The Ohio State Buckeyes and the Michigan State Spartans meet in college basketball action from the Breslin Center on Saturday afternoon. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Michigan State is listed as a 7.5-point home favorite with a total for this game set at 138.5 points.
Injuries
For Ohio State, Zed Key is ruled out for the season with a shoulder injury while Michigan State comes into this game with a clean injury report.
Matchup History
Michigan State’s 62-41 win over Ohio State back on February 12th, 2023, made it five straight meetings without back-to-back winners in this head-to-head matchup.
Trends
Ohio State is 3-14 ATS in their last 17 games overall and 2-12 ATS in their last 14 road games while the over is 3-0-1 in their last 4 road games. Michigan State is 7-1 ATS in their last 8 home games and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games following a win while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall.
Pick
I’m backing the under here. Michigan State does play better at home and it is senior day, but the Spartans aren’t lighting the scoreboards on fire really. On the other side, the Buckeyes are still one of the worst teams in the Big Ten, and I don’t trust them to do enough to help get us up and over any sort of reasonably high number here. Give me the under.