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The Penn State Nittany Lions will face the Northwestern Wildcats on Sunday at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Tip-off between the Big Ten opponents is at 1:00 p.m. ET.
The Wildcats are eight-point spread favorites and the game total is 149 points.
Penn State (12-11 SU, 11-12 ATS, and 15-8 O/U) beat Iowa 89-79 on Thursday. The Nittany Lions, 2-4 SU and 4-2 ATS on the road, are 6-6 in Big Ten play.
Northwestern (16-7 SU, 11-1-1 ATS, and 16-7 O/U) beat Nebraska 80-68 on Wednesday. The Wildcats, 12-1 SU and 7-5-1 ATS at home, are 7-5 in Big Ten play.
Northwestern defeated Penn State 76-72 on January 10. The Wildcats shot 61.4 percent overall, including 7-for-12 (58.3%) from three-point range, to overcome 18 turnovers. The Nittany Lions shot 46.3 percent, including 3-for-17 (17.6%) from beyond the arc. P SU led by eight points at halftime, but couldn't keep up the pace in the second half.
Nittany Lions: No injuries to report.
Wildcats: G Ty Berry (11.6 PPG and 3.9 RPG) is questionable with a knee injury that he suffered last game versus Nebraska.
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Penn State scores 76.5 points per game (115th) on 44.1 percent shooting (221st), including 32.4 percent from beyond the arc (260th). It converts 74.3 percent of its free-throw attempts (76th) and averages 29.1 rebounds (335th), 12.4 assists (218th), and 10.8 turnovers (89th).
The Nittany Lions surrender 73.5 points per game (234th) on 46.2 percent shooting (323rd), including 30.7 percent from three-point range (52nd), with 33.7 rebounds per game (296th). Penn State averages 2.8 blocks (256th), 9.1 steals (19th), and 18.1 fouls (260th) per game.
KenPom ranks Penn State 87th in the country. The Nittany Lions are 75th in offensive efficiency, 112th in defensive efficiency, and 62nd in tempo (schedule-adjusted).
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