Maryland-Eastern Shore vs Maryland Prediction College Basketball Picks 12/28/24

The Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks and the Maryland Terrapins meet Saturday in college basketball action from the XFINITY Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Maryland Eastern Shore vs. Maryland prediction.

Maryland Eastern Shore Recap

The Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks come into this game looking to looking to build on their 81-64 win over subdivision Cairns last time out. After this game, UMES will head on the road to take on Norfolk State.

Hawks Looking To Spring Upset

Ketron Shaw leads the Hawks in scoring, rebounding and assists with 19.5 PPG, 5.9 RPG and 3.2 APG RPG while Christopher Flippin has 10.5 PPG with 5.4 RPG and Evan Johnson has 13.2 PPG and 3 APG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for UMES so far this season. Cardell Bailey also has 8.9 PPG with 3 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Maryland Eastern Shore is averaging 69.7 PPG on 44.2% shooting from the field, 33.2% from three and 64.9% from the foul line this season.

Maryland Recap

The Maryland Terrapins come into this game looking to build on an 87-60 win over Syracuse last time out. After this game, the Terps will head on the road for a conference tilt against Washington.

Terrapins Win Back-To-Back Games

Derik Queen leads the Terps in scoring with 16.8 PPG along with 8.3 RPG while Ja’Kobi Gillespie has 14.1 PPG with a team-high 4.1 APG to lead the Terrapins in the assist department. Rodney Rice has 12.3 PPG as does Selton Miguel, while Julian Reese has 12 PPG with a team-high 8.9 RPG to lead the Terrapins on the glass and to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Maryland so far this season. As a team, Maryland is averaging 87.8 PPG on 50.1% shooting from the field, 37.1% from three and 73.9% from the foul line this season.

Why the Maryland Terrapins will win

• Maryland has won each of its last 20 day games against non-Conference opponents at XFINITY Center.
• Maryland-Eastern Shore has lost each of its last 18 games against non-Conference opponents.

Maryland Eastern Shore vs. Maryland Prediction

I’m on the Terrapins here. Simply put, you have a team that gets blown out by good teams and a team that blows out bad teams, and it shouldn’t be hard to figure out which is which. Maryland has wins over Syracuse and Ohio State by 27 and 24, but against non power teams, the Terps have wins by 30, 34, 31, 71 (good god Canisius), 24, 38 and 54 (vs. Saint Francis) while UMES has lost to Vandy by 39, Illinois by 47 and Arkansas in a 74-point, 109-35 rout and the Hawks don’t have a win against a division I team this season. Give me Maryland in a blowout.

Chris Ruffolo's Pick: Maryland -42