Pennsylvania vs Dartmouth 1/15/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Dartmouth Big Green and the Penn Quakers meet in college basketball action from the Palestra on Saturday afternoon.

The Dartmouth Big Green will look to build on their 58-46 win over Brown last time out. Brendan Barry leads the Big Green in scoring with 14.3 PPG while Aaryn Rai has 12 PPG with team-highs of 7.2 RPG and 2.2 APG to make up the pair of double-digit scorers for Dartmouth up to this point in the season. Taurus Samuels has 9.8 PPG and 2.1 APG as well for Dartmouth as well this season. As a team, Dartmouth is averaging 68.2 PPG on 41.8% shooting from the field, 36.1% from three and 75% from the foul line while allowing 69.4 PPG on 44.6% shooting from the field and 34.3% from three this season.

The Penn Quakers will look to bounce back from a 73-69 loss to Columbia last time out. Jordan Dingle leads the Quakers in scoring with 19.1 PPG along with 2.5 APG as the lone double-digit scorer for Penn so far this season. Clark Slajchert has 9.5 PPG while Jonah Charles has 9.3 PPG and d Max Martz has 8.5 PPG and 5.1 RPG as well this season. As a team, Penn is averaging 70.2 PPG on 43.5% shooting from the field, 35.6% from three and 71.4% from the foul line while allowing 75.5 PPG on 45.4% shooting from the field and 35.5% from three this season.

Dartmouth is 4-1-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games after allowing less than 50 points in the previous game while the over is 3-1-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record. Penn is 7-2 ATS in their last 9 home games and 8-3 ATS in their last 11 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games following a loss.

I’ve gone back and forth on this game, as both teams could use the win. However, I think Penn is just in a better spot with their lineup and have the more consistent lineup offensively. I don’t trust Dartmouth to get it right here, so give me Penn laying the points in this spot.