Published Jan 10, 2024
Penn State looks to notch second straight win against Northwestern
Dub Jellison  •  Happy Valley Insider
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Coming off a thrilling comeback victory over Michigan last time out, the Penn State Nittany Lions will look to turn that momentum into another win when they host Northwestern on Wednesday night in Happy Valley. Mike Rhoades and company mounted a 14-point comeback against the Wolverines in The Palestra on Sunday. Penn State moved to 8-7 on the year with the victory and 2-2 in Big Ten play.

The Nittany Lions will look to improve on that mark on Wednesday evening in the Bryce Jordan Center when Northwestern comes to town for a conference clash. The Wildcats are 11-3 on the season overall, going 2-1 in Big Ten play thus far, coming off a win over Michigan State over the weekend.

Happy Valley Insider has you covered with everything you need to know going into tonight's matchup.

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WHERE, WHEN, HOW TO WATCH

WHEN: January 10th, 2024 6:30 p.m. ET

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

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 StateSTATNorthwestern

76.5 (144)

PS/G

73.5 (211)

71.9 (198)

PA/G

66.2 (71)

43.0% (269)

FG%

46.6% (99)

52.0% (126)

2P%

52.2% (118)

30.3% (293)

3P%

36.9% (47)

73.9% (82)

FT%

72.4% (137)

36.1 (313)

REB/G

33.4 (355)

10.8 (175)

O-REB/G

8.71 (304)

1.01 (232)

AST/TO RATIO

1.90 (4)

72.0 (55)

TEMPO

64.8 (346)

1.073 (128)

OFF EFF

1.129 (52)

1.022 (116)

DEF EFF

0.999 (79)

RANKINGS COMPARISON

RANKINGS COMPARISON
Sagarin and NET rankings will be added upon the intial release of both. NET is exepcted to be released in December
TEAMKenPomESPN BPIHaslamNETAverage

Penn State

113

112

107

128

115

Northwestern

56

53

72

71

63

See the full rankings.

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

Who is Penn State's projected starting five?

PENN STATE PROJECTED STARTERS
PositionPlayerPointsReboundsAssists

G

13.6

1.8

4.3

G

18.4

3.3

2.9

F

6.5

3.3

1.1

F

6.7

3.5

0.2

C

9.7

8.5

0.7

Who is Northwestern's projected starting five?

Northwestern Projected Starters
PositionPlayerPointsReboundsAssists

G

18.3

4.3

5.1

G

11.8

3.7

1.3

G

12.1

2.9

2.9

F

13.2

7.4

2.6

C

4.3

3.4

1.9

Penn State vs Northwestern Four Factors

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

Penn State

49.2%

15.8%

28.5%

36.0

Northwestern

53.4%

13.4%

26.8%

27.1