Mount St. Mary’s vs Maryland Prediction College Basketball Picks 11/8/24

In this article, we will formulate a Mount St. Mary’s vs Maryland Prediction for this college basketball game on Friday, November 8th, at the ICCU Arena. To formulate this prediction, we will examine:

-The Mountaineers’ recent form and recent player performance 

-The Terrrapins’ recent form and recent player performance

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Mount St. Mary’s

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Maryland

-Recent betting trends in games played between Mount St. Mary’s and Maryland

-A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for Today’s Game between the Mountaineers and Terrapins. 

Maryland Dominated First Game

Maryland faced off against Manhattan in the first game and they had a pretty comfortable victory. At the end of the first quarter, they were only up by three, but in the second half, they pulled away and ended up winning 79-49. In the second half, the defense gave up only 21 points while the defense gave up 48 points. Derik Queen had a huge game putting up 22 points and 20 rebounds. If he can continue to have those types of games, this team can be very good. As a team Maryland shot 44.3 percent from the field and 21.7 percent from behind the three-point line. Maryland will face Florida A&M and Marquette after this one.

Mount St Mary’s Dominated First Game

Mount St Mary’s faced off against Notre Dame of Maryland in the first game and it was a dominant victory. Mount St. Mary’s offense scored 45 points in the first half and in the second half, they scored 53 points on the way to the victory. They played a ton of people for Mount St Mary’s and they are going to need this team to be deep again here. The Mountaineers had five different players that put up at least ten players. Dola Adebayo put up 16 points, seven rebounds, and one assist. Dallas Hobbs had a strong game putting 17 points, five rebounds, and two assists. Mount St. Mary’s will meet Bucknell and St. Francis (PA) following this game.

Mount St. Mary’s vs Maryland Prediction

Mount St. Mary’s is going to be keeping this game close. Maryland looked good in the first game, but their defense isn’t going to be as good here. I really trust this Mount St. Mary’s offense and that is going to be the difference here. Maryland’s offense is going to be good, but they aren’t going to pull away here, and Mount St. Mary’s is going to keep this game close. Back Mount St Mary’s against the spread here.

Shane Mickle's Pick: Mount St Mary's +24.5