Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs Maryland Terrapins Prediction, 3/13/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs Maryland Terrapins

Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Location: Target Center in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Peacock

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights (15-16) are hitting the road to Target Center on Wednesday where they will attempt to defeat the Maryland Terrapins (15-16).

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights faced off with Ohio State and ended up losing by a score of 73-51 in their last game. Rutgers walked away from the contest with a 27.3% FG percentage (15 of 55) and buried 4 of their 18 3-point shots. At the charity stripe, the Scarlet Knights converted 17 of their 28 attempts for a percentage of 60.7%. In the matter of grabbing boards, they collected 29 with 11 of them being of the offensive sort. They also recorded 7 assists in this contest while forcing the opposition into 14 turnovers and earning 8 steals. In regard to defense, Rutgers allowed the other team to shoot 50.0% from the field on 24 out of 48 shooting. Ohio State totaled 14 dimes and had 5 steals for the matchup. In addition, Ohio State pulled down 37 rebounds (6 offensive, 31 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Ohio State shot 76.2% at the free throw line by burying 16 of their 21 tries. They also knocked down 9 out of their 20 tries from three-point range. When it comes to personal fouls, the Scarlet Knights ended up finishing with 20 while Ohio State accounted for 22 personal fouls.

Aundre Hyatt is a player who was a major contributor for this contest. He left the arena with 11 points on 3 of 9 shooting. He played for 28 mins played and snagged 4 boards. He walked away from this one shooting 33.3% from the floor but had no assists when the game ended.

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Rutgers will take the court with a record of 15-16 so far this year. They are averaging 65.8 points per game (342nd in the country) while connecting on 39.2% from the field. The Scarlet Knights are shooting 28.9% on 3-point shots (170 of 589) and 66.0% from the charity stripe. As a team, Rutgers is pulling down 37.3 boards per contest and has earned 366 assists for the season, which is 299th in the country in terms of passing. They lose possession via turnover 11.4 times per contest and as a squad they are committing 16.9 fouls every game.

On defense, the Scarlet Knights are forcing their opponents into 14.8 turnovers per game and they draw 17.0 fouls. They are relinquishing 32.7% from 3-point land and they are ranked 43rd in college basketball in opponents points per game (66.6). The Scarlet Knights defense is allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 40.7% (711 of 1,747) and they relinquish 39.4 boards per game as a group. They currently rank 124th in college basketball in giving up assists with 385 surrendered for the campaign.

When they last stepped on the court, the Maryland Terrapins took a defeat with a final score of 85-69 against Penn State. When talking about cleaning the glass, Maryland permitted Penn State to get 43 in total (12 on the offensive side). They wrapped up this game 30.0% from distance by going 6 of 20 and ended up shooting 19 out of 22 from the charity stripe (86.4%). The Terrapins allowed Penn State to make 30 of their 62 tries from the field which had them shooting 48.4% in this contest. When the final whistle blew, the Terrapins ended up shooting 22 for 58 from the floor which had them shooting 37.9%. With respect to shooting from 3-point land, Maryland made 7 of 27 attempts (25.9%). They were able to knock down 18 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 72.0%. Penn State had 17 fouls in this contest which took the Terrapins to the charity stripe for 25 attempts. They also coughed up the ball 8 times, while earning 8 steals for this game. The Terrapins collected 19 defensive rebounds and 6 offensive rebounds totaling 25 for the game.

Jahmir Young pitched in for the Terrapins for the game. He knocked down 4 out of 14 for the contest giving him a field goal percentage of 28.6%, and had 7 rebounds. He racked up 16 points in his 30 mins of playing time and had 4 dimes in this contest.

Maryland has a win-loss mark of 15-16 this year. As an offensive unit, the Terrapins are connecting on 41.3% from the floor, which ranks 326th in Division 1. Maryland has scored 2,157 points for the campaign (69.6 per contest) and they pull in 35.8 boards per game. They are assisting teammates 10.7 times per contest (339th in college hoops) and they are turning it over 11.5 times per contest. The Terrapins have committed 17.6 fouls per game and they hit 72.1% from the free throw line.

The Terrapins defensively are ranked 23rd in college hoops in PPG allowed with 65.7. They are forcing their opponents into 12.6 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 41.8% from the field (68th in the country). The Maryland defense allows 31.6% on shots from beyond the perimeter (159 of 503) and opponents are knocking down 77.0% of their shots from the charity stripe. They concede 10.6 assists and 34.6 rebounds on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 20th and 172nd in D-1.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Rutgers

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