GAME NOTES: With both teams coming off losses on Saturday, the Michigan Wolverines and the Penn State Nittany Lions will square off in a Big Ten showdown Tuesday at the Bryce Jordan Center.

Michigan didn't allow a four-game losing streak to destroy its hopes on the season, and the Wolverines went on to win two games in a row following the skid. But a loss to Purdue, 64-51, on Saturday dropped the team back to 8-6 in 2014-15.

Penn State, at 12-3 this season, has lost two games in a row for the first time all year. The Nittany Lions were defeated by Wisconsin (89-72) and then on Saturday by Rutgers (50-46), and now are 0-2 in Big Ten play. The Lions however, are a perfect 7-0 at home.

Michigan leads the all-time series against Penn State, 30-12. These two conference rivals only met once on the court last season, which saw the Wolverines come away with an 80-67 victory.

Michigan held an eight-point lead over Purdue, 33-25, at halftime on Saturday, but somewhere a switch went off on the Wolverines' offense just before the second half began. Michigan connected on just 4-of-222 shooting in the period (18.2 percent) which allowed the home Boilermakers to come back for the win. Spike Albrecht was the only Wolverines player in double figures in the contest, as the guard netted 17 points off the bench.

Talk about an up-and-down campaign so far for the Wolverines, who lost some key contributors in the offseason. Michigan's offense enters this clash with Penn State averaging 66.9 ppg on 41.9 percent shooting from the floor. Zak Irvin and Caris LeVert are at the top of the team's scoring chart with 14.6 ppg each, followed by Derrick Walton Jr.'s 10.2 ppg mark, which rounds out the team's double-digit scorers so far. LeVert has been the best all-around player for Michigan, as the guard leads the team in both rebounding (5.2 rpg) and in assists (55 helpers). The Wolverines are allowing opponents to score 62.5 ppg this season.

Penn State found itself down at halftime by a hefty margin (30-19), and while the Nittany Lions battled back to make things interesting in the second half, the visitors fell short of completing the comeback against Rutgers. D.J. Newbill led Penn State with 14 points in the loss, while Brandon Taylor chipped in 10 points and seven rebounds. The Nittany Lions shot a meager 28.8 percent from the floor, including 19.2 percent from the field in the first half.

For the most part, the Nittany Lions haven't had many offensive issues this season, save for the game against Rutgers and a couple of other circumstances. Penn State comes into this matchup with Michigan not only owning a 7-0 home mark, but scoring a respectable 70.3 ppg this season on 43.3 percent shooting from the field. Newbill has been stellar this season, averaging a team-best 21.4 ppg for the Lions with 46 assists to pace the squad. Taylor is the only other Penn State player to own a double-digit scoring mark at 10.0 ppg, which means the Lions are getting significant contributions from plenty of role players. Penn State is allowing opponents to score 65.9 ppg this season on a 38.7 percent touch from the floor.

It seems there are two types of Michigan squads that could show up in any given game, and, evidently, Penn State has a bit of an ugly side when the offense isn't working well. But at home, the Nittany Lions have been dominant, and the team needs a conference win in the worst way.