La Salle Explorers vs Michigan Wolverines Prediction, 12/21/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: La Salle Explorers vs Michigan Wolverines

Date: Sunday, December 21, 2025

Location: Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, MI

TV: ESPN+

The La Salle Explorers (4-7) are hitting the road to Crisler Center on Sunday where they will try to defeat the Michigan Wolverines (10-0).

The La Salle Explorers took the court against LIU and went home with a loss by a final score of 70-60 in their last game. La Salle ended the game with a 41.0% field goal percentage (25 of 61) and knocked down 5 out of their 14 3-point attempts. At the free throw line, the Explorers converted 5 of their 10 attempts for a rate of 50.0%. When discussing grabbing rebounds, they earned 33 with 15 of them being offensive. They also dished out 12 assists for this contest as well as creating 15 turnovers and earning 7 steals. In reference to defending, La Salle allowed their opponent to shoot 47.9% from the floor on 23 of 48 shooting. LIU earned 13 dimes and had 14 steals for the contest. Additionally, LIU snagged 26 rebounds (7 offensive, 19 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. LIU finished the game at 66.7% when shooting free throws by burying 16 of 24 shots. They made 8 of their 17 attempts from 3-point land. Regarding personal fouls, the Explorers ended up walking away with 19 and LIU had 14 personal fouls.

Justin Archer is a player who was a contributor in this game. He ended up with 11 points on 4 of 6 shooting. He was on the court for 24 mins and totaled 9 rebounds. He finished shooting 66.7% from the field but didn't record a dime.

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La Salle enters this one with a mark of 4-7 this year. They are turning it over 13.7 times per game and as a squad they are committing 14.7 fouls every game. As a unit, La Salle is pulling down 38.1 rebounds per game and is sitting with 161 dimes so far this season, which has them ranked 211th in the nation in terms of passing the rock. The Explorers are shooting 31.5% on shots from 3-point land (56 of 178) and 70.7% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 67.3 points per outing (338th in college) while shooting 43.2% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Explorers have forced 12.2 turnovers per contest while drawing 16.5 personal fouls. They currently rank 270th in Division 1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 169 surrendered this season. The Explorers defense is giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 43.0% (275 of 640) and they surrender 32.5 boards per contest as a squad. They relinquish 34.6% on 3-point attempts and they are 63rd in college in PPG from their opponents (67.6).

For their last game, the Michigan Wolverines walked away with a victory by a final of 101-83 when they faced Maryland. The Wolverines were able to pull down 20 defensive boards and 5 offensive boards for a total of 25 in this contest. They gave up possession of the ball 9 times, while getting 6 steals in this matchup. Maryland committed 17 fouls for this contest which took the Wolverines to the charity stripe for a total of 22 attempts. They were able to bury 19 of the free throws for a rate of 86.4%. With regard to shots from 3-point land, Michigan made 12 of their 19 tries (63.2%). Overall, the Wolverines went 35 out of 58 from the field which gave them a percentage of 60.3%. The Wolverines permitted Maryland to knock down 30 of 61 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 49.2% in this contest. They finished the game shooting 51.9% from downtown by hitting 14 of 27 and ended up going 9 of 13 at the charity stripe (69.2%). In the matter of how they cleaned up the glass, Michigan permitted Maryland to get 27 overall (9 on the offensive side).

Yaxel Lendeborg was important for the Wolverines for this game. He earned 29 points in his 37 mins on the court and had 9 assists in this matchup. He knocked down 8 out of 11 in this game for a field goal rate of 72.7%, and added 8 rebounds.

Michigan has a mark of 10-0 for the campaign. As an offense, the Wolverines are shooting 53.0% from the floor, which is ranked 5th in D-1. Michigan has totaled 947 pts for the season (94.7 per game) and they pull in 44.5 rebounds per game. They are assisting teammates 21.3 times per game (3rd in college hoops) and they lose possession via turnover 12.8 times per game. The Wolverines commit 15.6 personal fouls per contest and they hit 72.2% from the charity stripe.

The Wolverines on defense are ranked 65th in D-1 in PPG allowed with 67.7. They are forcing their opponents into 12.9 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 35.8% from the floor (3rd in college hoops). The Michigan defense surrenders 31.8% on shots from behind the 3-point line (88 of 277) and opponents are making 68.1% of their free throw attempts. They have surrendered 10.0 assists and 32.6 boards per game, which ranks them 15th and 96th in Division 1.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Michigan

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