Michigan State Spartans vs Wisconsin Badgers Prediction, 1/21/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Michigan State Spartans vs Wisconsin Badgers

Date: Friday, January 21, 2022

Location: Kohl Center in Madison, WI

TV: FS1

The Michigan State Spartans (14-3) are traveling to Kohl Center on Friday where they will attempt to beat the Wisconsin Badgers (15-2).

The Michigan State Spartans faced off with Northwestern and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 64-62 in their last game. Michigan State finished the contest having earned a 43.1% field goal percentage (22 of 51) and made 6 of their 21 shots from 3-point land. At the free throw line, the Spartans knocked down 12 of their 14 tries for a rate of 85.7%. In the matter of grabbing boards, they collected a total of 28 with 6 of them being offensive. They also doled out 17 dimes for the game in addition to creating 9 turnovers and earning 3 steals. When talking about the defense, Michigan State let their opponent shoot 34.8% from the field on 23 of 66 shooting. Northwestern recorded 14 assists and had 10 steals for the game. On top of that, Northwestern collected 36 rebounds (15 offensive, 21 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Northwestern finished the game at 58.8% from the charity stripe by converting 10 of 17 attempts. They knocked down 8 out of their 26 shots from 3-point land. With respect to fouls, the Spartans finished with 18 and Northwestern finished the game with 17 fouls.

Julius Marble is one player who was a contributor for the game. He finished the game shooting 100.0% from the floor but finished the game without an assist. He was on the court for 19 minutes and also collected 4 rebounds. He ended up walking away with 18 points on 7 of 7 shooting.

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Michigan State will take the court with a mark of 14-3 so far this year. They are averaging 74.7 points per game (119th in D-1) while connecting on 46.6% from the field. The Spartans are connecting on 38.8% on 3-point shots (130 of 335) and 73.5% from the charity stripe. As a team, Michigan State is grabbing 40.1 boards per game and has tallied 289 dimes for the year, which is 29th in the country in terms of passing the ball. They cough up possession 14.5 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 15.5 fouls on a nightly basis.

Defensively, the Spartans are able to force 11.1 turnovers per contest and they draw 18.1 personal fouls. They are surrendering 29.1% on 3-point attempts and they rank 98th in college basketball in points per game from their opponents (65.6). The Spartans defense is giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 39.1% (413 of 1,055) and they relinquish 32.6 boards per contest as a basketball team. They are 164th in college basketball in allowing assists to their opponents with 205 conceded on the season.

When they last stepped on the court, the Wisconsin Badgers went home victorious with a score of 82-76 against Northwestern. Concerning cleaning up the glass, Wisconsin allowed Northwestern to pull down 31 in all (10 on the offensive glass). They shot 35.0% from beyond the arc via 7 of 20 and ended up shooting 3 out of 8 at the free throw line (37.5%). The Badgers permitted Northwestern to knock down 33 out of their 71 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 46.5% in this game. At the conclusion of this game, the Badgers shot 28 out of 54 from the floor which had them at 51.9%. Regarding shots from 3-point land, Wisconsin converted 9 of 17 attempts (52.9%). They were able to make 17 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 65.4%. Northwestern earned 18 fouls for this contest which got the Badgers to the charity stripe for a total of 26 shots. They also coughed it up 11 times, while getting 4 steals for this contest. The Badgers snagged 28 defensive boards and 7 offensive boards totaling 35 in the matchup.

Johnny Davis pitched in for the Badgers for the game. He made 8 of 15 in this contest for a field goal percentage of 53.3%, and totaled 8 rebounds. He had 27 points in his 38 mins on the court and tallied 2 assists for this contest.

Wisconsin has a win-loss mark of 15-2 for the campaign. When it comes to executing on offense, the Badgers are shooting 42.5% from the floor, which is ranked 261st in college basketball. Wisconsin has scored 1,235 pts so far this year (72.6 per game) and they pull down 36.1 boards per game. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 11.4 times per contest (303rd in D-1) and they are turning it over 8.4 times per contest. The Badgers are committing 16.8 fouls per game while shooting 75.2% from the charity stripe.

The Badgers are ranked 99th in the country in points per game surrendered with 65.8. They are forcing their opponents into 11.9 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 43.4% from the field (223rd in Division 1). The Wisconsin defense concedes 33.2% on shots from beyond the perimeter (111 of 334) and their opponents are connecting on 63.1% of their shots from the free throw line. They allow 11.4 dimes and 35.5 boards on a nightly basis, which is ranked 96th and 225th in the nation.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Wisconsin and under the total points

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