12/27/2016 Penn State v. Northwestern Game Preview

Northwestern Wildcats (12-2, 3-2 away)
Penn State Nittany Lions (8-6, 6-5 home)
December 27, 2016 at 3:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Bryce Jordan Center
University Park, Pennsylvania

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2016-2017 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Northwestern3640.071.125.458.1.4367.120.7.34213.317.7.7489.924.734.615.05.34.910.619.2
Penn State3340.771.725.060.3.4147.020.6.33914.819.8.7459.425.134.513.76.85.513.018.1
NWU Opponents3640.065.522.756.3.4036.519.4.33313.620.3.66910.723.534.211.95.73.911.817.8
PENST Opponents3340.872.725.960.3.4307.520.5.36313.418.8.71310.427.037.413.46.54.214.318.5


Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Mar 3, 2016
Northwestern
Penn State		 71 - 61
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Bryce Jordan Center
Jan 16, 2016
Penn State
Northwestern		 71 - 62
Penn State		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 21, 2015
Penn State
Northwestern		 39 - 60
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Mar 6, 2014
Penn State
Northwestern		 59 - 32
Penn State		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Mar 7, 2013
Penn State
Northwestern		 66 - 59
Penn State		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 10, 2013
Northwestern
Penn State		 70 - 54
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Bryce Jordan Center
Feb 25, 2012
Northwestern
Penn State		 67 - 66
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Bryce Jordan Center
Jan 1, 2012
Penn State
Northwestern		 56 - 68
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 24, 2011
Penn State
Northwestern		 66 - 52
Penn State		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 13, 2011
Northwestern
Penn State		 41 - 65
Penn State		 Conference Regular Season Bryce Jordan Center
Feb 28, 2010
Northwestern
Penn State		 60 - 79
Penn State		 Conference Regular Season Bryce Jordan Center
Feb 17, 2010
Penn State
Northwestern		 81 - 70
Penn State		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Dec 31, 2008
Northwestern
Penn State		 57 - 61
Penn State		 Conference Regular Season Bryce Jordan Center
Jan 2, 2008
Penn State
Northwestern		 79 - 68
Penn State		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 10, 2007
Penn State
Northwestern		 51 - 53
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 3, 2007
Northwestern
Penn State		 57 - 83
Penn State		 Conference Regular Season Bryce Jordan Center
Mar 9, 2006
Northwestern
Penn State		 42 - 60
Penn State		 Conference Tournament Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Feb 25, 2006
Northwestern
Penn State		 55 - 68
Penn State		 Conference Regular Season Bryce Jordan Center
Jan 11, 2006
Penn State
Northwestern		 65 - 61
Penn State		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 19, 2005
Penn State
Northwestern		 39 - 54
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 22, 2005
Northwestern
Penn State		 62 - 65
Penn State		 Conference Regular Season Bryce Jordan Center
Mar 11, 2004
Penn State
Northwestern		 52 - 57
Northwestern		 Conference Tournament Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Feb 14, 2004
Penn State
Northwestern		 52 - 65
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 28, 2004
Northwestern
Penn State		 61 - 63
Penn State		 Conference Regular Season Bryce Jordan Center
Mar 1, 2003
Penn State
Northwestern		 79 - 85
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena

2016-2017 Northwestern Wildcats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters B. McIntosh S. Lindsey S. Lumpkin V. Law D. Pardon
Rotation I. Brown   N. Taphorn G. Skelly  
Lim PT   J. Ash C. Hall A. Falzon B. Benson

2016-2017 Penn State Nittany Lions Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters S. Garner T. Carr J. Reaves L. Stevens M. Watkins
Rotation   T. Samuel P. Banks J. Moore  
Lim PT I. Washington   N. Bostick    
Lim PT     D. Zemgulis    
Lim PT     A. Zhao    
Lim PT     G. Hazle    

