USC vs Michigan Prediction 1-4-25 College Basketball Picks

In this article, we will formulate a USC vs Michigan Prediction for this college basketball game on Saturday, January 4th, at the Galen Center. Let’s take a look at a USC Trojans vs Michigan Wolverines Pick. 

USC Has Won Four Straight

After a slow start to the season, USC is playing well and they have won four straight games. USC in the last game faced off against Southern and they scored 82 points and they ended up winning by 31 points. USC shot 48 percent from the field and 35.3 percent from behind the three-point line. As a team, they hit 28 of the 35 free throws that were attempted. Chibuzo Agbo put up 18 points, four rebounds, and one assist. There are four different players that put up at least 11 points. 

USC on the season is averaging 76.4 points while their defense is giving up 68.4 points per game. The offense is ranked 159th while the defense is ranked 109th. They are averaging only 55.3 shot attempts per game which is 326th in all of college basketball. USC is dealing with a couple of different injury issues. Harrison Hornery is banged up and is questionable for this game. Kallai Patton is also dealing with an injury and will be missing this one. Desmond Claude is averaging 14.5 points while shooting 52.1 percent from the field and 35 percent from behind the three-point line. 

Big Game for Michigan

Michigan has played well heading into this game, and they have a ton of confidence right now. In the last game against Western Kentucky, Michigan scored 112 points and they ended up cruising to the easy victory. At halftime, they were up 59-31 and they never looked back on the way to the win. Michigan had six different players that put up at least 11 points. Nimari Burnett had a strong game putting up 17 points, five rebounds, and two assists. Vladislav Goldin also put up 17 points, five rebounds, and one assist. 

Michigan on the season is averaging 84 points while the defense is giving up 66.6 points per game. The offense is ranked 34th in the league while the defense is ranked 75th. They are averaging 59.1 field goal attempts per game which is 195th. They are shooting 51.2 percent from the field which is 5th in the league. Rubin Jones is banged up heading into this game and he’s questionable heading into this game. Vladislav Goldin is averaging 13.9 points while shooting 68.3 percent from the field. Michigan will meet UCLA after this game.

Why Michigan Will Beat USC

• Michigan has won each of its last four games when playing with a rest disadvantage.

USC vs Michigan Prediction 

Give me the road warriors here. USC is playing better as of late, but don’t let that fool you, this Michigan team is better. Michigan is averaging 84 points while their defense is giving up 66.6 points per game. Both of those stats are better than USC and they are going to have no issue getting the job done here. The Wolverines are going to end up running up the score early, and USC is going to have issues keeping up. Back Michigan against the spread.