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Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Michigan State Spartans

The Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Michigan State Spartans will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Breslin Center.

Oddsmakers opened the Spartans as -12-point favorites versus the Golden Gophers, while the game's total opened at 143.

Michigan State won its last outing, a 73-55 result against Scarlet Knights on January 14. They covered in that game as a -12-point favorite.

Minnesota was a 86-77 loser in its last match at home against Hawkeyes. They failed to cover the -3-point spread as favorites.

Minnesota:
Team record: 12-5 SU,13-3-1 ATS
Minnesota is 3-22 SU in its last 25 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games on the road
Minnesota is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Michigan State

Michigan State:
Team record: 10-7 SU,9-7-1 ATS
Michigan State is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Minnesota
Michigan State is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Michigan State's last 10 games when playing Minnesota

Next up:
Minnesota home to Wisconsin Tuesday, January 23
Michigan State at Maryland Sunday, January 21