Georgia Southern Eagles vs Michigan State Spartans Prediction, 11/28/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Georgia Southern Eagles vs Michigan State Spartans

Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Location: Breslin Center in East Lansing, MI

TV: BTN

The Michigan State Spartans (3-3) are hosting the Georgia Southern Eagles (0-6) at Breslin Center on Tuesday.

The Georgia Southern Eagles faced off with Northeastern and took a loss by a final of 92-78 in their last contest. Georgia Southern finished the game having earned a 50.0% FG percentage (28 of 56) and knocked down 14 of their 32 three-point shots. From the charity stripe, the Eagles made 8 of 12 tries for a rate of 66.7%. With respect to pulling down boards, they earned 22 with 6 of them being offensive. They also distributed 10 assists in the matchup as well as forcing the opposition into 12 turnovers and having 4 steals. In regard to defending, Georgia Southern allowed the other team to go 58.5% from the field on 31 of 53 shooting. Northeastern doled out 18 assists and had 9 steals for the game. In addition, Northeastern collected 30 boards (9 offensive, 21 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Northeastern finished 75.0% at the free throw line by making 18 of their 24 shots. They also knocked down 12 out of their 23 attempts from distance. Concerning fouls, the Eagles ended up walking away with 20 while Northeastern had 13 fouls.

Tyren Moore is a player who came through for this game. He left the arena with 14 points on 4 out of 9 shooting. He played 24 minutes played and also collected 2 rebounds. He went 44.4% from the field and earned 1 assist.

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Georgia Southern will enter this contest with a record of 0-6 this season. They are giving up possession 14.7 times per game and as a unit are committing 21.7 personal fouls every game. As a team, Georgia Southern is snagging 32.0 rebounds per contest and is sitting with 51 assists this year, which ranks 347th in Division 1 in terms of passing the rock. The Eagles are shooting 32.6% on shots from beyond the arc (58 of 178) and 76.4% from the free throw line. They have an average of 70.3 points per contest (265th in the nation) while hitting 39.4% from the field.

On defense, the Eagles are able to force 13.7 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 17.2 fouls. They currently rank 324th in college hoops in giving up assists to their opponents with 100 surrendered so far this year. The Eagles are allowing a field goal percentage of 50.0% (168 of 336) and they concede 37.0 rebounds per game as a unit. They are giving up 42.0% on shots from beyond the arc and they are 354th in college basketball in opponents points per game (85.0).

The last time they took the hardwood, the Michigan State Spartans walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 74-68 when they played Arizona. The Spartans were able to collect 23 defensive boards and 9 offensive boards for a total of 32 in the matchup. They also coughed up the ball 9 times, while recording 6 steals for this game. Arizona committed 18 personal fouls in this matchup which got the Spartans to the charity stripe for a total of 14 attempts. They were able to make 11 of them for a rate of 78.6%. Pertaining to 3-point shots, Michigan State knocked down 5 of 17 tries (29.4%). When the final whistle blew, the Spartans finished 26 for 64 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 40.6%. The Spartans allowed Arizona to convert 27 of 59 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 45.8% in the matchup. They finished 26.3% from beyond the arc by going 5 out of 19 and walked away from this one shooting 15 out of 20 at the charity stripe (75.0%). In relation to how they rebounded, Michigan State allowed Arizona to snag 31 in total (9 on the offensive side).

Tyson Walker ended up being a factor for the Spartans for this contest. He tallied 18 points in his 34 minutes on the court and accumulated 4 dimes for the game. He made 8 out of 20 in this contest for a field goal percentage of 40.0%, and accounted for 4 rebounds.

Michigan State has a win-loss mark of 3-3 on the season. When it comes to offense, the Spartans are shooting 43.9% from the field, which ranks 216th in the country. Michigan State has accumulated 438 pts so far this year (73.0 per game) and they pull in 38.7 boards per contest. They are getting an assist 15.8 times per contest (72nd in college basketball) and they are giving up possession 10.7 times per contest. The Spartans have committed 18.7 fouls per game and they shoot 67.7% from the charity stripe.

The Spartans are ranked 51st in D-1 in PPG surrendered with 63.5. They are able to force 12.8 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 35.5% from the field (7th in D-1). The Michigan State defense gives up 27.9% on 3-point attempts (39 of 140) and opponents are knocking down 70.7% of their foul shots. They have surrendered 12.0 assists and 39.0 boards per game, which has them ranked 158th and 308th in Division 1.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Michigan State

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