Free College Basketball Picks Today: Maryland Terrapins vs University of California Los Angeles Bruins 12/14/22

Free College Basketball Picks Today: Maryland Terrapins vs University of California Los Angeles Bruins 12/14/22
Wed 14th December 2022

The No. 16 UCLA Bruins (8-2, 2-0 Pac-12), one of the nation’s top shooting teams, head to face the No. 20 Maryland Terrapins (8-2, 1-1 Big 10) on Wednesday. UCLA dominated the Denver Pioneers 87-64 at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday, their fifth win in a row. Jaylen Clark was the standout player with 24 points.

Maryland lost a close one on Sunday at Barclays Center, falling to the Tennessee Volunteers 56-53. Jahmir Young had 18 points and seven assists in the losing effort, carrying the team. The Bruins have been led this season by Jaime Jaquez Jr., who is averaging 17.4 points per game. Meanwhile, Clark is grabbing 5.5 rebounds per game, and Tyger Campbell is dishing 4.6 assists.

Young (15.6 ppg) and Donta Scott (14.1) have supplied much of the Terrapins’ offense. Young also has doled out 3.4 assists per game. Julian Reese has averaged 7.6 rebounds per game.The Bruins are shooting 49.9% from the field, ranking as one of the country’s most accurate field goal shooting teams (16th).

In the last 10 games, UCLA is 8-2 with an average margin of +18.0 (81.3-63.3). Maryland has also gone 8-2 over the last 10, scoring 75.8 points per game on average while allowing 60.8 (+15.0 margin).

BRUINS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Dylan Andrews: 9.2 | 6.9 | +2.3
Jaylen Clark: 14.4 | 20.7 | -6.3
Rebounds per game:
Jaylen Clark: 3.0 | 5.5 | -2.5
Assists per game:
Amari Bailey: 3.2 | 2.5 | +0.7

TERRAPINS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Assists per game:
Jahari Long: 1.2 | 2.1 | -0.9

SportsTips’ College Basketball Pick:

UCLA (+115)

Want up to a $1K risk free bet for this pick?
Claim with betmgm image today!

If you need more news, information and predictions, head over to our college basketball hub page for all your college basketball needs!

*Odds correct at time of publication, courtesy of BetMGM.

SportsTips covers all the latest betting, odds, picks & predictions news when it comes to major American sports like NFL, NBA, MLB & NHL. If you want to stay up to date with the latest information, SportsTips has you covered!