2/24/2024 basketball Edit

Penn State turn attention to Indiana following Illinois upset

Dylan Callaghan-Croley • Happy Valley Insider

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After picking up a thrilling 90-89 upset win over No. 12 Illinois earlier this week, the Penn State Nittany Lions will look to make it two in a row on Saturday afternoon against the Indiana Hoosiers.

The Nittany Lions enter the matchup with a 14-14 record including 7-9 in conference play. The Hoosiers are 14-12 overall and 6-9 in Big Ten play.

Entering Saturday, the Hoosiers are losers of three straight as well as seven of their last nine games with wins over Iowa and Ohio State in the process. Earlier this week, the Hoosiers fell to the Nebraska Cornhuskers 85-70 in Bloomington.

Notably, the Hoosiers have struggled away from Assembly Hall this season with a 2-5 record on the road.

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WHERE, WHEN, HOW TO WATCH

WHEN: February 24, 2024 - 12:00 p.m. ET

WHERE: Bryce Jordan Center -- State College, Pennsylvania

SPREAD: Penn State -3.5 / Over/Under: 151.5

TV/STREAM: BTN

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

STAT COMPARISON

Penn State	STAT	Indiana
75.3	PS/G	72.8
73.9	PA/G	74.9
44.2%	FG%	47.3%
33.0%	3P%	32.1%
73.6%	FT%	65.7%
31.2	REB/G	35.3
9.3	O-REB/G	9.1
1.1	AST/TO RATIO	1.3
72.6	TEMPO	71.2
1.038	OFF EFF	1.023
1.019	DEF EFF	1.052

OFF EFF = Offensive Efficiency / DEF EFF = Defensive EFF

RANKINGS COMPARISON

TEAM	KenPom	ESPN BPI	Haslam	NET	Average
Penn State	94	98	77	97	91.5
Indiana	103	107	106	105	105.2

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	13.9	2.2	5.6
G	D'Marco Dunn	7.1	2.0	0.7
F	Zach Hicks	8.1	3.7	1.0
F	Nick Kern	8.7	4.0	1.5
C	Qudus Wahab	9.1	7.4	0.5

Who is Indiana's projected starting five?

Indiana Projected Starters

Position	Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists
G	Gabe Cupps	2.7	2.0	1.3
G	Trey Galloway	10.8	2.7	4.3
F	Mackenzie Mgbako	11.7	4.2	1.3
F	Malik Reneau	15.7	6.1	2.7
C	Kel'el Ware	15.0	9.5	1.6

Penn State vs Indiana Four Factors

FOUR FACTORS

TEAM	Eff. FG%	Turnover %	Off. Reb %	FT RATE
Penn State	50.8%	15.4%	26.0%	34.3
Indiana	51.8%	17.0%	27.3%	40.5