Washington vs Maryland Prediction 1-2-25 College Basketball Picks

The Maryland Terrapins and the Washington Huskies meet Thursday in college basketball action from Hec Edmundson Pavilion. Here’s a Washington vs Maryland prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Washington vs Maryland pick.

Maryland Terrapins Betting Preview

The Terrapins have been in very good shape for most of the year, outside of a couple blemishes. Maryland beat Manhattan, Mount St. Mary’s, and Florida A&M in their first three games before taking a loss to Marquette. The Terrapins would take out Canisius, Villanova, Bucknell, Alcorn State, and Ohio State in the next five before another loss to Purdue. Since then it’s been three wins over St. Francis PA, Syracuse, and Maryland-Eastern Shore.

In Saturday’s game versus MD-Eastern Shore, the Terrapins came out of the break with a dominant 40-24 advantage. Maryland cruised from there on 41 second-half points and took the win 81-66. Topping the team’s scorers was Julian Reese, who doubled up on 23 points, 11 rebounds, two assists and two blocks. Derik Queen also filled up the stat sheet with his own double-double of 18 points, 14 rebounds, one assist, and two steals. Selton Miguel chipped in 10 points as well.

Queen is leading the team in scoring so far this year, notching 16.8 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. Ja’Kobi Gillespie is second with 13.7 points and 4.5 assists per game. Reese leads the way in rebounds per game with 9.1, and he’s also scoring 12.8 points per game.

Washington Huskies Betting Preview

Over on the Huskies’ side, they won six of their first seven games. The lone loss was to Nevada; otherwise, it was victories versus UC Davis, Seattle Pacific, UMass Lowell, Alcorn State, Colorado State, and Santa Clara. Washington would lose to UCLA and USC in the next pair, then rattled off wins over Eastern Washington, Washington State, and NJIT alongside a loss to Seattle U on December 23.

On Sunday versus NJIT, Washington took a pretty easy win. The Huskies were in control 46-26 after the first half, then hit a 44-27 run on the way to a blowout 90-53 result. Great Osobor (six rebounds; three assists) and Zoom Diallo (five assists; three rebounds off the bench) each scored a team-high 12 points. Wilhelm Breidenbach added 10 points with five boards as well.

Osobor is sitting in first place among Washington’s scorers with 14.2 points per game. He’s also leading in rebounds (8.7) and assists (3.6) so far. Tyler Harris has 13.5 points per game and 5.8 rebounds per game, while Diallo is sitting at 10.6 points per game.

Why the Washington Huskies will win

• Washington has won eight of its last nine night games at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.
• Maryland has lost each of its last three road night games against the Big Ten Conference.
• Maryland has lost the first half in each of its last six road night games against the Big Ten Conference.

Why the Maryland Terrapins will win

• Maryland has won each of its last 11 games against non-AP-ranked opponents.
• Washington has lost each of its last six games against the Big Ten Conference.
• Maryland has won the first half in each of its last eight night games.

Washington vs Maryland Prediction

I’ll lean toward the Terrapins, but this should be a pretty great matchup regardless. Maryland blew right past MD-Eastern Shore in their last game, shooting 47.6 percent from the field with 37 rebounds and 17 team assists. The Terrapins held the opposition to 25 percent (4-of-16) from outside and scored 23 points off 14 turnovers in a pretty solid all-around effort—despite a slower second half. In any case, Maryland has scored 74 or more points in every game this year, and they’ve held opponents below 68 points in six of the last seven outings. That said, the Terrapins also gave up 78 points to Marquette and 83 to Purdue, so Washington could post a pretty sizable total here if all goes well.

Speaking of Washington, they didn’t have any issues at all versus a struggling NJIT team in a much-needed win their last time out. The Huskies shot a smooth 55.7 percent from the field in that one, bagging 33 rebounds and 21 assists to boot. Back in early December, the Huskies had a couple of rough outings versus UCLA and USC, posting 58 and 61 points respectively in those games. Since then, however, it’s been 70 or more points in four straight matchups—three of which were won with 87 or more points in each. I like Washington to be competitive initially here, with Maryland powering out the cover.