Follow teams and keep your fantasy leagues on every device.

Sign inWhat you get

Pittsburgh vs Penn St.

Men's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

Pittsburgh2-0 · ACC
vs
Penn St.2-0 · Big Ten

Sun, Nov 8 · 8:00 PM ET · ESPN2

Neutral site · The Palestra · Philadelphia, PA

The Call How this works

GordStats likes Pittsburgh by 4.1, 64% to win. No book line yet.

Pitt 64%win chancePenn St 36%
GordStatsPitt by 4.164% to win · Pitt 79–Penn St 75
Watch score48Upset watch

Unit vs Unit

  • Penn St.'s free-throw rate (4th) meets Pittsburgh's foul rate (228th).

National rank on each side, 1st the best; the longer bar has the edge.

Pittsburgh Offense vs Penn St. Defense

Pitt offPenn St def
Adj. efficiency
97th109.9175th105.6
Effective FG%
145th51.7%218th51.6%
Turnovers
101st14.4%128th18.9%
Offensive rebounding
60th39.5%161st29.1%
Free-throw rate
14th61.3%93rd25.2%
3-point %
74th38.8%152nd28.8%

Pittsburgh: 69.7 possessions a game (276th fastest) · 41% of shots from three

Penn St. Offense vs Pittsburgh Defense

Penn St offPitt def
Adj. efficiency
91st110.687th100.4
Effective FG%
102nd55.1%75th40.7%
Turnovers
134th15.5%49th23.3%
Offensive rebounding
23rd45.3%54th19.2%
Free-throw rate
4th66.1%228th38.9%
3-point %
276th23.8%146th28.6%

Penn St.: 72.8 possessions a game (61st fastest) · 36% of shots from three

Bart Torvik's adjusted figures, ranked across Division I. Every team: Team Stats.

Recent Form

Pittsburgh

  • W80–61vs Buffalo+5
  • W95–57vs Rider+13

Penn St.

  • W97–93vs Chattanooga−9
  • W97–57vs Canisius+23

The last column is the margin against our line before kickoff: + beat it, − fell short.

What These Numbers Mean
Adj. efficiency
Points per 100 possessions against an average D-I team on a neutral floor: the offense's scored, the defense's allowed.
Effective FG%
Field-goal percentage with a made three counted as 1.5 makes.
Turnovers
Per possession: the offense's committed, the defense's forced.
Offensive rebounding
The share of its own misses the offense gets back, against the share the defense lets its opponents get back.
Free-throw rate
Free throws attempted per field-goal attempt: drawn by the offense, allowed by the defense.