Grambling Tigers vs Iowa State Cyclones Prediction, 11/6/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Grambling Tigers vs Iowa State Cyclones

Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025

Location: Hilton Coliseum in Ames, IA

TV: ESPN+

Hilton Coliseum is the location where the Iowa State Cyclones (25-10 last year) will play the Grambling Tigers (12-22 last season) on Thursday.

The Grambling Tigers faced off with Huston-Tillotson and walked away with a win by a score of 91-47 in their last contest. When discussing personal fouls, the Tigers finished with 15 and Huston-Tillotson accounted for 21 personal fouls. They also converted 5 of their 20 tries from beyond the arc. Huston-Tillotson finished the game at 42.1% from the charity stripe by converting 8 of their 19 attempts. Furthermore, Huston-Tillotson snagged 28 rebounds (4 offensive, 24 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Huston-Tillotson recorded 7 dimes and had 11 steals in the game. With regard to defending, Grambling allowed their opponent to shoot 30.9% from the field on 17 out of 55 shooting. They also dished out 14 dimes for this game as well as forcing the opposition into 23 turnovers and getting 18 steals. Pertaining to grabbing rebounds, they collected 46 with 14 of them being on the offensive end. At the free throw line, the Tigers buried 24 of 32 tries for a percentage of 75.0%. Grambling ended the contest having earned a 46.3% FG percentage (31 out of 67) and converted 5 of their 23 three-point attempts.

Jimel Lane is one guy who was a factor for the matchup. He accounted for 15 points on 6 out of 12 shooting. He saw the court for 19 mins and also pulled down 3 boards. He finished the game at 50.0% from the floor and also totaled 2 dimes.

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Grambling steps onto the court after finishing with a win-loss record of 12-22 last year. They coughed up possession 12.7 times per contest and as a squad committed 16.4 personal fouls every game. As a unit, Grambling pulled down 33.7 rebounds per contest and earned 387 assists last season, which ranked 299th in D-1 in terms of passing the ball. The Tigers shot 33.8% on 3-point shots (219 of 648) and 72.9% from the charity stripe. They averaged 66.8 pts per contest (334th in the nation) while shooting 42.9% from the field.

Defensively, the Tigers were able to force their opponents into 12.4 turnovers per contest and they drew 15.3 personal fouls. They were 171st in D-1 in allowing assists 431 surrendered over the course of last season. The Tigers defensively gave up a FG percentage of 41.7% (816 of 1,955) and they conceded 34.7 boards per game as a team. They conceded 34.8% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they ranked 52nd in D-1 in points per game from their opponents (67.7).

When they last stepped on the court, the Iowa State Cyclones went home victorious with a score of 88-50 when they played Fairleigh Dickinson. In regard to how they attacked the glass, Iowa State permitted Fairleigh Dickinson to grab 29 in all (6 on the offensive glass). They went 22.2% from 3-point land by shooting 6 out of 27 and finished the contest at 10 of 17 from the free throw line (58.8%). The Cyclones allowed Fairleigh Dickinson to knock down 17 out of their 52 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 32.7% for the matchup. When all was said and done, the Cyclones went 35 for 67 from the field which gave them a percentage of 52.2%. Regarding shooting from 3-point land, Iowa State made 12 out of 27 tries (44.4%). They were able to convert 6 of them for a percentage of 66.7%. Fairleigh Dickinson committed 11 personal fouls for the contest which got the Cyclones to the charity stripe for a total of 9 attempts. They coughed up the ball 9 times, while getting 11 steals for this game. The Cyclones collected 32 defensive boards and 7 offensive rebounds for a total of 39 for this contest.

Milan Momcilovic pitched in for the Cyclones for the contest. He knocked down 11 of 16 in this matchup for a rate of 68.8%, and totaled 3 rebounds. He scored 29 points in his 28 minutes on the court and had 2 dimes in this contest.

Iowa State had a mark of 25-10 last season. When it comes to executing on offense, the Cyclones hit 48.3% from the field, which ranked them 23rd in college. Iowa State scored 2,812 pts over the course of last year (80.3 per game) and they pulled in 35.4 boards per contest. They dished out assists 15.0 times per game (81st in Division 1) and they gave up possession 12.0 times per game. The Cyclones committed 16.2 fouls every game and they hit 75.3% from the charity stripe.

The Iowa State defense allowed 33.6% on shots from 3-point land (275 of 818) and their opponents knocked down 75.0% of their free throw attempts. They gave up 13.4 dimes and 31.4 rebounds per contest, ranking them 198th and 25th in those categories on the defensive end. The Cyclones on defense were ranked 65th in college hoops in points allowed per contest with 68.3. They forced their opponents into 15.2 turnovers per game and let teams shoot 42.0% from the field (76th in D-1).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Iowa State

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