3/2/2024 basketball Edit

Penn State closes out Big Ten road slate with trip to Minnesota

Dub Jellison • Happy Valley Insider

Staff Writer

Penn State saw its recent success halted earlier this week with a 90-81 defeat at Iowa, but the Nittany Lions will look to bounce back on Saturday during a trip to Minneapolis to take on Minnesota. Mike Rhoades and company fell back under .500 for the season at 14-15, and an 8-10 mark in Big Ten play with Tuesday's loss after winnings their last two.

Minnesota has been on a slide of late, putting its NCAA Tournament hopes in question. The Gophers dropped back-to-back games against Nebraska and Illinois to finish February at 17-11 overall and 8-9 in Big Ten play.

Penn State fell in Happy Valley when Minnesota came to town on January 27th.

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WHERE, WHEN, HOW TO WATCH

WHEN: March 2nd, 2024 - 3:15 p.m. ET

WHERE: Williams Arena -- Minneapolis, Minnesota

SPREAD: Minnesota -6 / Over/Under: 151

TV/STREAM: BTN

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

STAT COMPARISON

Penn State	STAT	Minnesota
75.8	PS/G	76.7
74.4	PA/G	71.0
44.3%	FG%	47.94
33.1%	3P%	36.6%
74.6%	FT%	68.8%
34.3	REB/G	39.7
9.45	O-REB/G	10.43
1.12	AST/TO RATIO	1.50
70.4	TEMPO	67.1
1.117	OFF EFF	1.149
1.026	DEF EFF	1.026

OFF EFF = Offensive Efficiency / DEF EFF = Defensive EFF

RANKINGS COMPARISON

TEAM	KenPom	ESPN BPI	Haslam	NET	Average
Penn State	93	96	75	95	89.75
Minnesota	66	78	69	76	72.25

See the full rankings.

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

Who is Penn State's projected starting five?

PENN STATE PROJECTED STARTERS

Position	Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists
G	Ace Baldwin	14.1	2.3	5.8
G	D'Marco Dunn	7.2	1.9	0.7
F	Zach Hicks	8.2	3.9	1.0
F	Nick Kern	8.8	4.0	1.5
C	Qudus Wahab	9.5	7.6	0.5

Who is Minnesota's projected starting five?

Minnesota Projected Starters

Position	Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists
G	Elijah Hawkins	9.1	3.7	7.5
G	Cameron Christie	11.6	3.6	2.2
G	Mike Mitchell Jr.	10.5	2.6	2.8
F	Dawson Garcia	17.8	6.4	1.8
C	Pharrell Payne	10.0	6.3	1.1

Penn State vs Minnesota Four Factors

FOUR FACTORS

TEAM	Eff. FG%	Turnover %	Off. Reb %	FT RATE
Penn State	50.8%	15.4%	26.4%	34.9
Minnesota	54.7%	17.3%	31.4%	36.0