East Texas A&M Lions vs New Mexico Lobos Prediction, 11/5/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: East Texas A&M Lions vs New Mexico Lobos

Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Location: The Pit in Albuquerque, NM

TV: ESPN+

The Pit is where the New Mexico Lobos (27-8 last year) will take on the East Texas A&M Lions (5-26 last season) on Wednesday.

The East Texas A&M Lions took the court against Houston Christian and walked away with a win by a score of 63-59 in their last contest. When talking about personal fouls, the Lions ended up with 18 and Houston Christian totaled 12 personal fouls. They converted 8 of their 25 attempts from long range. Houston Christian ended up shooting 38.9% at the charity stripe by converting 7 of their 18 shots. In addition, Houston Christian collected 31 rebounds (7 offensive, 24 defensive), but didn't notch a block. Houston Christian earned 10 dimes and had 7 steals in the game. Pertaining to the defense, East Texas A&M allowed the other team to go 40.0% from the floor on 22 of 55 shooting. They also doled out 15 assists in the matchup while creating 11 turnovers and earning 8 steals. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they compiled 40 with 10 of them being of the offensive sort. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Lions knocked down 10 of their 18 tries for a rate of 55.6%. East Texas A&M finished with a 39.3% FG percentage (22 of 56) and buried 9 of 28 shots from downtown.

Khaliq Abdul-Mateen is someone who had an impact in this game. He finished the contest at 46.2% from the floor and distributed 2 dimes. He was on the court for 30 minutes played and also collected 3 rebounds. He recorded 15 points on 6 out of 13 shooting.

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East Texas A&M heads into this game after finishing with a record of 5-26 last year. They had an average of 64.4 pts per contest (356th in Division 1) while going 41.6% from the floor. The Lions connected on 31.4% on shots from beyond the arc (260 of 828) and 64.4% from the free throw line. As a unit, East Texas A&M snagged 30.6 rebounds per game and earned 439 assists last season, which was 196th in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. They turned the ball over 15.3 times per contest and as a group committed 16.8 fouls per game.

On the defensive end, the Lions forced their opponents into 13.5 turnovers per contest and they drew 15.4 personal fouls. They were 311th in college in allowing assists to the opposition with 491 conceded over the course of last year. The Lions allowed an opponent FG percentage of 47.4% (827 of 1,746) and they surrendered 36.7 boards per game as a team. They conceded 37.4% on shots from distance while they were 268th in college in points per game from their opponents (74.9).

The last time they took the hardwood, the New Mexico Lobos took a loss by a score of 71-63 against Michigan State. When talking about rebounds, New Mexico permitted Michigan State to get 31 in total (9 on the offensive glass). They finished 26.7% from 3-point land by shooting 4 of 15 and ended up shooting 19 out of 28 from the free throw line (67.9%). The Lobos permitted Michigan State to make 24 out of their 54 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 44.4% for this game. At the conclusion of this game, the Lobos shot 27 out of 56 from the field which had them shooting 48.2%. With regard to shooting from beyond the arc, New Mexico made 4 of 13 attempts (30.8%). They were able to convert 5 of them for a rate of 50.0%. Michigan State had 11 fouls in the matchup which took the Lobos to the charity stripe for a total of 10 tries. They gave up possession of the ball 9 times, while earning 5 steals for this contest. The Lobos pulled down 22 defensive boards and 6 offensive boards totaling 28 for the contest.

Nelly Junior Joseph was important for the Lobos in this matchup. He buried 7 out of 9 for the contest giving him a field goal percentage of 77.8%, and had 7 rebounds. He totaled 16 points in his 29 minutes of playing time and accumulated 1 assist in the game.

New Mexico had a mark of 27-8 last year. As an offensive team, the Lobos shot 46.0% from the field, which ranked them 104th in Division 1. New Mexico had 2,819 points last year (80.5 per contest) and they averaged 38.9 boards per game. They dished out assists 14.9 times per game (90th in Division 1) and they gave up possession 11.4 times per contest. The Lobos committed 17.5 personal fouls every game and they shot 68.9% from the charity stripe.

The Lobos defensively were ranked 136th in Division 1 in PPG allowed with 70.6. They forced 15.1 turnovers on a nightly basis and allowed teams to shoot 42.8% from the floor (116th in college hoops). The New Mexico defense gave up 33.8% on shots from beyond the perimeter (263 of 777) and their opponents connected on 66.4% of their shots from the free throw line. They gave up 14.6 assists and 35.1 rebounds per game, ranking them 291st and 231st in the country.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take New Mexico

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