Youngstown State vs USC Upstate Picks and Prediction – 12/21/2024

The Youngstown State Penguins will be on the road Saturday with the game in South Carolina against South Carolina Upstate. The Penguins have seven wins through 12 games played riding a lengthy winning streak into Saturday following a 10 point victory in their last outing. Offensively Youngstown State has done the work this season averaging 74.5 points on 42.2% shooting from the floor. Defensively the Penguins have been even better holding opponents to 69.7 points per game overall and gave up seventy in their last outing. Stay in the loop with our College Basketball Picks.

EJ Farmer leads Youngstown State this season averaging 13.7 points per game. Ty Harper is averaging 9.5 points and Juwan Maxey chips in 9.1 points per game. Nico Galette averages a second best 13.3 points to go along with a team leading 7 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game.

The South Carolina Upstate Spartans stay home Saturday with just four wins through 14 games played having dropped three of the last five including two in a row after a 15 point loss in their last outing. Offensively the Spartans have scored the ball extremely well averaging 76.4 points per game on 46.5% shooting but have averaged just 61.5 points per game during their two game skid. Defensively South Carolina Upstate has struggled immensely this season giving up 82.2 points per game overall after allowing 85 last time out.

Mister Dean leads South Carolina Upstate this season averaging 14.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. Brit Harris is 2^nd on the team averaging 11 points and Carmelo Adkins averages 10.9 points per game. Karmani Gregory averages 10.3 points and leads the team dishing out 3.5 assists. Breylin Garcia averages 8.2 points in just over 20 minutes per game this season.

The Penguins are the better team in this game and it will show from the jump Saturday. Take Youngstown to do the work on both sides of the ball against a below average Upstate team. The Penguins will get it done Saturday leading to the win and cover. Final Score Prediction, Youngstown State Penguins win and cover 76-63.