Northwestern Wildcats vs Michigan State Spartans 1/29/2020 Picks

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It’s Wednesday, 29 January 2020 and The Northwestern Wildcats is on its way to Michigan State to face the Spartans at Jack Breslin Student Events Center, East Lansing, MI, 6:30pm. EST. The Wildcats are struggling in the series with a 6-13 win-loss record and will face the much-favored Spartans with a record of 15-5. The Wildcats lost to the Spartans by 5 on their match last match. Northwestern won only one of their last nine games dropping the first 5 games in a row to Michigan State, DePaul, Hartford, Minnesota and Indiana. Their lone win was against Nebraska last Jan.11. Since then, the Wildcats lost to Iowa, Illinois, Maryland and Ohio State. Northwestern shot just 26.7% from the floor in the second half against the Buckeyes who had also lost six of their last seven games.

Northwestern Sophomore Ferdinand Miller Kopp was their best scorer with a record of 13.6 points per game, 3.8 rebounds per game and converted 40 of his 100 attempts this season. Guard Pat Spencer has a record of 11.1 points per game and an average of 3.9 assists. Freshman Guard Bob Bule also made 10.2 points per game in his first season. Freshman Denter Ryan Young and Forward Pete Nance helped in the rebound department with 6.4 rebounds per game each.

Northwestern Wildcats vs Michigan State Spartans Predictions 1/29/2020

Michigan State Spartans had issues in their consistency in the last few weeks’ performance. The Spartans lost games against Purdue and Indiana but beat both Wisconsin and Minnesota. “ The 71-42 loss to Purdue is probably the worst since I have taken this job as coach,” said Spartans head coach Tom Izzo. Michigan State won over Wisconsin before their loss to Indiana last Thursday. The Spartans recovered from their loss to the Hoosiers by beating Minnesota 70-52 on the road, Sunday night. Michigan State limited the Golden Gophers to a season-low in field goal percentage and 3-point shooting.

Spartans’ Senior Guard Cassius Winston is one of the best guards in the country with a team high statistics of 18.0 ppg and 6.1 average in the assist department. Winston holds the record in shooting beyond the arc, converting 37.4% of his attempts from long range. Junior forward Xavier Tillman is the best big man of the team. He averages double-double figures of 13.9 ppg and 10.0 rebounds per game. Sophomore Forward Aaron Henry contributed 9.8 points per game with 4.3 rebounds per outing. Sophomore forward Gabe Brown is the Spartans’ other weapon in the perimeter, converting 24 out of 67 attempts from downtown.

Northwestern Wildcats vs Michigan State Spartans. The NCAAB pick for this game is the Michigan State -17. Key injuries will be the nemesis of Michigan State Spartans with five injuries on the list against Wildcats’ lone fatality. Spartans will be playing without Guard Joshua Langford with injury.. Forward Joey Hauser will be out due eligibility disqualification. Guard Brock Washington is out indefinitely due to suspension with Guard Kyle Ahrens on a torn Achilles tendon. Wildcats’ guard Anthony Gaines is out for the season due to shoulder injury.

Inconsistency in performance and key injuries are Michigan State’s problems after a few games. But the Spartans were good in getting back into business after those losses. The Michigan State were dominant in their head-to-head series against the Northwestern Wildcats in the last 10 meetings with 7-3 ATS record. The Michigan State Spartans have more arsenals in different angles that gave them a big advantage against the struggling Northwestern Wildcats. In these comparisons, the prediction favored the Spartans 79-59 in the final score against the struggling Northwestern Wildcats.

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