”They exploited everything,” Huskies coach Danny Sprinkle said. “Our guards didn’t guard very well. Their guards did whatever they (wanted). They really drove downhill. They got us in foul trouble early in the first four minutes. … Just with the aggressiveness and the pace they were playing at, we didn’t respond to it.”Tyler Harris, DJ Davis and Zoom Diallo each scored 14 points for the Huskies. Great Osobor, their leading scorer with 15.3 points per game, was limited to eight.Washington committed 10 of its 14 turnovers in the first half in falling behind 51-36.