The Daily Northwestern – Penn State in 10th place:
“Northwestern’s turnover problems may be bad, but no Big Ten team has been worse at taking care of the ball than Penn State.
“The Nittany Lions (6-11, 0-4 Big Ten) are one of three teams in the conference to have a negative turnover margin (NU and Michigan are the other two), but their minus 3.24 margin is 2.3 turnovers worse than the 10th-place Wolverines.
“Penn State has plenty of youth — of its seven players who see significant playing time, four are first-year players. Freshman forward Geary Claxton has started every game this season, and averages 11.7 points and 6.2 rebounds.
“The Nittany Lions don’t have a true center, which means NU (8-8, 1-3) may try to get as many touches as possible for center Mike Thompson, who averages 11.9 points and a team-leading 5.3 rebounds. …”