The No. 6 seed Ohio State Buckeyes (19-10, 12-8 Big Ten) and the No. 11 seed Penn State Nittany Lions (13-16, 7-13 Big Ten) square off in the Big Ten Tournament Thursday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, beginning at 9:00 PM. Ohio State is favored by 5 points. Both teams are looking to take another step toward a conference title and an automatic spot in the NCAA Tournament bracket.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Ohio State has a 16-13-0 record against the spread this season compared to Penn State, who is 16-12-0 ATS. In terms of going over the point total, games involving the Buckeyes are 18-11-0 and the Nittany Lions are 10-19-0. The two teams score 138.5 points per game, 11.0 more points than this matchup’s total. Ohio State is 6-4-0 against the spread and 6-4 overall in its past 10 games, while Penn State has gone 7-3-0 against the spread and 4-6 overall.
Here is everything you need to get ready for Thursday’s Big Ten college basketball game.
Penn State at Ohio State odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Ohio State -5
- Total: 127.5
- Moneyline: Ohio State -218, Penn State +176
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Penn State at Ohio State odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Ohio State 70, Penn State 66
Moneyline
- The Buckeyes have been favored on the moneyline 20 total times this season. They’ve finished 15-5 in those games.
- When it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -218 or shorter, Ohio State has gone 14-3 (82.4%).
- The Buckeyes have a 68.6% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
- This season, the Nittany Lions have won four out of the 17 games, or 23.5%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
- Penn State has a record of 1-10, a 8.3% win rate, when set as an underdog of +176 or more by sportsbooks this season.
- The Nittany Lions have a 36.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Against the spread
- The 74.0 points per game the Buckeyes score are 9.2 more points than the Nittany Lions allow (64.8).
- Ohio State is 16-9 against the spread and 18-6 overall when scoring more than 64.8 points.
- Penn State is 13-5 against the spread and 10-9 overall when giving up fewer than 74.0 points.
- The Nittany Lions score an average of 64.5 points per game, only 3.9 fewer points than the 68.4 the Buckeyes allow.
- Penn State has put together a 3-5 ATS record and a 6-2 overall record in games it scores more than 68.4 points.
- Ohio State is 7-1 against the spread and 8-0 overall when it gives up fewer than 64.5 points.
- The Buckeyes have totaled 163 more points than their opponents this season (5.6 per game on average), while the Nittany Lions have been outscored by seven total points (0.3 per game average differential).
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Over/Under
- The Buckeyes have an average implied point total of 74.2 this season, which is 8.2 points higher than their implied total in Thursday’s game (66).
- This season, Ohio State has scored more than 66 points in 24 games.
- The 70.3-point average implied total on the season for the Nittany Lions is the same as the team’s implied total in this matchup.
- This year, Penn State has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (61) 17 times.
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