Brown Bears vs USC Trojans Prediction, 12/21/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Brown Bears vs USC Trojans

Date: Sunday, December 21, 2025

Location: Galen Center in Los Angeles, CA

TV: ESPN+

Galen Center is where the USC Trojans (11-1) will attempt to defeat the Brown Bears (5-7) on Sunday.

The Brown Bears played Providence and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 86-79 in their last game. In relation to personal fouls, the Bears walked away with 19 while Providence accounted for 18 personal fouls. They also buried 8 out of their 26 tries from downtown. Providence finished the game at 85.7% from the free throw line by making 18 of their 21 attempts. Furthermore, Providence grabbed 41 rebounds (12 offensive, 29 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Providence dished out 16 dimes and had 6 steals in the game. When discussing the defense, Brown allowed the other team to shoot 46.2% from the field on 30 out of 65 shooting. They also recorded 17 assists for the matchup while forcing the other team into 14 turnovers and having 9 steals. With regard to rebounding, they collected a total of 28 with 5 of them being of the offensive sort. From the free throw line, the Bears made 15 of their 20 shots for a percentage of 75.0%. Brown finished the contest having earned a 43.1% field goal percentage (28 out of 65) and converted 8 of their 21 shots from distance.

Landon Lewis is one player who came through for this game. He went 40.0% from the floor and dished out 2 dimes. He was on the court for 33 minutes and snagged 8 boards. He finished with 17 points on 6 of 15 shooting.

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Brown will play this contest with a record of 5-7 so far this year. They have an average of 70.8 pts per contest (308th in D-1) while shooting 43.9% from the field. The Bears are connecting on 34.9% from downtown (94 of 269) and 69.1% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Brown is grabbing 36.3 rebounds per game and has 183 assists for the season, which is 99th in the nation in terms of passing. They cough up possession 12.8 times per game and as a squad they commit 17.0 personal fouls per contest.

Defensively, the Bears have forced 14.3 turnovers per contest while drawing 14.8 personal fouls. They are giving up 28.9% on shots from beyond the arc while they are 27th in college hoops in opponents points per game (65.3). The Bears defense is allowing a FG percentage of 41.1% (281 of 684) and they relinquish 35.2 boards per contest as a team. They are ranked 147th in college hoops in giving up assists with 146 relinquished on the year.

When they last played, the USC Trojans got the win with a final of 97-70 when they played UTSA. The Trojans collected 22 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds totaling 30 in the game. They turned the ball over 11 times, while earning 12 steals for the contest. UTSA earned 20 fouls in this game which took the Trojans to the charity stripe for a total of 28 attempts. They were able to knock down 22 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 78.6%. Regarding shooting from 3-point land, USC made 9 of 23 tries (39.1%). At the conclusion of this game, the Trojans finished 33 for 60 from the field which gave them a percentage of 55.0%. The Trojans permitted UTSA to convert 22 of their 63 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 34.9% in this game. They finished 25.9% from three-point range by going 7 out of 27 and ended up going 19 of 23 at the charity stripe (82.6%). When talking about rebounding, USC allowed UTSA to pull down 32 in total (15 on the offensive glass).

Ezra Ausar ended up being a factor for the Trojans for the contest. He racked up 22 points in his 32 mins on the court and had 3 assists for this contest. He buried 9 of 13 for the game for a rate of 69.2%, and had 10 rebounds.

USC has a win-loss record of 11-1 on the campaign. As an offensive team, the Trojans are shooting 48.8% from the floor, which has them ranked 53rd in the nation. USC has accounted for 1,060 pts on the year (88.3 per game) and they grab 36.8 rebounds per contest. They are assisting teammates 16.5 times per contest (82nd in college) and they are losing possession via turnover 12.5 times per game. The Trojans are responsible for committing 19.7 fouls per contest and they connect on 74.2% from the free throw line.

The USC defense allows 29.4% on shots from 3-point land (92 of 313) and their opponents are converting on 77.3% of their free throw attempts. They give up 12.9 dimes and 34.8 boards per game, ranking them 153rd and 189th in D-1. The Trojans are ranked 254th in college in PPG surrendered with 76.3. They are forcing 14.2 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 40.7% from the field (68th in D-1).

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Brown

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