Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Penn State Nittany Lions - March 31, 2009 - College Basketball

NIT 4th Round

#2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish

1ST

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-4.0

#2	Penn State Nittany Lions

+4.0

Tue, March 31, 2009
9:00PM ET

Madison Square Garden
New York, NY
Attendance: 11,352

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Stat	Game		Season Avg		Opp Season Avg
Stat
Points	59	67	75	66	70	62
FG Att	63	56	63	53	62	54
FG Made	21	25	27	23	26	23
FG Pct	33.3	44.6	43.3	44.3	42.9	43.0
FT Att	9	24	16	18	16	12
FT Made	8	15	12	11	11	9
FT Pct	88.9	62.5	70.9	65.8	67.3	71.8
3pt FG Att	25	17	22	20	18	20
3pt FG Made	9	2	8	7	6	6
3pt FG Pct	36.0	11.8	39.8	36.1	33.3	32.7
Rebounds	40	41	42	37	41	33
Off Rebs	11	9	12	10	11	9
Def Rebs	29	32	26	23	26	21
Team Rebs	5	2	3	3	3	2
Assists	11	10	16	13	13	13
Steals	4	4	5	5	5	5
Blocks	2	4	2	1	4	3
Turnovers	8	6	9	10	10	11
Fouls	20	13	15	14	15	17

Basic Team Stats | Advanced Team Stats

Stat	Game		Season Avg		Opp Season Avg
Stat
Possessions	64.0	64.0	69	63	69	63
Efficiency	92.2	104.7	110.4	106.9	103.0	99.9
Effective FG Pct	40.5	46.4	50.3	51.2	48.0	49.2
Floor Pct	45.1	54.8	54.4	53.4	53.1	49.2
Free Throw Rate	14.3	42.9	26.7	33.9	26.7	23.1
2pt FG Point Pct	40.7	68.7	49.1	48.9	57.5	53.2
FT Point Pct	13.6	22.4	15.8	17.9	15.8	14.4
3pt FG Point Pct	45.8	9.0	35.1	33.2	26.8	32.4
Assist Pct	52.4	40.0	60.8	54.6	52.0	57.5
A/T Ratio	1.38	1.67	1.75	1.2	1.35	1.17
Turnover Pct	12.5	9.4	13.9	17.3	15.0	18.4
Block Pct	3.6	6.3	4.3	3.1	6.4	6.0
Steal Pct	6.2	6.2	7.8	8.1	7.5	8.9
Rebounds Pct	51.0	49.0	50.5	52.3	49.5	47.7
Off Reb Pct	25.6	23.7	31.6	32.7	30.5	28.1
Def Reb Pct	76.3	74.4	69.5	71.9	68.4	67.3