Maryland vs Michigan State 2/1/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Michigan State Spartans and the Maryland Terrapins meet in college basketball action from the Xfinity Center on Tuesday night.

The Michigan State Spartans will look to find some consistency after alternating wins and losses in each of their last five games after an 83-67 win over Michigan last time out. Gabe Brown leads Sparty in scoring with 13.1 PPG while Max Christie has 10.4 PPG and Malik Hall has 10.1 PPG and 5.2 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Michigan State so far this season. Marcus Bingham Jr. has 9.5 PPG with a team-high 6.5 RPG to lead the Spartans on the glass while Tyson Walker has a team-high 4.9 APG to lead Sparty in assists. As a team, Michigan State is averaging 74.7 PPG on 46.7% shooting from the field, 39.1% from three and 74.5% from the foul line while allowing 65.7 PPG on 39.3% shooting from the field and 29.4% from three this season.

The Maryland Terrapins will look to bounce back from a 68-55 loss to Indiana last time out. Eric Ayala leads the Terps in scoring with 15.8 PPG along with 4.8 RPG while Fatts Russell has 13 PPG with 4 RPG and a team-high 3.8 APG to lead the Terrapins in the assist department. Donta Scott has 12.2 PPG with a team-high 6.5 RPG to lead the Terrapins on the glass and to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Maryland so far this season. Hakim Hart also has 9.7 PPG as well this season. As a team, Maryland is averaging 70.1 PPG on 42.6% shooting from the field, 31.9% from three and 74.8% from the foul line while allowing 69 PPG on 41.6% shooting from the field and 33.1% from three this season.

Michigan State is 6-0 ATS in their last 6 road games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 Tuesday games while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a win. Maryland is 2-10 ATS in their last 12 Tuesday games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a double-digit loss at home while the over is 5-0-1 in their lat 6 games following a loss.

I get the allure of points with a home underdog in most spots, but I’m still not sold on this Maryland team if I’m being 100% honest. As I think they’re a tad bit overrated and I still feel it here a bit as I think the Spartans should be a bit more of a favorite here. Maryland has had some decent performances as of late but I don’t think it’s happening here. Give me the Spartans in this one.