Published Jan 27, 2024
Recharged Penn State back in action on Saturday evening against Minnesota
Dub Jellison  •  Happy Valley Insider
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After a week off, the Penn State Nittany Lions are set to return to action on Saturday evening when Minnesota comes to Happy Valley for a Big Ten clash. The Nittany Lions fell their last time out against Ohio State dropping to 9-10 on the season and 3-5 in conference play.

The Golden Gophers have had some early season success, sitting at 13-5 on the season, but have struggled during Big Ten play. Minnesota has dropped four straight to Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State and Wisconsin since beating Michigan and Maryland to start 2024.

Happy Valley Insider gets you primed for the conference clash in State College on Saturday.

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WHERE, WHEN, HOW TO WATCH

WHEN: January 27, 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 StateSTATMinnesota

76.4 (126)

PS/G

76.2 (133)

74.3 (249)

PA/G

68.0 (94)

43.4% (254)

FG%

47.5% (50)

51.6% (126)

2P%

56.3% (20)

31.1% (281)

3P%

34.2% (155)

66.4% (316)

FT%

74.0% (85)

35.1 (334)

REB/G

41.9 (77)

10.1 (217)

O-REB/G

11.2 (125)

1.08 (191)

AST/TO RATIO

1.48 (36)

71.4 (34)

TEMPO

67.6 (204)

1.106 (105)

OFF EFF

1.101 (115)

1.045 (125)

DEF EFF

1.012 (70)

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

107

112

104

119

110.5

Minnesota

88

100

77

96

90.25

See the full rankings.

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

Who is Penn State's projected starting five?

PENN STATE PROJECTED STARTERS
PositionPlayerPointsReboundsAssists

G

13.0

1.9

4.8

G

18.8

3.2

2.7

F

6.2

3.1

1.1

F

6.4

3.2

0.1

C

8.9

8.1

0.7

Who is Minnesota's projected starting five?

Minnesota's Projected Starters
PositionPlayerPointsReboundsAssists

G

Elijah Hawkins

8.6

3.7

7.8

G

10.3

2.6

2.8

G

10.1

3.3

2.1

F

17.3

7.3

1.9

C

9.6

5.9

0.9

Penn State vs Minnesota Four Factors

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

Penn State

49.7%

15.1%

26.9%

34.0

Minnesota

54.3%

18.3%

33.1%

34.0