Pennsylvania takes on Columbia after Dingle’s 21-point showing

Pennsylvania Quakers (8-8, 1-1 Ivy League) at Columbia Lions (6-11, 1-1 Ivy League)

New York; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Columbia -7; over/under is 143.5

BOTTOM LINE: Pennsylvania visits the Columbia Lions after Jordan Dingle scored 21 points in Pennsylvania’s 88-69 loss to the Cornell Big Red.

The Lions are 5-5 in home games. Columbia is 1-3 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Quakers are 1-1 against Ivy League opponents. Pennsylvania is fifth in the Ivy League scoring 32.3 points per game in the paint led by Dingle averaging 10.0.

The Lions and Quakers meet Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Geronimo Rubio De La Rosa is shooting 38.1% from beyond the arc with 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Lions, while averaging 12.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.6 steals. Avery Brown is shooting 38.7% and averaging 9.6 points over the past 10 games for Columbia.

Dingle is scoring 23.6 points per game and averaging 3.4 rebounds for the Quakers. Clark Slajchert is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Pennsylvania.

LAST 10 GAMES: Lions: 4-6, averaging 63.9 points, 36.0 rebounds, 10.8 assists, 7.0 steals and 1.9 blocks per game while shooting 37.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.3 points per game.

Quakers: 6-4, averaging 77.7 points, 32.8 rebounds, 16.6 assists, 5.9 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 48.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.0 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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