The Oakland Golden Grizzlies and the Michigan State Spartans meet in college basketball action from the Breslin Center on Monday night. Can Oakland spring another upset in East Lansing? Or will Sparty build on their beatdown of Baylor? Let’s dive in and take a look with this Oakland vs. Michigan State Prediction.

Oakland Team Preview

The Oakland Golden Grizzlies come into this game looking to build on their 77-63 win over Eastern Michigan last time out. Trey Townsend leads the Golden Grizzlies across the board with 15.8 PPG, 7.5 RPG and 3.3 APG while Jack Gohlke has 12.5 PPG with 4.6 RPG and Chris Conway has 10.3 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Oakland up to this point in the season. As a team, Oakland is averaging 72.8 PPG on 45.2% shooting from the field, 32.9% from behind the arc and 71.7% from the foul line this season.

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Michigan State Team Preview

The Michigan State Spartans come into this game looking to build on an 88-64 beatdown win over Baylor last time out. Tyson Walker leads the Spartans in scoring with 20.8 PPG while AJ Hoggard has 10.7 PPG with a team-high 4.4 APG to lead Sparty in assists as the only other double-digit scorer for Michigan State so far this season. Malik Hall has 9.8 PPG and 5 RPG and Jaden Akins also has 9.2 PPG and 4.9 RPG as well. Mady Sissoko also has a team-high 5.6 RPG to lead the Spartans on the glass this season. As a team, Michigan State is averaging 73.9 PPG on 46.4% shooting from the field, 32% from three and 67.7% from the foul line this season.

Oakland vs. Michigan State Prediction

I get why Michigan State’s favored here, but I like the value with Oakland. The Golden Grizzlies continue to get disrespected despite having single-digit losses against Ohio State and Illinois and an outright win over Xavier as well. Oakland’s also covered in each of their last two trips to East Lansing. Give me the Golden Grizzlies and the points.