Ohio State vs Michigan State 3/10/23 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

The Ohio State Buckeyes will play a quarterfinal match up in the BIG 10 tournament Friday afternoon against the Michigan State Spartans. Ohio State comes into Friday three games above .500 on the year riding a two game win streak following a four point victory over Iowa in the second round. Defensively Ohio State was the better team allowing just 69 points on 46.4% shooting and forced 11 turnovers to get the win. Offensively Ohio State was lights out scoring 73 points on 49.2% shooting and 38.9% from beyond the arc.

Bruce Thornton led the way for Ohio State pouring in a team high 17 points on 8 of 13 shooting from the floor to go along with six assists as well. Bryce Sensabaugh poured in the second best 16 points and Justice Sueing added 14 points and five rebounds in 34 minutes as well. Sean McNeil led the way off the Ohio State bench with 13 points in 31 minutes of action.

Michigan State comes into the conference tournament games 8 games above.500 on two game win streak following a six point victory over this Ohio State team to end the regular season. Defensively Michigan State struggled a bit allowing Ohio State to score 78 points on 48.3% shooting and Ohio State knocked down 44 long balls as well. Offensively Michigan State was the better team making 54.7% of their shots and knocked down 12 long balls to score 84 points in 40 minutes.

Tyson Walker is the offensive leader for Michigan State this season scoring 14 points per game on 46% shooting from the floor. Joey Hauser is second on the team scoring 14.2 points to go along with the team leading 7 rebounds and Jaden Akins averages 9.6 points per game as well. AJ Hoggard leads Michigan State averaging 6.1 assists per game to go along with a third best 12.6 points.