3/10/2024 basketball Edit

Penn State hosts Maryland for Senior Night showdown

Dub Jellison • Happy Valley Insider

Staff Writer

Penn State is set to close out the regular season on Sunday, hosting Maryland for a Senior Night showdown inside the Bryce Jordan Center. The Nittany Lions will honor Ace Baldwin, Puff Johnson, Qudus Wahab, Leo O'Boyle, RayQuawndis Mitchell, Dan Conlan, and Andy Christos for the Senior Night celebration.

The Nittany Lions are 14-16 overall and 8-11 in conference play this season, dropping their last two on the road to Iowa and Minnesota. Maryland has also lost back-to-back games and four of its last five to fall to 15-15 overall and 7-12 in conference play. Penn State fell to Maryland in overtime back in December.

Mike Rhoades and company could clinch a bye in next week's Big Ten Tournament with a win and an Ohio State or Indiana loss.

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WHERE, WHEN, HOW TO WATCH

WHEN: March 10th, 2024 - 7:30 p.m. ET

WHERE: Bryce Jordan Center -- State College, Pennsylvania

SPREAD: Penn State -1 / Over/Under: 141.5

TV/STREAM: BTN

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

STAT COMPARISON

Penn State	STAT	Maryland
75.6	PS/G	69.6
74.5	PA/G	65.0
44.3%	FG%	41.4%
33.6%	3P%	36.6%
73.8%	FT%	72.1%
34.4	REB/G	39.4
9.43	O-REB/G	11.9
1.13	AST/TO RATIO	0.92
70.4	TEMPO	65.4
1.120	OFF EFF	1.077
1.026	DEF EFF	0.936

OFF EFF = Offensive Efficiency / DEF EFF = Defensive EFF

RANKINGS COMPARISON

TEAM	KenPom	ESPN BPI	Haslam	NET	Average
Penn State	82	92	68	96	84.5
Maryland	52	53	49	72	56.5

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	14.2	2.4	5.9
G	D'Marco Dunn	7.0	1.9	0.7
F	Zach Hicks	8.1	3.9	1.0
F	Nick Kern	8.7	4.0	1.6
C	Qudus Wahab	9.5	7.5	0.5

Who is Maryland's projected starting five?

Projected Starters

Pos.	Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists
G	Jahmir Young	20.9	4.8	4.2
G	Jahari Long	4.6	1.1	1.4
F	Donta Scott	11.4	4.8	1.1
F	Jordan Geronimo	5.7	4.0	0.5
F	Julian Reese	13.9	9.7	1.2

Penn State vs Maryland Four Factors

FOUR FACTORS

TEAM	Eff. FG%	Turnover %	Off. Reb %	FT RATE
Penn State	50.9%	15.7%	26.4%	34.4
Maryland	46.8%	17.4%	32.8%	41.6