Jan 22nd NCAA Picks: Penn State Nittany Lions vs Indiana Hoosiers
Sunday, January 22, 2012
by Joe Rodriguez
The Penn State Nittany Lions goes for its second straight win over a ranked opponent when it travels to No. 13 Indiana Hoosiers on Sunday afternoon.
The Nittany Lions come in fresh off a 54-52 upset of No. 25 Illinois on Thursday night, while the Hoosiers have lost three in a row, including a 70-69 setback at Nebraska on Wednesday.
Indiana posted an 88-82 victory at Penn State on Jan. 8, snapping a 16-game Big Ten road losing streak.
- Penn State Nittany Lions @ Indiana Hoosiers
When: 12:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 22, 2012
Where: Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana
TV: 12 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network
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Justbet Sportsbook currently have the Hoosiers listed as 14½-point favorites versus the Nittany Lions.
Penn State Nittany Lions (10-10): The Nittany Lions are one of the nation's coldest shooting teams, ranking a distant last in the conference in field-goal percentage (38.9) and 3-point shooting (31.1 percent). Penn State's lone consistent source of offense has been junior PG Tim Frazier, who made the game-winning basket against Illinois. Frazier leads the team with 17.9 ppg and 5.2 rpg, and he also ranks eighth nationally in assists (6.7), accounting for more than half of his team's total in that category (134 of 227).
Indiana Hoosiers (15-4): The Hoosiers — whose three consecutive defeats have come by a combined 11 points — still lead the Big Ten in scoring (80.2), field-goal percentage (49.8) and 3-point percentage (45.0). Indiana has also shown a knack for getting to the foul line, where its 18.1 makes per game rank third nationally. Freshman F Cody Zeller has emerged as an All-America candidate, leading the Hoosiers with 14.9 points and 6.5 rebounds while shooting 64.8 percent from the floor. Junior F Christian Watford adds 12.7 points and 5.7 boards.
1. Indiana leads the all-time series, 29-9, but Penn State had won six of the last seven meetings prior to this season.
2. The Hoosiers shot 16-for-24 from 3-point range in its Jan. 8 win at Penn State. Junior guards Jordan Hulls (28 points) and Matt Roth (22) were a combined 12-for-15 from long range.
3. Penn State was 0-15 all-time in Bloomington before 2009, but it has won in its last two trips there (65-55 in January 2009 and 69-60 in December 2010).
BASKETBALL PREDICTION: Hoosiers 79, Nittany Lions 61.
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