Kansas Jayhawks vs North Carolina State Wolfpack Prediction, 12/13/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas Jayhawks vs NC State Wolfpack

Date: Saturday, December 13, 2025

Location: Lenovo Center in Raleigh, NC

TV: ESPN

The Kansas Jayhawks (7-3) are headed to Lenovo Center on Saturday where they will take on the NC State Wolfpack (6-3).

The Kansas Jayhawks played Missouri and earned the victory with a final of 80-60 in their last contest. In the matter of personal fouls, the Jayhawks finished with 19 and Missouri accounted for 20 personal fouls. They also made 7 of 27 shots from 3-point range. Missouri finished the game at 52.4% at the free throw line by making 11 of 21 tries. In addition, Missouri pulled down 32 boards (13 offensive, 19 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Missouri totaled 12 assists and had 6 steals for the contest. When it comes to defending, Kansas let their opponent shoot 34.4% from the floor on 21 of 61 shooting. They also dished out 17 dimes in this matchup as well as forcing the other team into 10 turnovers and earning 5 steals. In the matter of hauling in rebounds, they compiled 38 with 10 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Jayhawks converted 19 of their 26 tries for a percentage of 73.1%. Kansas finished the contest with a 45.6% field goal percentage (26 out of 57) and made 9 of their 21 three-point shots.

Tre White is one player who was a factor in the matchup. He accumulated 20 points on 5 out of 9 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 36 minutes and pulled down 13 rebounds. He finished shooting 55.6% from the field and also earned 3 assists.

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Kansas will enter this contest with a mark of 7-3 on the campaign. They lose possession by turning the ball over 10.9 times per contest and as a team they are committing 15.4 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Kansas is pulling in 39.1 boards per game and has 146 assists so far this season, which ranks 154th in D-1 in terms of passing. The Jayhawks are hitting 34.0% from downtown (71 of 209) and 75.6% from the free throw line. They are averaging 74.6 points per game (242nd in D-1) while hitting 46.1% from the field.

Defensively, the Jayhawks are forcing 8.9 turnovers per contest while drawing 17.1 personal fouls. They are ranked 98th in college hoops in giving up assists with 113 surrendered so far this season. The Jayhawks defense is giving up a field goal percentage of 37.5% (227 of 605) and they relinquish 33.5 rebounds per contest as a team. They are giving up 24.9% from beyond the arc while they are 15th in college hoops in opponents points per game (63.7).

When they last played, the NC State Wolfpack got the win with a final of 85-45 against Liberty. The Wolfpack earned 31 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards totaling 39 in the game. They also gave up possession of the ball 8 times, while getting 9 steals for this game. Liberty had 17 fouls in this game which got the Wolfpack to the charity stripe for a total of 19 attempts. They were able to convert 13 of those for a rate of 68.4%. When talking about 3-point attempts, North Carolina State converted 10 out of 24 tries (41.7%). Overall, the Wolfpack went 31 out of 60 from the field which had them sitting at 51.7%. The Wolfpack permitted Liberty to make 18 out of their 51 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 35.3% in this matchup. They shot 21.4% from beyond the perimeter by shooting 6 out of 28 and ended up shooting 3 out of 10 at the free throw line (30.0%). In reference to cleaning up the glass, North Carolina State permitted Liberty to snag 25 in total (4 on the offensive side).

Matt Able pitched in for the Wolfpack in the game. He converted 4 of 6 for the matchup giving him a rate of 66.7%, and added 4 rebounds. He racked up 13 points in his 19 mins of playing time and had 1 assist for this contest.

North Carolina State has a win-loss record of 6-3 on the campaign. The Wolfpack are committing 20.1 fouls per game and they go 77.0% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 16.9 times per contest (68th in college) and they turn it over 10.4 times per game. North Carolina State has tallied 803 pts so far this year (89.2 per game) and they pull down 35.6 rebounds per contest. On the offensive side of the court, the Wolfpack are hitting on 50.0% from the field, which ranks 37th in the nation.

The North Carolina State defense concedes 35.2% on 3-pointers (86 of 244) and their opponents are making 72.5% of their foul shots. They have conceded 12.4 assists and 32.9 rebounds on a nightly basis, ranking them 127th and 100th in D-1. The Wolfpack on the defensive end are ranked 244th in college in PPG surrendered with 75.8. They are forcing their opponents into 14.4 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 43.5% from the floor (191st in the country).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take North Carolina State

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