Detroit Titans vs Youngstown State Penguins Prediction, 12/29/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Titans vs Youngstown State Penguins

Date: Monday, December 29, 2025

Location: Beeghly Center in Youngstown, OH

TV: ESPN+

Beeghly Center is the site where the Youngstown State Penguins (8-5) will meet the Detroit Titans (5-7) on Monday.

The Detroit Titans took the court against Siena Heights and earned the victory with a final of 91-60 in their last contest. When discussing personal fouls, the Titans walked away with 19 and Siena Heights accounted for 20 personal fouls. They also converted 5 of 24 attempts from downtown. Siena Heights ended up shooting 68.2% at the free throw line by burying 15 of their 22 shots. On top of that, Siena Heights collected 15 rebounds (4 offensive, 11 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Siena Heights doled out 10 assists and had 10 steals for the matchup. Pertaining to defense, Detroit allowed the other team to shoot 37.0% from the floor on 20 of 54 shooting. They also distributed 8 assists for the contest while forcing the opposition into 11 turnovers and earning 9 steals. With regard to rebounding, they collected 49 with 17 of them being on the offensive end. From the free throw line, the Titans converted 24 of 33 shots for a rate of 72.7%. Detroit ended the game having earned a 53.4% field goal percentage (31 of 58) and buried 5 of 14 3-point shots.

TJ Nadeau is one guy who was a factor in this game. He ended up shooting 85.7% from the field but didn't record an assist. He played 22 minutes and collected 4 rebounds. He finished with 20 points on 6 of 7 shooting.

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Detroit heads into this game with a win-loss record of 5-7 on the season. They average 75.8 pts per contest (231st in the country) while hitting 42.2% from the field. The Titans are hitting 28.6% on shots beyond the perimeter (74 of 259) and 75.1% from the free throw line. As a unit, Detroit is grabbing 39.8 boards per game and has tallied 151 dimes for the season, which is 322nd in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. They turn it over 11.6 times per contest and as a group they are committing 20.4 personal fouls per contest.

On defense, the Titans are forcing 10.9 turnovers per game and they draw 18.2 fouls. They are relinquishing 33.2% from beyond the arc while they are 284th in D-1 in opponents PPG (77.7). The Titans defense is giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 43.9% (315 of 717) and they surrender 36.3 rebounds per contest as a unit. They are currently ranked 306th in the country in allowing assists with 198 surrendered this season.

In their last game, the Youngstown State Penguins took home the win by a final score of 74-65 against USC Upstate. The Penguins were able to snag 26 defensive boards and 9 offensive rebounds totaling 35 in this game. They gave up possession 11 times, while earning 11 steals for this contest. USC Upstate was called for 21 personal fouls in this game which got the Penguins to the charity stripe for a total of 29 tries. They were able to make 20 of those for a rate of 69.0%. When discussing shooting from downtown, Youngstown State converted 8 of their 23 attempts (34.8%). In all, the Penguins finished the game shooting 23 out of 54 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 42.6%. The Penguins allowed USC Upstate to convert 21 of 53 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 39.6% in this contest. They wrapped up this game 26.7% from distance by shooting 4 of 15 and walked away from this one shooting 19 of 25 at the charity stripe (76.0%). Regarding attacking the glass, Youngstown State permitted USC Upstate to pull down 30 in total (5 on the offensive side).

Cris Carroll ended up being a factor for the Penguins in the game. He buried 8 of 16 for this game for a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and had 7 rebounds. He scored 27 points in his 36 mins of playing time and accounted for 5 dimes in the matchup.

Youngstown State has a win-loss record of 8-5 on the year. The Penguins are responsible for committing 17.8 personal fouls per contest and they hit 72.0% from the charity stripe. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 14.7 times per contest (175th in D-1) and they are giving up possession 14.4 times per game. Youngstown State has scored 1,036 points so far this year (79.7 per contest) and they pull in 35.3 rebounds per contest. As an offensive team, the Penguins are shooting 48.2% from the field, which has them ranked 69th in Division 1.

The Youngstown State defense allows 28.3% on shots from beyond the arc (64 of 226) and opponents are making 72.8% of their free throw attempts. They allow 11.1 dimes and 33.0 total rebounds per game, which is 46th and 110th in those categories. The Penguins are ranked 86th in college in PPG allowed with 69.0. They are forcing 14.5 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 42.6% from the floor (142nd in college).

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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Youngstown State

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