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    Penn State at Indiana — Live discussion thread

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    Game Day essentials:

    Penn State (10-11, 4-6) vs. Indiana (13-8, 5-5)

    • Tip Time: 12:00 p.m. Eastern, Saturday
    • Location: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222), Bloomington, Ind.
    • Television: FS1 (Matt Schumacker, Stephen Bardo)
    • Stream: Fox Sports
    • IU Radio Network: IU Radio Network
    • Point Spread: Indiana is around a 6.5 point favorite.
    • KenPom Projected Score: No. 89 Indiana 77 – No. 101 Penn State 73
    • Series: Indiana leads series, 42-15.

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    Penn State’s Mike Rhoades

    Mike Rhoades in his first season as head coach of the Penn State men’s basketball program after being hired last spring to replace current Notre Dame head coach Micah Shrewsberry. Rhoades has a career head coaching record of 383-200 across 19 seasons as a head coach. Rhoades’s hiring marks the 15th head coach in program history.

    Rhoades was hired after an impressive six-season stint at VCU. Rhoades went 72-32 in conference over those seasons and led the Rams to two conference championships and three NCAA Tournament appearances. His best season was his last, as he led VCU to a 27-8 overall record with a 15-3 record in conference. In that season, VCU won both the Atlantic-10 regular season and tournament titles.

    Prior to VCU, Rhoades led an impressive three-year turnaround at Rice from 2014-17. In his first year at Rice, the Owls finished 12-20 with an 8-10 record in conference. In his last, Rhoades led the Owls to a 23-12 overall record, going 11-7 in conference and finishing fifth in Conference USA. Rice would also appear in the CBI postseason tournament in that same season.

    Rhoades’s first head coaching stint came with 10 seasons at the helm of Division 3 school Randolph-Macon. Rhoades led the Yellow Jackets to four Division 3 NCAA Tournament appearances and reached the Sweet 16 twice. Rhoades also won four consecutive conference titles from 2001-05 and won a conference tournament title as well. Rhoades finished his career at Randolph-Macon with a 197-76 overall record.

    Penn State’s results and roster

    DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT
    11/6/2023 Delaware State University Park, Pa. W 79-45
    11/10/2023 Lehigh University Park, Pa. W 74-65
    11/14/2023 St. Francis (Pa.) University Park, Pa. W 83-53
    11/17/2023 Morehead State University Park, Pa. W 74-51
    11/23/2023 vs. #12 Texas A&M (ESPN Inv.) Kissimmee, Fla. L 77-89
    11/24/2023 vs. Butler (ESPN Inv.) Kissimmee, Fla. L 78-88
    11/26/2023 vs. VCU (ESPN Inv.) Kissimmee, Fla. L 74-86
    12/2/2023 Bucknell University Park, Pa. L 67-76
    12/6/2023 at Maryland College Park, Md. L 75-81 (OT)
    12/9/2023 Ohio State University Park, Pa. W 83-80
    12/16/2023 vs. Georgia Tech New York, N.Y, L 81-82 (OT)
    12/21/2023 Le Moyne University Park, Pa. W 90-63
    12/29/2023 Rider University Park, Pa. W 90-63
    1/4/2024 at Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. L 61-92
    1/7/2024 Michigan Philadelphia, Pa. W 79-73
    1/10/2024 Northwestern University Park, Pa. L 72-76
    1/13/2024 at #1 Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. L 78-95
    1/16/2024 #11 Wisconsin University Park, Pa. W 87-83
    1/20/2024 at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio L 67-79
    1/27/2024 Minnesota University Park, Pa. L 74-83
    1/31/2024 at Rutgers Piscataway, N.J. W 61-46

    Penn State’s game notes (via Penn State Athletics)

    GOT AN ACE UP OUR SLEEVE

    • Senior point guard Ace Baldwin Jr. is stuffing the stat sheet, averaging 13.2 points per game, a team-best 5.1 assists per contest and a Big Ten-best 2.86 steals per game. His 2.86 steals per game ranks sixth in the nation.
    • Baldwin Jr. currently owns career marks of 1,107 points, 523 assists and 243 steals. He is on track to be one of only two active Division I players with 1,000+ points, 500+ assists and 250+ steals once he records his 250th career steal. His 243 career steals rank fourth amongst active Division I players.

