Indiana Hoosiers (6-3) at Penn State Lady Lions (8-1)
University Park, Pennsylvania; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Penn State hosts Indiana after Jayla Oden scored 24 points in Penn State’s 72-67 loss to the St. John’s Red Storm.
The Lady Lions are 6-1 on their home court. Penn State ranks ninth in the Big Ten with 12.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Gracie Merkle averaging 4.7.
The Hoosiers are 0-1 on the road. Indiana scores 67.1 points while outscoring opponents by 4.2 points per game.
Penn State’s average of 7.1 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.1 fewer made shots on average than the 7.2 per game Indiana gives up. Indiana has shot at a 41.1% clip from the field this season, 3.2 percentage points greater than the 37.9% shooting opponents of Penn State have averaged.
The Lady Lions and Hoosiers match up Saturday for the first time in Big Ten play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Merkle is scoring 20.2 points per game and averaging 9.1 rebounds for the Lady Lions.
Yarden Garzon is averaging 13.8 points and 1.7 steals for the Hoosiers.
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