California Baptist Lancers vs Utah Utes Prediction, 12/6/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: California Baptist Lancers vs Utah Utes

Date: Saturday, December 6, 2025

Location: Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, UT

TV: ESPN+

The California Baptist Lancers (7-1) are headed to Jon M. Huntsman Center on Saturday where they will go up against the Utah Utes (6-3).

The California Baptist Lancers faced off with BYU and took a loss by a final of 91-60 in their last contest. In regard to fouls, the Lancers ended up walking away with 16 while BYU racked up 18 fouls. They made 8 of their 23 attempts from distance. BYU finished the game at 78.6% from the charity stripe by knocking down 11 of their 14 tries. Furthermore, BYU totaled 38 boards (11 offensive, 27 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. BYU earned 23 assists and had 12 steals for this game. With respect to defense, California Baptist allowed their opponent to shoot 54.5% from the floor on 36 of 66 shooting. They also doled out 9 assists for this contest while forcing the opposition into 9 turnovers and earning 6 steals. When discussing hauling in boards, they earned 28 with 10 of them being of the offensive sort. When they shot from the free throw line, the Lancers buried 14 of their 19 attempts for a percentage of 73.7%. California Baptist wrapped up the game having earned a 32.8% field goal percentage (20 out of 61) and converted 6 out of their 23 shots from 3-point land.

Martel Williams is someone who was important for the matchup. He ended up shooting 33.3% from the floor and recorded 4 assists. He saw the court for 31 mins and also snagged 6 boards. He accounted for 12 points on 5 of 15 shooting.

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California Baptist heads into this matchup with a mark of 7-1 for the campaign. They are turning it over 11.9 times per contest and as a team they are committing 18.8 personal fouls every game. As a unit, California Baptist is collecting 42.0 rebounds per game and has accounted for 92 dimes so far this season, which has them ranked 323rd in college in terms of passing the rock. The Lancers are hitting 31.5% on three-point attempts (46 of 146) and 70.2% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 74.8 points per outing (244th in college) while going 44.2% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Lancers are able to force 12.8 turnovers per game while drawing 17.9 personal fouls. They give up 27.2% from beyond the arc and they are ranked 34th in the nation in points per game allowed (64.9). The Lancers are giving up a FG percentage of 41.1% (177 of 431) and they surrender 30.3 boards per contest as a squad. They are currently ranked 10th in D-1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 68 relinquished on the year.

In their last game, the Utah Utes took a loss by a score of 79-72 against California. The Utes snagged 21 defensive boards and 6 offensive rebounds for a total of 27 for the matchup. They coughed it up 9 times, while recording 7 steals in this game. California was called for 18 personal fouls for this contest which took the Utes to the charity stripe for 19 tries. They were able to make 14 of those for a percentage of 73.7%. With respect to shots from distance, Utah made 8 of their 28 attempts (28.6%). In all, the Utes finished shooting 25 out of 59 from the field which had them sitting at 42.4%. The Utes permitted California to convert 25 of their 55 attempts from the field which had them at 45.5% for the matchup. They finished 38.9% from beyond the arc by shooting 7 of 18 and walked away from this one shooting 22 of 24 from the charity stripe (91.7%). In reference to rebounding, Utah permitted California to grab 30 in all (7 offensive).

Terrence Brown ended up having an impact for the Utes in this matchup. He converted 5 of 13 for the contest for a rate of 38.5%, and added 1 rebound. He scored 15 points in his 31 minutes on the hardwood and had 2 dimes in the matchup.

Utah has a win-loss record of 6-3 so far this season. The Utes are responsible for committing 18.9 fouls per contest and they connect on 73.2% from the charity stripe. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 14.9 times per contest (166th in college hoops) and they lose possession via turnover 12.1 times per contest. Utah has 723 points on the season (80.3 per game) and they snag 37.7 boards per contest. When it comes to offensive execution, the Utes are shooting 46.0% from the floor, which has them ranked 160th in the country.

The Utah defense concedes 34.4% on shots from beyond the arc (63 of 183) and opponents are knocking down 67.2% of their shots from the charity stripe. They give up 11.4 dimes and 35.7 total rebounds per game, which ranks 79th and 228th in those categories. The Utes on the defensive side of the court are 275th in college in points per game surrendered with 78.0. They are able to force 11.1 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 45.6% from the floor (274th in college).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take California Baptist

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