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01/31 03:42 CST Penn State hosts Durkin and Minnesota
Penn State hosts Durkin and Minnesota
By The Associated Press
Minnesota Golden Gophers (10-11, 3-7 Big Ten) at Penn State Nittany Lions
(9-12, 0-10 Big Ten)
University Park, Pennsylvania; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota visits Penn State after Bobby Durkin scored 20 points in
Minnesota's 67-63 loss to the Wisconsin Badgers.
The Nittany Lions have gone 7-5 in home games. Penn State allows 78.5 points to
opponents and has been outscored by 2.1 points per game.
The Golden Gophers are 3-7 against Big Ten opponents. Minnesota is 1-2 in games
decided by less than 4 points.
Penn State makes 46.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.3
percentage points higher than Minnesota has allowed to its opponents (42.6%).
Minnesota averages 8.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.8 fewer made
shots on average than the 9.8 per game Penn State allows.
The matchup Sunday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in
conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Kayden Mingo is scoring 14.1 points per game and averaging 3.5
rebounds for the Nittany Lions. Eli Rice is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers over
the last 10 games.
Cade Tyson is shooting 40.0% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per
game for the Golden Gophers, while averaging 20.1 points and 5.5 rebounds.
Jaylen Crocker-Johnson is shooting 43.4% and averaging 14.5 points over the
past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Nittany Lions: 1-9, averaging 71.3 points, 26.0 rebounds, 13.0
assists, 5.6 steals and 1.1 blocks per game while shooting 43.8% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 83.0 points per game.
Golden Gophers: 4-6, averaging 69.7 points, 27.9 rebounds, 18.5 assists, 6.9
steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 45.0% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 68.8 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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