Published Feb 14, 2024
Penn State basketball looks to upset Michigan State at home
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Dylan Callaghan-Croley  •  Happy Valley Insider
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After falling to the Northwestern Wildcats 68-63 on Sunday afternoon, the Penn State Nittany Lions will look to bounce back on Wednesday evening with a Valentine's Day matchup up with the Michigan State Spartans.

The Nittany Lions will also be looking to revenge an embarrasing 92-61 loss at the hands of the Spartans in early January.

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The Spartans have been playing strong basketball over the last month, winning six of their last eight games including a win over No. 10 Illinois last time out. Entering Wednesday night's game, the Spartans are 15-9 overall and 7-6 in Big Ten play.

WHERE, WHEN, HOW TO WATCH

WHEN: February 14th, 2024 - 6:30 p.m. ET

WHERE: Bryce Jordan Center (15,261) -- University Park, Pennsylvania

SPREAD: Michigan State -3.5 / 143.5 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 StateSTATMichigan State

76.0 (125)

PS/G

75.1 (152)

73.3 (228)

PA/G

65.6 (36)

44.1% (216)

FG%

47.5% (45)

52.0% (144)

2P%

52.2% (134)

32.3% (261)

3P%

37.1% (35)

74.3% (73)

FT%

69.1% (273)

31.8 (342)

REB/G

34.8 (233)

9.6 (253)

O-REB/G

9.8 (237)

1.15 (134)

AST/TO RATIO

1.74 (7)

72.6 (100)

TEMPO

68.8 (272)

1.046 (142)

OFF EFF

1.091 (53)

1.009 (144)

DEF EFF

0.954 (34)

RANKINGS COMPARISON

RANKINGS COMPARISON
TEAMKenPomESPN BPIHaslamNETAverage

Penn State

90

99

69

96

88.5

Michigan State

15

16

12

22

16.2

See the full rankings.

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

Who is Penn State's projected starting five?

PENN STATE PROJECTED STARTERS
PositionPlayerPointsReboundsAssists

G

14.0

2.0

5.3

G

17.9

3.0

2.8

F

7.1

3.4

1.0

F

7.5

4.0

1.5

C

9.7

8.0

0.6

Kanye Clary is still working his way back from taking an elbow to a face against Minnesota on January 27. If Clary does not start, D'Marco Dunn will likely take his place.

Who is Michigan State's projected starting five?

Michigan State's Projected Starters
PositionPlayerPointsReboundsAssists

G

19.0

2.6

3.0

G

11.7

3.3

5.2

F

11.0

4.0

1.2

G

11.8

5.0

2.0

F

5.6

1.3

2.7

Penn State vs Michigan State Four Factors

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

Penn State

53.2%

14.7%

29.4

31.6

Michigan State

50.6%

15.2%

26.8

35.1