Just heard this while listening to ESPN radio in my kitchen doing some cleaning of pots and pans.

ESPN - Duquesne basketball, Temple gymnastics teams stuck in blizzard

The Duquesne men’s basketball team and the Temple women’s gymastics team are still looking to get home after being stranded in traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike overnight because of the blizzard affecting the eastern United States.

The Dukes were traveling home to Pittsburgh from Fairfax, Virginia, after their 86-75 victory against George Mason on Friday. The team, which departed Fairfax at 4:30 p.m., is stuck on a stretch between Bedford and Somerset, Pennsylvania.

Duquesne coach Jim Ferry, who won his 300th game Friday, told SportsCenter on Saturday morning that the bus is about 80 miles from Pittsburgh and that “everybody is safe” and “we’re going to be OK.”

Temple gymnastics coach Umme Salim-Beasley said the Owls’ bus, which left Philadelphia at about 2 p.m. Friday, is also stuck on the PA Turnpike about 80 miles from Pittsburgh.

Ferry told SportsCenter on Saturday morning that the bus came to a stop at about 9:15 p.m. ET.

“It’s been a heck of an experience,” he said. “We were making good time, kept track of the storm and we’re doing well. Then about 9:15 last night, it was a dead stop and we haven’t moved since.”

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