Penn State Nittany Lions vs Purdue Boilermakers: Don Best Odds & Insights for 2/26/2021

Myreon Jones leads the Penn State Nittany Lions (9-11) against the Purdue Boilermakers (15-8) after scoring 29 points in an 86-83 win over Nebraska. The Nittany Lions are 1.5-point favorites in the matchup on Friday, February 26, 2021, which tips off at 7:00 PM ET on FS1. The matchup has an over/under set at 139 points.

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Penn State Leaders

• Jones leads the Nittany Lions in scoring, averaging 15.6 points per game.
• Penn State is led in rebounding by John Harrar's 8.8 rebounds per game and assisting by Jamari Wheeler's 3.3 assists per game .
• Jones knocks down a team-high 2.5 three-pointers per game for the Nittany Lions.
• Wheeler leads the team with 1.8 steals per game. Seth Lundy collects 0.7 blocks a contest to pace Penn State.

Purdue Leaders

• Trevion Williams is at the top of the Boilermakers scoring and rebounding leaderboards with 16.0 points per game and 9.1 rebounds per game this season.
• The Purdue leader in assists is Eric Hunter Jr. with 3.2 assists per game.
• Sasha Stefanovic leads the Boilermakers with a team-high 2.3 made three-pointers per game.
• Nobody on Purdue grabs more steals than Hunter (1.2 per game) or blocks more shots than Zach Edey (1.0 per game).

Penn State vs Purdue: Last 4 Meetings

Purdue leads the past four matchups 3-1 over Penn State. Neither team holds an advantage against the spread in those head-to-head meetings, with the season series tied at 1-1 ATS.

Points Insights

• The 73.4 points per game the Nittany Lions put up are 7.1 more points than the Boilermakers give up (66.3).
• Penn State is 7-7 overall and 6-0-1 against the spread when scoring more than 66.3 points.
• Purdue has a 1-2 record against the spread and a 1-2 record overall when giving up more than 73.4 points.
• The Boilermakers put up just 3.4 fewer points than the Nittany Lions allow their opponents to score (74.2).
• Purdue has put together a 10-0 ATS record and a 10-1 overall record in games it scores more than 74.2 points.
• Penn State's record is 3-9 overall and 2-7-1 against the spread when it gives up more than 70.8 points to its opponents.
• The Nittany Lions have been out-scored by 15 points this season (0.8 points per game on average), while the Boilermakers have put up 105 more points than their opponents on the year (4.5 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Nittany Lions and the Boilermakers are evenly matched on the glass this season, with the teams averaging similar numbers (34.5 and 36.3 boards per game, respectively).
• The Boilermakers are 12-6 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Nittany Lions are 2-5-1 when they lose the rebounding advantage
• The Nittany Lions and the Boilermakers grab offensive rebounds at about the same rate (11.3 and 10.5 offensive rebounds per game, respectively).
• The Nittany Lions are 5-7-1 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Boilermakers are 5-1 when they trail in offensive rebounding.
• Both teams thrive on the boards. Penn State records an average rebounding margin of +0.8 rebounds per game. Purdue averages a margin of +5.6 rebounds.