Hofstra Pride vs Temple Owls Prediction, 11/19/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Hofstra Pride vs Temple Owls

Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Location: Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, PA

TV: ESPN+

The Temple Owls (2-1) are welcoming the Hofstra Pride (2-2) at Liacouras Center on Wednesday.

The Hofstra Pride faced Bucknell and walked away with a win by a score of 83-77 in their last game. Regarding personal fouls, the Pride ended up with 15 and Bucknell totaled 26 personal fouls. They also knocked down 9 of their 28 attempts from 3-point land. Bucknell ended up going 85.7% at the charity stripe by converting 18 of 21 attempts. Furthermore, Bucknell had 31 rebounds (9 offensive, 22 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Bucknell doled out 13 assists and had 7 steals in this contest. When talking about defending, Hofstra allowed their opponent to shoot 42.4% from the floor on 25 of 59 shooting. They also recorded 15 assists for the game in addition to forcing the opposition into 17 turnovers and getting 9 steals. In the matter of hauling in boards, they earned 32 with 10 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Pride made 21 of 32 tries for a percentage of 65.6%. Hofstra finished with a 45.6% FG percentage (26 of 57) and buried 10 of their 24 shots from downtown.

Preston Edmead is a guy who was a factor in the matchup. He notched 23 points on 6 of 13 shooting. He played for 37 minutes and snagged 1 rebound. He ended up shooting 46.2% from the floor and totaled 5 dimes.

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Hofstra heads into this game with a record of 2-2 this season. They have an average of 82.3 pts per contest (147th in Division 1) on 45.9% from the field. The Pride are shooting 31.2% on 3-pointers (34 of 109) and 68.5% from the free throw line. As a team, Hofstra is grabbing 38.5 boards per contest and has tallied 65 assists for the year, which is 156th in D-1 in terms of passing. They lose possession by turning the ball over 12.5 times per game and as a squad they commit 19.3 fouls every game.

When they are on the defensive end, the Pride are forcing their opponents into 15.3 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 19.8 personal fouls. They currently rank 225th in D-1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 57 relinquished on the year. The Pride defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 42.9% (105 of 245) and they surrender 35.8 boards per contest as a unit. They give up 30.5% from 3-point land and they are ranked 220th in D-1 in points per game allowed (75.3).

When they last stepped on the court, the Temple Owls took a loss by a score of 76-71 when they played Boston College. When discussing cleaning up the glass, Temple allowed Boston College to get 37 overall (9 on the offensive glass). They finished 29.6% from beyond the arc by going 8 of 27 and finished the contest at 10 out of 16 from the free throw line (62.5%). The Owls permitted Boston College to knock down 29 of their 66 attempts from the floor which gave them a percentage of 43.9% for this contest. When the final whistle was blown, the Owls ended up going 23 out of 67 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 34.3%. When discussing shots from 3-point land, Temple buried 5 out of their 22 tries (22.7%). They were able to knock down 20 of the free throws for a percentage of 74.1%. Boston College was called for 20 fouls for this contest which got the Owls to the free throw line for 27 tries. They turned the ball over 5 times, while recording 5 steals in this matchup. The Owls were able to pull down 24 defensive boards and 9 offensive boards for a total of 33 in this matchup.

Derrian Ford ended up being a major contributor for the Owls for the matchup. He earned 18 points in his 37 mins on the court and tallied 1 assist in this matchup. He made 5 of 14 for this game giving him a field goal percentage of 35.7%, and added 9 rebounds.

Temple has a win-loss mark of 2-1 so far this year. The Owls are responsible for committing 16.0 fouls every game and they connect on 68.3% from the free throw line. They are dishing out assists 16.0 times per contest (148th in college hoops) and they are turning it over 6.3 times per contest. Temple has scored 244 points this season (81.3 per contest) and they collect 39.0 rebounds per contest. When it comes to executing on offense, the Owls are connecting on 45.8% from the field, which ranks them 184th in the country.

The Owls on the defensive side of the court are 103rd in college in PPG allowed with 68.0. They have forced 11.3 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 42.0% from the field (157th in D-1). The Temple defense allows 33.9% on three-point shots (19 of 56) and their opposition knocks down 73.6% of their shots from the free throw line. They have conceded 11.0 dimes and 34.0 boards every game, which has them ranked 82nd and 143rd in those categories on the defensive end.

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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Temple

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