Minnesota Golden Gophers vs Penn State Nittany Lions Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 02/17/2022

Game Time: 4:00 pm ET, Thursday, February 17, 2022

Venue:  Bryce Jordan Center, State College, PA 

Where to Watch:  Big Ten Network

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Minnesota +6, PSU -6; Over/Under:  128.5 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Minnesota +6.5, PSU -6.5; Over/Under:  129.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Minnesota +6.5, PSU -6.5; Over/Under:  129.5 points

 

Minnesota Golden Gophers:  12-11 (12th place, Big Ten)

Penn State Nittany Lions:  10-12 (11th place, Big Ten)

 

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Minnesota Golden Gophers:  1-4 last 5

Penn State Nittany Lions:  2-3 last 5

 

 

 

Minnesota is coming into this game with a 12-11 record overall and they are 3-6 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. This will be their 15th conference matchup of the year and they are currently 3-11 in their conference games this season. They have lost 6 of their last 7 games and are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game. Their last win was against the Penn State Nittany Lions while their 6 losses in that span came against the Ohio State Buckeyes, the Wisconsin Badgers, the Purdue Boilermakers, the Iowa Hawkeyes, the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and Ohio State again in their last game. Luke Loewe led the team in points in that game with 12 while Jamison Battle was next on the team with 11 points. Eric Curry led the team in assists in that game with 3 while Payton Willis led the team in rebounds with 7. They were 30.8% from the field, 26.3% from 3-point range, and 72.7% from the free throw line with their shooting in that game. Their offense is averaging 68.6 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 68.5 PPG against them. Minnesota has an ATS record of 11-12 this season and their O/U record is 13-10.

 

 

PSU is coming into this game with a 10-12 record overall and they are 8-4 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. This will be the 15th conference matchup on their schedule this year and they are currently 5-9 in their conference games this season. They have lost 3 of their last 4 games but are coming into this one off of a win in their last game which snapped a 3 game losing streak that they were on. Their 3 losses in that span were against the Wisconsin Badgers, the Michigan Wolverines, and the Minnesota Golden Gophers while their win came against the Michigan State Spartans in their last game. Seth Lundy led the team in points in that game with 17 while John Harrar was next on the team with 16 points. Harrar, Jalen Pickett, Myles Dread, and Sam Sessoms off the bench all led the team in assists in that game with 3 each while Harrar led the team in rebounds himself with 16. They were 39.3% from the field, 40% from 3-point range, and 66.7% from the free throw line with their shots this season. Their offense is averaging 65.3 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 65.9 PPG against them. PSU has an ATS record of 12-10 this season and their O/U record is 9-13.

 

Minnesota is coming into this game playing very badly in their recent games. They have lost 6 of their last 7 games and what's even worse is that they gave Nebraska their only conference win in that span as well. Minnesota's last win actually came against PSU and that is not good as that was just a few days ago and PSU will be looking for their revenge here. Minnesota is already 3-11 against conference opponents this season and they are also 3-6 on the road. PSU has also struggled against conference opponents this season but they are at least 8-4 at home and they are coming off of a win against the ranked MSU team at home in their last game. PSU will have some confidence from that game and they should be able to roll over Minnesota at home here as they get their revenge for that embarrassment against them a few days ago. PSU will win this game by single digits.

 

Minnesota Penn State Prediction:  Our NCAAB Pick for Thursday, February 17, 2022 (4:00 pm ET start time) is PSU 67 Minnesota 61.

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Minnesota Golden Gophers: 19-25 ATS as an underdog. 11-20 ATS in road games. 26-19 OVER as an underdog. 

Penn State Nittany Lions: 22-14 ATS after playing a game as an underdog. 87-56 ATS after 5 straight games committing 14 or less turnovers. 8-2 OVER after 2 straight games giving up 9 or less offensive rebounds.

 

 

Minnesota Golden Gophers:  W. Ramberg (G) Out indefinitely - Hand injury. I. Ihnen (F) out for season - Knee injury. P. Fox (F) out for season - Knee injury.

Penn State Nittany Lions:  G. Lee (F) Ques Thurs - Leg injury.

 

 

“They really flipped the narrative in terms of their intensity level, their details on both sides of the ball.” - Ben Johnson after his team’s loss against OSU.

 

 

“We really locked in in terms of what we needed to do. I thought our offense got better from that moment on, so maybe I'm a dummy for waiting this long to get [a tech].” - Micah Shrewsberry on his team’s win against MSU.

 

 

 

J. Battle 

E. Curry 

L. Loewe 

E. Stephens 

P. Willis

 

M. Dread 

J. Harrar 

Seth Lundy 

J. Pickett 

S. Sessoms

 

 

PPG: J. Battle (16.5)

APG: P. Willis (4.3)

Reb/G: J. Battle (6.3)

 

PPG: S. Lundy (13.1)

APG: J. Pickett (4.1)

Reb/G: J. Harrar (9.7)

 

Coaches:

Minnesota Golden Gophers: Ben Johnson (1st season)

Penn State Nittany Lions: Micah Shrewsberry (1st season)