No. 11 seed Penn State Nittany Lions (14-16, 7-13 Big Ten) square off in the Big Ten Tournament against the No. 3 seed Purdue Boilermakers (25-6, 14-6 Big Ten) on Friday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, tipping off at 9:00 PM.
The Boilermakers put up 80.7 points per game, 15.8 more points than the 64.9 the Nittany Lions give up.
The Nittany Lions put up an average of 64.7 points per game, just 4.1 fewer points than the 68.8 the Boilermakers allow.
The Boilermakers make 49.7% of their shots from the field this season, which is 8.3 percentage points higher than the Nittany Lions have allowed to their opponents (41.4%).
Pickett is shooting 41.6% and averaging 13.2 points for the Nittany Lions. Seth Lundy is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Penn State.
LAST 10 GAMES: Boilermakers: 7-3, averaging 68.7 points, 31.2 rebounds, 13.0 assists, 3.2 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 45.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.7 points per game.
Nittany Lions: 5-5, averaging 62.2 points, 31.5 rebounds, 9.5 assists, 5.8 steals and 1.8 blocks per game while shooting 40.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 59.4 points.
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STRAIGHT BET
CBB [821] PENN STATE +10?-110
