Penn State hosts Durkin and Minnesota
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Monthly Digital Subscription
$1 per week for 24 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $4.00 plus GST every four weeks. After 24 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
Monthly Digital Subscription
$4.99/week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
*Your next subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $16.99 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $23.99 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
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.
___
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.