Published Feb 17, 2024
Penn State aims to snap two-game skid during roadtrip to Nebraska
Dub Jellison  •  Happy Valley Insider
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On the heels of a three game winning streak, Penn State has now lost back-to-back games over the last week. The Nittany Lions will look to get back into the win column on Saturday afternoon against Nebraska in Lincoln.

Mike Rhoades and company have fallen to 12-13 on the season and 6-8 during Big Ten play, which is tied with Iowa and Maryland for 10th in the conference. Nebraska on the other hand has enjoyed a breakout year at 17-8 and are sixth in the Big Ten. The Huskers are coming off a win over Michigan last time out, which snapped a two-game skid.

Happy Valley Insider gets you primed for the matchup in Lincoln on Saturday afternoon.

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WHERE, WHEN, HOW TO WATCH

WHEN: February 17th, 2024 - 12:00 p.m. ET

WHERE: Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,500) -- Lincoln, Nebraska

SPREAD: Nebraska -7.5 / 153.5 over/under

TV/STREAM: BTN

Radio: Penn State Sports Network – Steve Jones (pxp) & Dick Jerardi (analyst)

STAT COMPARISON

STAT COMPARISON
OFF EFF = Offensive Efficiency / DEF EFF = Defensive EFF
Penn StateSTATNebraska

75.8 (121)

PS/G

77.3 (85)

73.6 (232)

PA/G

70.8 (148)

44.2% (208)

FG%

45.0% (161)

51.6% (128)

2P%

51.8% (119)

33.1% (207)

3P%

36.5% (51)

74.9% (63)

FT%

75.7% (44)

34.2 (347)

REB/G

41.1 (83)

9.48 (255)

O-REB/G

9.84 (235)

1.13 (161)

AST/TO RATIO

1.36 (72)

70.1 (62)

TEMPO

68.3 (141)

1.120 (79)

OFF EFF

1.156 (38)

1.029 (116)

DEF EFF

1.007 (75)

RANKINGS COMPARISON

RANKINGS COMPARISON
TEAMKenPomESPN BPIHaslamNETAverage

Penn State

92

100

76

97

91.3

Nebraska

48

51

46

53

49.5

See the full rankings.

-- KenPom
-- NET
-- ESPN BPI
-- Haslam

Who is Penn State's projected starting five?

PENN STATE PROJECTED STARTERS
PositionPlayerPointsReboundsAssists

G

14.2

2.2

5.4

G

16.7

2.9

2.8

F

7.7

3.4

1.0

F

8.3

4.0

1.5

C

9.2

7.7

0.5

Who is Nebraska's projected starting five?

Nebraska Projected Starters
PositionPlayerPointsReboundsAssists

G

14.0

2.0

1.1

G

13.0

5.6

2.5

F

11.4

5.9

1.2

F

6.8

4.8

1.2

F

13.6

8.0

3.2

Penn State vs Nebraska Four Factors

FOUR FACTORS
TEAMEff. FG%Turnover %Off. Reb %FT RATE

Penn State

50.8%

15.5%

26.7

34.6

Nebraska

53.1%

16.4%

28.4

33.9