Published Jan 13, 2024
Penn State travels to take on No. 1 Purdue in Mackey Arena
Dub Jellison  •  Happy Valley Insider
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The Penn State Nittany Lions face their toughest test of the season on Saturday when they travel to West Lafayette to take on the Purdue Boilermakers in Mackey Arena. Penn State fell to Northwestern 76-72 its last time out to drop to 8-8 on the season and 2-3 in Big Ten play.

The Boilermakers, led by reigning National Player of the Year and star center Zach Edey, are also coming off a defeat. Purdue was upset by Nebraska on Tuesday in Lincoln 88-72, but could still be the nation's top ranked team when the Nittany Lions stroll into town thanks to losses by Houston and Kansas.

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

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WHERE, WHEN, HOW TO WATCH

WHEN: January 13th, 2024 2:15 p.m. ET

WHERE: Mackey Arena (14,240) -- West Lafayette, IN

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 StateSTATPurdue

76.2 (149)

PS/G

84.4 (20)

72.2 (199)

PA/G

69.0 (123)

43.2% (264)

FG%

48.9% (27)

52.4% (113)

2P%

54.5% (45)

29.7% (311)

3P%

39.4% (12)

74.3% (71)

FT%

72.4% (142)

35.8 (322)

REB/G

43.8 (40)

10.7 (178)

O-REB/G

11.9 (96)

1.00 (237)

AST/TO RATIO

1.54 (25)

71.8 (50)

TEMPO

68.6 (182)

1.076 (128)

OFF EFF

1.235 (2)

1.027 (116)

DEF EFF

0.947 (17)

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

116

114

113

131

118.5

Purdue

3

3

3

3

3

See the full rankings.

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

Who is Penn State's projected starting five?

PENN STATE PROJECTED STARTERS
PositionPlayerPointsReboundsAssists

G

13.1

1.9

4.4

G

18.8

3.4

2.8

F

6.3

3.3

1.1

F

6.6

3.3

0.1

C

9.9

8.6

0.6

Who is Purdue's projected starting five?

Purdue's Projected Starters
PositionPlayerPointsReboundsAssists

G

12.8

5.4

6.7

G

11.0

2.3

1.7

G

11.1

2.4

2.4

F

7.5

4.3

1.2

C

21.8

10.4

1.7

Penn State vs Purdue Four Factors

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

Penn State

49.2%

15.9%

28.5%

36.5

Purdue

56.2%

16.9%

36.6%

39.7