7:02 pm
February 16

Michigan State @ Purdue

Who will WIN this matchup?

Michigan State Spartans (10-8)

@ Purdue Boilermakers (13-8)

 

Current odds:

Michigan State Spartans: (+210)

Purdue Boilermakers: (-250)

 

• The line for this game is Purdue by 5.5 points.

• Perennial powerhouse Michigan State isn’t used to 30-point losses. The Spartans will try to bounce back from one of their worst outings in recent memory when they head to West Lafayette, Ind., to face Purdue in a Big Ten Conference contest on Tuesday. Michigan State (10-8, 4-8) was blown out at home by Iowa, 88-58, on Saturday and longtime coach Tom Izzo was embarrassed by his team’s performance. The Spartans need to get hot to move into the NCAA Tournament picture, so they must find some answers quickly.

• The Spartans recorded home wins against Nebraska and Penn State in their previous two games but they were no match for the offensively gifted Hawkeyes. Iowa shot 49.2 percent from the field while holding Michigan State to 35.5 percent shooting.

• Purdue (13-8, 8-6) has fallen into a win-one, lose-one mode over the past six games. Poor perimeter shooting led to the Boilermakers’ demise in a 71-68 loss to Minnesota on Thursday. The Boilermakers’ past three games have been decided by a total of nine points. They also dropped a one-point decision to Maryland and downed Northwestern by a five-point margin.

• Purdue has won five of the past seven meetings with Michigan State. The Boilermakers pulled out a 55-54 win in East Lansing last month, rallying from a 15-point halftime deficit. Trevion Williams scored 22 of his 26 points after halftime, including the game-winning basket with 4.5 seconds left. The Spartans missed 11 of their final 13 shots.

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