American Eagles vs Pennsylvania Quakers Point Spread Picks

New Penn men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery knows the value of defense. They allowed 35.3% shooting in the opener. The offense has reliable Ethan Roberts, but question marks everywhere else after losing Sam Brown (13.9 ppg, transfer), and center Nick Spinoso (13.3 ppg, 6.7 rpg) and George Smith (5.3 ppg), who both graduated. American opened with a loss at Wake Forest, shooting 43.1% from the field and 26.7% from area code three. They're a defensive team, ranked No. 1 in the Patriot League last season in points allowed (67.7 per game) and second at defending beyond the arc (.331), while the offense was eighth in the 10-team league in scoring. American is on a 12-8 run UNDER the total. Take Pennsylvania/American UNDER the total.