East Texas A&M Lions vs UConn Huskies Prediction, 12/5/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: East Texas A&M Lions vs UConn Huskies

Date: Friday, December 5, 2025

Location: Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, CT

TV: ESPN+

Gampel Pavilion is where the UConn Huskies (7-1) will try to defeat the East Texas A&M Lions (4-3) on Friday.

The East Texas A&M Lions faced Army and earned the victory with a final of 84-67 in their last contest. In the matter of fouls, the Lions left the arena with 20 and Army accumulated 19 fouls. They made 9 out of their 30 tries from downtown. Army walked away from this one shooting 70.0% at the free throw line by converting 14 of their 20 shots. On top of that, Army pulled down 26 rebounds (6 offensive, 20 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Army earned 9 assists and had 2 steals for this contest. Concerning the defense, East Texas A&M allowed their opponent to shoot 39.3% from the field on 22 out of 56 shooting. They also doled out 14 assists for the game as well as forcing 13 turnovers and getting 9 steals. Pertaining to hauling in rebounds, they compiled 31 with 5 of them being offensive. From the charity stripe, the Lions knocked down 18 of their 22 shots for a percentage of 81.8%. East Texas A&M wrapped up the game with a 50.0% FG percentage (27 of 54) and converted 12 of their 30 3-pointers.

Damian Garcia is a guy who played a role for the matchup. He totaled 20 points on 7 of 11 shooting. He played 21 mins and snagged 2 rebounds. He ended up going 63.6% from the floor and recorded 1 assist.

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East Texas A&M heads into this game with a win-loss record of 4-3 on the season. They average 82.9 points per game (99th in the country) while going 48.3% from the field. The Lions are connecting on 36.3% on shots from beyond the arc (74 of 204) and 67.8% from the charity stripe. As a team, East Texas A&M is collecting 35.3 rebounds per game and is sitting with 143 assists on the campaign, which is 53rd in the nation in terms of passing. They lose possession by turning the ball over 13.3 times per game and as a unit are committing 20.1 fouls per contest.

On the defensive end, the Lions have forced 18.1 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 15.9 personal fouls. They surrender 33.6% from 3-point land while they are 104th in the country in opponents points per game (69.0). The Lions defensively are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 41.1% (159 of 387) and they relinquish 35.7 boards per game as a unit. They are currently ranked 42nd in college in giving up assists with 81 relinquished for the season.

When they last played, the UConn Huskies got the victory with a final of 61-56 when they played Kansas. In regard to cleaning up the glass, UConn permitted Kansas to pull down 29 in all (9 on the offensive glass). They went 27.8% from beyond the perimeter by going 5 of 18 and walked away from this one shooting 15 out of 21 from the free throw line (71.4%). The Huskies allowed Kansas to make 18 of their 51 tries from the floor which had them sitting at 35.3% for this game. Overall, the Huskies ended up going 24 out of 57 from the field which had them shooting 42.1%. When discussing shots from downtown, UConn knocked down 7 out of their 26 attempts (26.9%). They were able to convert 6 of those for a rate of 75.0%. Kansas was called for 10 fouls in this game which got the Huskies to the free throw line for a total of 8 tries. They also gave up possession of the ball 10 times, while getting 5 steals in the matchup. The Huskies recorded 25 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive boards totaling 34 for the matchup.

Braylon Mullins ended up being a factor for the Huskies in the matchup. He knocked down 6 of 12 for this contest for a rate of 50.0%, and tallied 5 rebounds. He tallied 17 points in his 23 minutes of playing time, but wrapped up this contest with no dimes.

UConn has a win-loss record of 7-1 so far this season. The Huskies are committing 18.6 fouls per game and they go 70.6% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 18.0 times per contest (42nd in Division 1) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 10.0 times per game. UConn has totaled 638 pts this season (79.8 per contest) and they collect 36.6 boards per game. On the offensive side of the court, the Huskies are connecting on 48.6% from the floor, which is 69th in college hoops.

The Huskies are ranked 8th in college in PPG given up with 60.6. They are able to force 13.8 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 37.2% from the floor (16th in college hoops). The UConn defense surrenders 25.8% from downtown (40 of 155) and their opponents are connecting on 76.4% of their shots from the charity stripe. They concede 7.1 dimes and 30.9 boards on a nightly basis, which is 1st and 46th in those defensive categories.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take UConn

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