Northwestern Wildcats Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
23 Jordan Ash SG 26 4.0 0.6 0.2 0.8 .250 0.2 0.6 .333 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4
25 Barret Benson C 32 7.9 2.0 0.8 1.4 .591 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.7 .565 0.7 0.9 1.6 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.3 1.6
12 Isiah Brown PG 35 14.8 6.3 2.0 6.0 .332 0.5 1.9 .284 1.8 2.3 .768 0.3 0.9 1.2 1.2 0.5 0.2 1.1 1.7
35 Aaron Falzon PF 3 6.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3
34 Charlie Hall F 7 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Rapolas Ivanauskas SF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  Samm Jones PG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
4 Vic Law SG 36 32.1 12.3 4.1 10.1 .403 1.6 4.1 .399 2.5 3.4 .738 1.3 4.6 5.8 1.8 1.1 0.5 1.6 2.7
20 Scottie Lindsey SG 32 30.6 14.1 5.1 12.0 .424 1.8 5.6 .322 2.1 2.5 .840 0.5 3.3 3.8 2.3 0.9 0.3 1.4 2.3
34 Sanjay Lumpkin F 36 27.8 6.0 2.1 3.8 .558 0.4 1.4 .300 1.3 1.9 .681 1.4 4.0 5.4 1.4 0.6 0.4 0.7 3.1
33 Tino Malnati G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
30 Bryant McIntosh G 36 34.2 14.8 5.5 13.7 .404 1.2 3.8 .307 2.6 3.0 .870 0.2 2.5 2.8 5.2 0.7 0.1 2.7 2.1
5 Dererk Pardon PF 28 30.8 8.6 3.6 6.0 .611 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.4 .544 3.2 4.8 8.0 1.1 0.8 1.8 1.1 2.7
44 Gavin Skelly F 36 17.7 5.9 2.0 4.3 .465 0.5 1.7 .300 1.4 1.9 .754 1.4 2.2 3.7 1.3 0.3 1.2 1.3 2.8
32 Nathan Taphorn F 35 12.2 4.5 1.5 3.1 .473 1.1 2.4 .470 0.4 0.5 .812 0.3 1.1 1.5 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.2

Penn State Nittany Lions Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
0 Payton Banks F 32 26.6 10.4 3.3 9.2 .361 2.3 6.3 .361 1.5 1.9 .817 0.4 1.8 2.2 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.9 2.0
4 Nazeer Bostick SF 18 6.7 1.3 0.5 1.6 .310 0.0 0.5 .000 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.7
10 Tony Carr PG 33 32.8 13.2 4.3 11.3 .377 1.0 3.1 .320 3.7 4.8 .771 0.7 4.1 4.8 4.2 0.7 0.3 2.6 2.2
33 Shep Garner G 33 32.1 12.0 4.0 10.6 .379 2.5 7.0 .357 1.5 1.9 .762 0.4 2.4 2.8 2.4 1.2 0.1 1.8 1.8
30 Joe Hampton PF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22 Grant Hazle F 4 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.5 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
44 Julian Moore F 32 14.9 2.8 1.1 2.4 .461 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 0.8 .704 1.2 1.8 3.0 0.3 0.2 0.8 0.8 2.0
23 Josh Reaves SG 28 27.1 7.7 2.9 6.5 .448 0.7 2.1 .322 1.2 1.7 .708 1.3 2.7 4.0 2.1 2.1 0.8 1.9 3.0
5 Terrence Samuel G 28 16.7 3.9 1.2 3.1 .407 0.2 0.6 .333 1.1 1.6 .727 0.4 1.9 2.3 1.8 0.6 0.0 0.8 1.1
11 Lamar Stevens SF 33 27.8 12.7 4.5 10.5 .429 0.3 1.0 .344 3.4 4.4 .767 1.6 3.9 5.5 1.7 0.8 0.6 2.2 2.7
21 Isaiah Washington G 17 5.0 0.7 0.2 0.8 .214 0.2 0.7 .250 0.2 0.2 .750 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.7
24 Mike Watkins C 33 23.8 9.7 3.9 6.6 .590 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 3.0 .643 2.5 5.6 8.1 0.6 0.8 2.7 1.3 2.5
1 Deivis Zemgulis SF 18 6.1 0.8 0.3 1.1 .250 0.2 0.7 .231 0.1 0.1 .500 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.2
20 Alex Zhao F 4 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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