Dartmouth Big Green vs Penn Quakers Prediction, 2/27/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Dartmouth Big Green vs Penn Quakers

Date: Friday, February 27, 2026

Location: The Palestra in Philadelphia, PA

TV: ESPN+

The Palestra is where the Penn Quakers (13-11) will take on the Dartmouth Big Green (11-13) on Friday.

The Dartmouth Big Green faced off with Columbia and went home with a win by a final score of 64-63 in their last contest. Dartmouth walked away from the contest with a 35.7% FG percentage (20 out of 56) and made 8 of their 31 3-pointers. At the free throw line, the Big Green knocked down 16 of 17 attempts for a rate of 94.1%. In the matter of grabbing boards, they earned 31 with 5 of them being on the offensive end. They also distributed 14 assists for this game while forcing the other team into 10 turnovers and getting 7 steals. In reference to defending, Dartmouth allowed the other team to shoot 37.9% from the field on 25 of 66 shooting. Columbia totaled 14 dimes and had 5 steals for this contest. Moreover, Columbia collected 40 boards (11 offensive, 29 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Columbia ended up shooting 66.7% at the charity stripe by converting 6 of their 9 shots. They converted 7 of 23 tries from beyond the arc. When it comes to fouls, the Big Green ended up with 12 and Columbia finished the game with 12 fouls.

Jackson Munro is a guy who had an impact in the matchup. He walked away from this one shooting 40.0% from the field and recorded 2 dimes. He was on the hardwood for 26 minutes and also pulled down 3 rebounds. He accounted for 13 points on 4 out of 10 shooting.

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Dartmouth will play this contest with a mark of 11-13 on the campaign. They average 76.0 pts per contest (177th in the country) while going 44.5% from the field. The Big Green are connecting on 36.7% on shots from distance (248 of 675) and 74.2% from the free throw line. As a team, Dartmouth is grabbing 35.9 boards per contest and is sitting with 344 assists for the campaign, which is 299th in D-1 in terms of passing. They are turning it over 12.5 times per contest and as a group are committing 15.6 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

When they are on defense, the Big Green are forcing 9.7 turnovers every game while drawing 17.3 personal fouls. They are ranked 68th in college in giving up assists to their opponents with 333 relinquished for the campaign. Big Green are giving up a shooting percentage of 43.8% (658 of 1,504) and they concede 35.5 boards per game as a group. They are conceding 31.7% on 3-point shots while they are 219th in college hoops in PPG allowed (74.9).

The last time they took the hardwood, the Penn Quakers went home defeated by a final of 74-70 against Yale. The Quakers collected 24 defensive boards and 5 offensive rebounds for a total of 29 in this matchup. They coughed up the ball 9 times, while earning 6 steals for this contest. Yale committed 19 personal fouls in this matchup which took the Quakers to the free throw line for 14 tries. They were able to convert 10 of them for a rate of 71.4%. Regarding 3-point attempts, Penn made 10 of their 19 tries (52.6%). When all was said and done, the Quakers ended up going 25 out of 59 from the field which gave them a percentage of 42.4%. The Quakers allowed Yale to convert 27 out of their 61 tries from the field which had them shooting 44.3% for the matchup. They finished 23.1% from three-point range by connecting on 6 out of 26 and ended up going 14 out of 18 from the charity stripe (77.8%). When discussing rebounding, Penn allowed Yale to pull down 36 in total (11 on the offensive side).

Michael Zanoni was important for the Quakers for the contest. He converted 7 of 16 for this game giving him a field goal percentage of 43.8%, and earned 2 rebounds. He scored 20 points in his 33 mins of playing time, but went home with no dimes.

Penn has a record of 13-11 this season. As an offense, the Quakers are hitting on 44.3% from the field, which has them ranked 246th in the country. Penn has 1,831 points this season (76.3 per contest) and they collect 36.3 boards per game. They are dishing out assists 14.2 times per contest (164th in the country) and they are turning it over 10.9 times per contest. The Quakers commit 16.9 personal fouls per contest and they go 69.2% from the free throw line.

The Penn defense gives up 32.0% on shots from beyond the arc (183 of 571) and opponents are connecting on 67.5% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have allowed 14.5 assists and 35.6 boards per contest, ranking them 271st and 255th in college hoops. The Quakers defensively are ranked 209th in the country in points allowed per game with 74.5. They are forcing 11.9 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 45.5% from the field (259th in college).

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Penn

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