The 8-16 Penn St Nittany Lions will hit the road in Big Ten conference action when they face the 21-4 Michigan Wolverines in an NCAA college basketball game on Sunday afternoon. Tip time from Michigan is scheduled for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the Big Ten Network.
The college basketball odds from this Big Ten game has the home team Michigan Wolverines favored by -22 ½ points with an over under line of 132 ½ points. There has been no movement in this line since it opened a few hours ago.
The teams met twice last season with Michigan winning and covering the spread in both games with one held and at home and one away. Each game played over the total.
Penn St has a true road record of 0-5 on the season. The team is 0-12 against the Big Ten conference. In road conference games the Nittany Lions have losses at Wisconsin, Purdue, Indiana, Iowa and Nebraska with no wins. They lose their 12th straight game after a 74-72 home defeat on Thursday to the Iowa Hawkeyes as a +8 ½ point underdog. The total landed over 132 ½ points. The Nittany Lions shot 44.3% in the close loss with 8 of 17 from three. They give 44.4% shooting to Iowa and lose the game as Penn St pulled down 11 less rebounds than Iowa. D.J. Newbill had 26 points and 8 rebounds on 11 of 20 shooting in the loss. Penn St struggled mightily with shooting as they hit on 38.4% from the floor and 27.5% from the three point line ranking in the lower third of college basketball.
Michigan on their home court on the year has a 13-0 mark on the 2012-13 campaign. The Wolverines are 8-4 versus the conference. At home in Big Ten games the team has wins against Iowa, Nebraska, Purdue, Northwestern and Ohio St with no losses. They lose their second straight after a 75-52 road defeat to the Michigan St Spartans as a -1 ½ point betting favorite on Tuesday. The game went under 132 ½ points. The Wolverines fell behind by 14 at the half in the loss. They shoot just 39.6% from the floor and 6 of 19 from three. The give up 48.4% shooting to the Spartans, committed 16 turnovers and lose the rebounding battle by 12 boards. Trey Burke had 18 points and 4 assists on 7 of 11 shooting. The Wolverines shoot the ball very well as they are a top eight team in two key areas of offense which is field goal and three point shooting. Michigan hits on 49.4% from the floor along with 40.3% from beyond the arc.
