Fairfield Stags vs Penn State Nittany Lions Prediction, 11/3/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Fairfield Stags vs Penn State Nittany Lions

Date: Monday, November 3, 2025

Location: Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, PA

TV: B1G+

The Penn State Nittany Lions (16-15 last year) will play the Fairfield Stags (12-20 last season) at Bryce Jordan Center on Monday.

The Fairfield Stags faced off with Sacred Heart and took a loss by a score of 71-58 in their last contest. Fairfield ended the game having earned a 33.8% FG percentage (23 of 68) and buried 6 out of their 25 3-point shots. At the free throw line, the Stags converted 6 of 7 attempts for a percentage of 85.7%. When talking about grabbing boards, they compiled 37 with 10 of them being of the offensive sort. They also recorded 15 dimes in the matchup as well as forcing the other team into 13 turnovers and getting 11 steals. Regarding the defense, Fairfield allowed 42.2% from the field on 27 of 64 shooting. Sacred Heart recorded 22 assists and had 9 steals for the contest. Furthermore, Sacred Heart had 38 boards (7 offensive, 31 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Sacred Heart ended up going 100.0% at the free throw line by converting 7 of 7 attempts. They made 10 of their 28 attempts from beyond the arc. With respect to personal fouls, the Stags ended up with 13 while Sacred Heart finished the game with 11 personal fouls.

Braden Sparks is one player who came through for the matchup. He racked up 16 points on 6 out of 17 shooting. He was on the court for 35 mins and also collected 7 rebounds. He went 35.3% from the floor and earned 2 assists.

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Fairfield steps onto the court after finishing with a win-loss record of 12-20 last season. They turned it over 10.3 times per game and as a group committed 16.3 fouls every game. As a team, Fairfield grabbed 32.9 rebounds per contest and earned 404 dimes last season, which was 265th in college hoops in terms of passing the rock. The Stags hit on 31.6% from downtown (230 of 729) and 72.6% from the free throw line. They averaged 67.5 points per contest (326th in the country) while going 40.7% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Stags were able to force 12.4 turnovers per game and they drew 15.5 fouls. They relinquished 35.8% from beyond the arc while they were 201st in the nation in points per game allowed (72.6). The Stags gave up a field goal percentage of 46.5% (835 of 1,797) and they relinquished 36.4 rebounds per game as a squad. They were ranked 198th in D-1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 440 surrendered last year.

In their last game, the Penn State Nittany Lions walked away with a victory by a final of 86-75 against Wisconsin. The Nittany Lions corralled 30 defensive rebounds and 3 offensive boards totaling 33 for the game. They also coughed it up 13 times, while getting 5 steals for this game. Wisconsin committed 18 personal fouls for the matchup which took the Nittany Lions to the free throw line for 19 attempts. They were able to knock down 13 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 68.4%. With respect to shots from downtown, Penn State converted 11 out of their 19 attempts (57.9%). Overall, the Nittany Lions shot 31 out of 55 from the field which had them at 56.4%. The Nittany Lions allowed Wisconsin to convert 25 out of their 69 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 36.2% in this matchup. They finished 32.3% from behind the 3-point line by shooting 10 out of 31 and ended up shooting 15 of 17 at the free throw line (88.2%). With respect to attacking the glass, Penn State allowed Wisconsin to snag 32 overall (10 offensive).

D'Marco Dunn ended up being a factor for the Nittany Lions in this game. He knocked down 10 of 12 in the matchup for a rate of 83.3%, and totaled 3 rebounds. He recorded 25 points in his 34 mins of playing time and earned 4 assists for the matchup.

Penn State had a win-loss record of 16-15 last year. The Nittany Lions committed 16.5 fouls per game and they hit 75.6% from the free throw line. They earned an assist 16.0 times per game (38th in the nation) and they gave up possession 12.4 times per game. Penn State totaled 2,452 points last season (79.1 per game) and they averaged 33.7 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Nittany Lions connected on 47.9% from the floor, which had them ranked 32nd in the country.

The Penn State defense conceded 35.3% on 3-pointers (245 of 695) and opponents knocked down 72.6% of their free throw attempts. They gave up 16.9 dimes and 33.4 boards per game, ranking them 359th and 119th in college hoops. The Nittany Lions were ranked 217th in college in points allowed per game with 73.2. They were able to force 14.1 turnovers per game and allowed teams to shoot 45.1% from the floor (260th in Division 1).

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