Minnesota Golden Gophers vs Michigan State Spartans Prediction, 1/28/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Golden Gophers vs Michigan State Spartans

Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Location: Breslin Center in East Lansing, MI

TV: Peacock

The Michigan State Spartans (17-2) will go up against the Minnesota Golden Gophers (11-9) at Breslin Center on Tuesday.

The Minnesota Golden Gophers faced off with Oregon and took home the win by a score of 77-69 in their last contest. With respect to fouls, the Golden Gophers ended up finishing with 22 and Oregon racked up 19 fouls. They converted 8 of their 23 attempts from 3-point range. Oregon finished the game at 81.0% from the charity stripe by knocking down 17 of 21 attempts. In addition, Oregon snagged 22 rebounds (1 offensive, 21 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Oregon totaled 12 assists and had 4 steals in the matchup. In terms of defense, Minnesota allowed the other team to shoot 45.8% from the floor on 22 out of 48 shooting. They also recorded 22 assists in this matchup in addition to creating 11 turnovers and having 7 steals. When talking about hauling in boards, they earned 33 with 8 of them being on the offensive end. From the free throw line, the Golden Gophers converted 11 of 18 attempts for a percentage of 61.1%. Minnesota wrapped up the contest having earned a 52.6% field goal percentage (30 of 57) and knocked down 6 of their 16 shots from beyond the arc.

Dawson Garcia is a guy who had an impact for the contest. He ended up walking away with 31 points on 13 of 19 shooting. He played 39 mins and pulled down 6 rebounds. He ended up shooting 68.4% from the floor and recorded 2 assists.

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Minnesota comes into this one with a mark of 11-9 for the campaign. They turn it over 10.4 times per game and as a unit they are committing 16.9 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Minnesota is grabbing 34.9 boards per contest and has tallied 319 assists for the season, which is 77th in college hoops in terms of passing the ball. The Golden Gophers are shooting 32.2% on three-point attempts (135 of 419) and 63.9% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 69.8 points per outing (291st in the nation) while going 44.6% from the field.

Defensively, the Golden Gophers are forcing their opponents into 10.8 turnovers per game while drawing 17.1 personal fouls. They are surrendering 33.8% on 3-pointers while they are 97th in college in points per game allowed (68.7). The Golden Gophers defensively are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 43.4% (489 of 1,126) and they relinquish 34.9 rebounds per game as a squad. They are ranked 277th in college in allowing assists to the opposition with 293 relinquished on the year.

When they last stepped on the court, the Michigan State Spartans took home the win by a final score of 81-74 when they faced Rutgers. When discussing rebounds, Michigan State permitted Rutgers to grab 30 in total (13 offensive). They finished the game shooting 30.0% from beyond the perimeter by hitting 9 out of 30 and finished the game at 19 out of 25 at the free throw line (76.0%). The Spartans allowed Rutgers to knock down 23 of their 68 tries from the floor which gave them a rate of 33.8% for this game. When all was said and done, the Spartans went 27 out of 56 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 48.2%. Concerning shots from downtown, Michigan State knocked down 5 of 19 attempts (26.3%). They were able to make 22 of the free throws for a percentage of 84.6%. Rutgers earned 20 fouls for this game which got the Spartans to the free throw line for a total of 26 attempts. They turned it over 15 times, while getting 2 steals in this contest. The Spartans were able to pull down 30 defensive rebounds and 10 offensive boards totaling 40 for the contest.

Jase Richardson pitched in for the Spartans for this contest. He made 6 of 9 for the contest for a rate of 66.7%, and tallied 4 rebounds. He scored 20 points in his 25 mins of playing time and had 1 assist for the contest.

Michigan State has a record of 17-2 for the season. The Spartans have committed 16.7 personal fouls per contest and they go 81.5% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 18.4 times per contest (8th in the nation) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 12.2 times per game. Michigan State has scored 1,552 points for the year (81.7 per contest) and they pull in 40.9 rebounds per game. In terms of offensive execution, the Spartans are shooting 47.5% from the floor, which is ranked 61st in the country.

The Spartans on the defensive side of the court are 82nd in college in points given up per game with 68.1. They have forced 12.1 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 39.7% from the field (29th in Division 1). The Michigan State defense concedes 29.0% from downtown (133 of 459) and opponents are making 70.1% of their shots from the free throw line. They surrender 13.1 assists and 31.2 boards every game, which has them ranked 183rd and 30th in the nation.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Michigan State

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