Maryland vs. Penn State odds, line: College basketball picks, predictions from model on 107-79 roll

The No. 17 Maryland Terrapins hit the road on Wednesday when they take on the Penn State Nittany Lions at the Bryce Jordan Center for a 6:30 p.m. ET tipoff. The Terrapins are 1.5-point favorites for this Big Ten battle, with the total listed at 136 in the latest Maryland vs. Penn State odds. Maryland won the first meeting, 66-59 on Dec. 1, but Penn State has a history of knocking off top teams in its building, with wins over Michigan and Virginia Tech already this season. That means Wednesday’s contest should be an intriguing one, and you’ll definitely want to see the latest Maryland vs. Penn State picks and college basketball predictions from the proven computer model at SportsLine.

This model, which simulates every game 10,000 times, has raked in the winnings for those following its picks. Over the past two years, the SportsLine Projection Model has returned nearly $4,200 to $100 players on its top-rated college basketball picks. It also entered Week 17 of the 2018-19 college basketball season on a blistering 107-79 run against the spread. Anyone who has followed it is way up.

Now the model has locked in on Maryland vs. Penn State. We can tell you it is leaning under, and it also has a strong against-the-spread pick that hits in over 60 percent of simulations. That pick is only available at SportsLine.

The model knows Maryland’s Bruno Fernando and Jalen Smith (both 6-foot-10) are forces on the interior, with Fernando averaging 14.4 points and 10.6 rebounds, while Smith is at 11.3 and 6.6. In the first meeting, Fernando scored 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.

 Maryland is in the top 30 nationwide in offensive rebounding percentage and defensive rebounding percentage, and while Penn State also ranks in the top quarter of Division-I in those categories, this is a clear advantage for the Terps.

However, the Nittany Lions are tough at home and could keep it within the Maryland vs. Penn State spread. 

Penn State has won three of its past four and four of its past six, so the Nittany Lions are playing much better basketball down the stretch. Those aforementioned wins against Michigan and Virginia Tech are exactly why you can’t look at their 11-16 record and make any assumptions. They also hammered Nebraska 95-71 in their last home game. 

In that game, they shot a strong 56 percent from the floor and are now shooting 53 percent in their past two games after following that home win with a road win over Illinois. Lamar Stevens has done a lot of the heavy lifting during this offensive burst, hitting 19 of 30 field goal attempts and scoring 54 points with 16 rebounds in two games.

Who wins Penn State vs. Maryland? And which side of the spread hits in over 60 percent of simulations? Visit SportsLine now to find out which side of the Penn State vs. Maryland spread you should be all over Wednesday, all from the model that has returned more than $4,000 to $100 players the last two years.