Penn St. vs. Michigan
Recommendation: Penn St. -1.5
It was startling to most to see just how bad Michigan was playing at the beginning of the season. Most were shocked when they lost to NJIT, and then the wheels completely fell off as they fell to EMU right after. It didn’t take much more for the sharps to realize that this just isn’t a good basketball team. The Wolverines are coming off of a bad loss to Purdue in their last game, and now must go on the road to take on a solid Penn St. ball club.
Michigan only does one thing well and that’s shoot the 3 ball. Everything else is very subpar. The Wolverines rank 206th in points per game and 249th in shooting percentage. Defensively it’s more of the same. They don’t hold their opponents to a decent field goal percentage and are a horrible rebounding unit. Not a recipe for success when taking on Penn St. tonight.
The Nittany Lions should come up with a big performance here as they’ve started off 0-2 in the big 10. In much need of a win this is a good team for them to get it against. Look for D.J. Newbill to absolutely take this ballgame over. Penn St. averages over 70 points per game but needs to get better at moving the ball. They don’t average a high amount of assists which has atoned for some of their struggles on offense at times. The Nittany Lions do a much better job on the glass and I can’t see them losing a 3rd straight conference game, especially at home. Take Penn St.
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