Pennsylvania vs Kentucky Picks and Prediction – 12/9/2023

The Penn Quakers play the No. 16 ranked Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Penn Improved to 6-4 following its 111-57 rout of FDU Florham. The leading scorer for the Quakers was Clark Slajchert with 18 points. Penn shot 62.9% overall and 0.8% from 3-point territory. Penn out rebounded the Devils 37-21. Make sure you stay up to date with College Basketball with our College picks.

Clark Slajchert is the leading scorer for Penn with an average of 19.3 points per game, while Nick Spinoso is the leading rebounder and the leader in assists with averages of 7.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. Tyler Perkins is the second leading scorer with an average of 15.7 points per game and is one of three players for Penn averaging double figures in scoring. 

The Kentucky Wildcats look to bounce back from a loss with a victory on Saturday when facing Penn. Kentucky is 6-2 following its 80-73 upset loss to UNC Wilmington. The leading scorer for Kentucky was Reed Sheppard with 25 points. Kentucky shot only 40.7% overall and 29.4% from 3-point territory. The Wildcats allowed UNC Wilmington to shoot 35.5% from 3-point territory.

Antonio Reeves is leading Kentucky in scoring with an average of 18.2 points per game, while Adou Thiero is the leading rebounder with an average of 7.0 per game and Rob Dillingham is the leader in assists with an average of 5.4 per game. Kentucky has six players averaging double figures in scoring and as a team scores an average of 91.8 points per game.