GAME: #617 Penn St. vs #618 Michigan St.
TIME: 2/9/2021 – 7:00p EST
SPREAD: Michigan State -2.5
TOTAL: 144
The Penn State Nittany Lions (7-8, 4-7) have a BIG 10 road game against the Michigan State Spartans (9-7, 3-7) at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center in East Lansing, Michigan on Tuesday at 7 p.m. EST. Each team is coming off of a home victory in their last game. Michigan State won by a score of 66-56 win over Nebraska on Saturday and Penn State won 55-50 over Maryland on Friday. These teams met twice last season with each team losing on their home courts. Both teams have completely different rosters this season.
PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS
The Penn State Nittany Lions are averaging 70 points per game on 39% field goal shooting along with 9 threes on 37% three-point shooting and 10.7 offensive rebounds per game on the road this season. Penn State is allowing 74 points on 46% field goal shooting while forcing 14.6 turnovers and adding 4.6 steals and 5.6 blocks per game on the defensive end. The Nittany Lions are led by Myreon Jones who is averaging 14.7 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.4 steals per game.
MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS
The Michigan State Spartans are averaging 77 points per game on 47% field-goal shooting along with eight threes on 38% three-point shooting on their home court. Michigan State is allowing 67 points per game on 39% field-goal shooting while forcing 11 turnovers and adding 7.8 steals and 3.3 blocks per game on defense. The Spartans are led by Aaron Henry who is averaging 14 points, 3.6 assists, 5.8 rebounds, 1.5 Steals, and 1.4 blocks per game.
TRENDS
PENN STATE
- Over is 4-1 in Nittany Lions last 5 games following an ATS win.
- Under is 4-1 in Nittany Lions last 5 Tuesday games.
- The Nittany Lions are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS win.
- Nittany Lions are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Tuesday games.
- Nittany Lions are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games vs. a team with a winning record.
MICHIGAN STATE
- The Spartans are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 Tuesday games.
- Spartans are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games vs. a team with a losing record.
- The Spartans are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games as a home favorite.
HEAD TO HEAD
- The road team is 4-0 ATS in the last 4 meetings.
PENN STATE vs MICHIGAN STATE PREDICTION PICK
The Penn State Nittany Lions have yet to play well on the road and this one will be against a desperate Michigan State team. Penn State has lost its last 6 road games, scoring 69.2 points, while allowing 77.2 per game. Michigan State is 9-2 when it scores at least 66. Michigan State is in a look-ahead spot with Iowa coming up on Saturday however Tom Izzo should have this team focused after the long Covid hiatus the Spartans need to keep winning. This line is fishy at only -2.5 but the public is jumping on Penn State early since the Spartans have had such a terrible season. The Bookie is taking the Michigan State Spartans to cover the spread.
BETTING ANGLES:
The Bookie: Michigan St -2.5 / Over 144
Fade the Public: Michigan St / Over
Sharp Action: Michigan St / Over