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Penn St. Nittany Lions vs Michigan Wolverines Betting Picks & Predictions

Game time: January 4, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET

Venue: Crisler Center — Ann Arbor, MI

Article updated Jan 3, 10:14 PM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

Penn St. is on the road playing Michigan at the Crisler Center stadium on Wednesday, 1/4/2023 @ 7:00pm EST. Michigan -3 was the opening favorite and current line is Michigan

Game outlook

Penn St. is on the road playing Michigan at the Crisler Center stadium on Wednesday, 1/4/2023 @ 7:00pm EST. Michigan -3 was the opening favorite and current line is Michigan -4.

Penn St. Highlights

With a power ranking of 97, Penn St. is ranked #121 in offense (scoring an average of 75.46 per game), #89 in defense (allowing an average of 65.00 points to be scored against them per game) and are 11-3 (9-5 ATS) this season.

Michigan Highlights

Michigan Wolverines has a power ranking of 116 and are #107 for offense (scoring an average of 75.92 per game), #239 for defense (giving up an average of 65.00 points per game) and 8-5 (7-6 ATS) overall. Penn St. went 2-1 (0-3 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against Michigan.

Curated Picks & Predictions

From the lines set by Sportsbooks, they predict the score to be PENST 74.75, MICH 66.75. The SportsJaw community predicts Penn St. Nittany Lions to cover (51%) OddsShark predicts Penn State will win, cover the spread, and the total will go over.

split down the middle on Covers.com

Our ScoreCaster predicts Nittany Lions 74 to Wolverines 76.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Nittany Lions 74 to Wolverines 76.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NCAAB Predictions

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SportsJaw Nittany Lions vs Wolverines archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. View history of past Nittany Lions vs Wolverines matchups or learn how our predictions work.

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Penn St. Nittany Lions+125 → +160Moved
  • Moneyline · Michigan Wolverines-145 → -180Moved
  • Spread · Penn St. Nittany Lions+3 (-110) → +4 (-110)Moved
  • Spread · Michigan Wolverines-3 (-110) → -4 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Over141.75 (-110) → 141.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Under141.75 (-110) → 141.5 (-110)Moved

ATS and O/U trends

Penn St. Nittany Lions
12-20 matchup record · 7-3-0 ATS · 4-6-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Michigan Wolverines
37-3 matchup record · 6-4-0 ATS · 6-4-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2023-01-04T03:14:34.579Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

  • 2022-02-08Michigan Wolverines 58 · Penn St. Nittany Lions 57
Final result

Matchup pick recap

Michigan Wolverines defeated Penn St. Nittany Lions 79-69

Michigan Wolverines defeated Penn St. Nittany Lions 79-69 on January 4, 2023, a 10-point decision in the series. Michigan Wolverines' strongest period was the 1st half, when it outscored its opponent 42-34. Against SportsJaw's recorded Penn St. Nittany Lions +4 (-110) spread, Michigan Wolverines covered, while the 148 combined points finished over the recorded total of 141.5.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • CoolioSpread · Penn St. Nittany Lions +4 (-110)Loss
  • CoolioTotal · Over 141.5 (-110)Win
  • OddssharkSpread · Penn St. Nittany Lions +4 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkTotal · Over 141.5 (-110)Win
  • CoversSpread · Michigan Wolverines -4 (-110)Win