    DO IT ALL

    • Ace Baldwin Jr. has proven to be one of the most dynamic players in the conference. He is coming off a 15-point, 10-assist, 5-rebound, 5-steal performance Wednesday night in Penn State’s road win at Rutgers. He is the first Big Ten player since at least the 2010-11 season (13 years) to notch a 15/10/5/5 game.
    • He is the first Big Ten player to have a 25+ point game (vs. VCU & Michigan), 13+ assist game (at Purdue) and 8+ steal game (vs. Northwestern) in a single season since Michigan State’s Mateen Cleaves during the 1997-98 season.

    SOPHOMORE LEAP

    • Sophomore guard Kanye Clary has seen the second-highest PPG increase by a Division I player from last season to this season. Clary’s +14.7 ppg increase in scoring production trails only SIU’s Xavier Johnson’s +16.2 ppg difference. The Virginia Beach, Va. native played limited minutes as a freshman behind Penn State’s veteran 2022-23 backcourt that included two 2023 NBA Draft picks and five 1,000-point scorers.
    • Five-foot-eleven Clary’s 18.4 points per game is the highest scoring output by any power conference player under six-foot tall this season. Clary is the fifth-highest scoring sophomore in the country. Clary’s 19.4 points per Big Ten game ranks fifth amongst conference players, while his 18.4 points per game overall ranks sixth in the conference.

    KERN COMING IN

    • Nick Kern Jr. has turned it up a notch as of late, scoring in double figures in six of the last eight contests. He is averaging 11.1 points per game in the last eight games as well and is shooting 57.9% from the field in those games.

    Penn State’s KenPom notable numbers:

    (out of 362 teams)

    Tempo – No. 44 (Offense No. 56 / Defense No. 268)

    Offensive Efficiency – No. 109

    • Penn State has an effective field goal percentage of 49.4 percent so far on the season (No. 226). The Nittany Lions are shooting 30.5 percent from three (No. 306) and 51.8 percent from two (No. 123).
    • Penn State finds its scoring from everywhere on the floor. Their 29.5 percent point distribution from three, 50.2 percent from two, and 20.3 percent from free throw are all towards the middle of Division 1 (No. 215, No. 191, and No. 110 respectively).
    • The Nittany Lions take care of the ball well, with a 15.3 percent turnover rate (No. 64) and an eight percent opponent steal percentage (No. 65).
    • Penn State does not get a lot of second chances on offense with a 27.3 offensive rebound rate on the year (No. 240).

    Defensive Efficiency – No. 106

    • Opponents hold an effective field goal percentage of 50.9 percent against Penn State this season (No. 207). Teams are shooting 31.1 percent from three (No. 43) and 53.0 percent from two (No. 286).
    • Penn State sees a lot of the damage come from the inside, with opponents scoring 54.8 percent of their points from two (No. 53). Consequently, they aren’t getting many opportunities from the outside (24.3 percent of points, No. 341).
    • The Nittany Lions do force a good number of turnovers, with a 22.1 turnover percentage and a 12.8 steal percentage (Both No. 17).
    • Teams are getting second chances against Penn State, with a 32.6 offensive rebound rate against their defense (No. 305).

    Extras

    • Penn State has one of the least amounts of returning minutes from last season, retaining only 5.6 percent of their minutes (No. 351).
    • Kanye Clary takes 30.8 percent of his Penn State’s shots when he’s on the floor, which is the 63rd-highest rate in the country.
    • Ace Baldwin’s 4.7 steal percentage is the 15th-best in the country.
    • Puff Johnson has the best turnover percentage rate in the country, at just 2.8 percent.

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