17 points for Miles Cartwright-OVER
Cartwright is 34 points away from 1,000 points for his career. I am betting that he gets more than half of those points against Harvard. Cartwright has been white hot as of late. He has topped 20 points in three of the last five games, including a career high 28 points against Brown. With Dougherty and Rennard out, Cartwright will have the ball in his hands for key plays. Furthermore, Harvard is last in the Ivy League in scoring defense. The Crimson surrender 71.8 points per game to their opponents.
20 minutes for Darien Nelson-Henry–UNDER
Nelson-Henry is averaging just over 20 min/game in Ivy play. Nelson-Henry injured his left knee in Friday’s game against Yale and sat out Saturday’s game against Brown. On Monday, former Senior Sports Editor Megan Soisson confirmed that Nelson-Henry is 100% for Harvard tonight. Still, I doubt Allen will test Nelson-Henry’s health on a game that is meaningless for the Quakers. I expect Nelson-Henry to start and play about 15 minutes for the Quakers.
20 minutes for PLP–OVER
Patrick Lucas-Perry has become a Quaker fan favorite off the bench this season. PLP is second in the Ivy League in 3 point shooting this season, averaging .482 from downtown. Penn will need Lucas-Perry’s three point prowess against the Crimson tonight as they will likely be playing catch up for at least part of the game. Though Lucas-Perry is averaging just 13.2 minutes per game, he has topped 20 minutes in each of Penn’s last three games. I expect he will tonight as well.
