Louisville Cardinals vs California Golden Bears Prediction, 12/30/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Louisville Cardinals vs California Golden Bears

Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Location: Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, CA

TV: ACC Network

The Louisville Cardinals (10-2) are en route to Haas Pavilion on Tuesday where they will meet the California Golden Bears (12-1).

The Louisville Cardinals played Montana and earned the victory with a final of 94-54 in their last game. When talking about personal fouls, the Cardinals ended up with 15 while Montana accounted for 19 personal fouls. They knocked down 7 out of their 24 shots from beyond the arc. Montana finished the game at 86.7% at the free throw line by knocking down 13 of their 15 tries. On top of that, Montana pulled down 24 rebounds (4 offensive, 20 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Montana dished out 7 dimes and had 9 steals for the contest. When it comes to defense, Louisville allowed their opponent to shoot 32.1% from the field on 17 of 53 shooting. They also doled out 24 assists for the game in addition to creating 19 turnovers and having 13 steals. Pertaining to pulling down boards, they earned 46 with 12 of them being on the offensive end. At the free throw line, the Cardinals knocked down 14 of 19 tries for a rate of 73.7%. Louisville ended the game with a 52.3% field goal percentage (34 out of 65) and knocked down 12 of their 34 3-point shots.

Sananda Fru is one guy who was a contributor for the contest. He walked away from this one shooting 81.8% from the floor and also recorded 2 assists. He saw the court for 23 minutes and also pulled down 8 rebounds. He ended up walking away with 18 points on 9 out of 11 shooting.

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Louisville steps onto the court with a win-loss record of 10-2 on the campaign. They average 91.6 pts per game (14th in the nation) while shooting 47.5% from the field. The Cardinals are shooting 36.0% on shots beyond the perimeter (151 of 420) and 76.5% from the charity stripe. As a team, Louisville is pulling in 42.0 boards per game and has totaled 229 dimes on the season, which ranks 34th in Division 1 in terms of passing. They are giving up possession 11.6 times per contest and as a unit are committing 19.3 fouls per contest.

On the defensive end of the court, the Cardinals are forcing 14.1 turnovers per game while drawing 19.7 personal fouls. They surrender 30.1% on three-point shots and they are ranked 70th in the country in opponents PPG (68.2). The Cardinals defense is allowing an opponent FG percentage of 38.6% (281 of 728) and they concede 33.8 rebounds per contest as a team. They currently rank 35th in college hoops in allowing assists to the opposition with 133 surrendered on the season.

When they last played, the California Golden Bears took home the win by a final score of 74-56 when they faced Columbia. The Golden Bears recorded 25 defensive boards and 7 offensive boards for a total of 32 in this game. They turned it over 6 times, while getting 7 steals for the matchup. Columbia earned 19 fouls for the game which got the Golden Bears to the free throw line for a total of 24 shots. They were able to bury 19 of them for a rate of 79.2%. With respect to shots from beyond the arc, California buried 7 out of their 21 tries (33.3%). When the final whistle blew, the Golden Bears shot 24 for 57 from the floor which gave them a rate of 42.1%. The Golden Bears allowed Columbia to bury 23 of 55 attempts from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 41.8% in this contest. They finished 23.5% from beyond the perimeter by connecting on 4 of 17 and ended up going 6 of 12 from the free throw line (50.0%). Concerning how they attacked the glass, California allowed Columbia to snag 27 in total (6 offensive).

Dai Dai Ames ended up being a factor for the Golden Bears for this game. He racked up 21 points in his 34 mins of playing time and added 2 dimes in this matchup. He converted 7 of 14 for the matchup giving him a rate of 50.0%, and totaled 1 rebound.

California has a mark of 12-1 on the campaign. The Golden Bears are responsible for committing 16.9 personal fouls per contest and they hit 78.5% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 15.2 times per contest (141st in college hoops) and they turn it over 10.1 times per game. California has scored 1,080 pts on the year (83.1 per game) and they pull in 36.0 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Golden Bears are shooting 47.5% from the floor, which ranks 94th in the country.

The Golden Bears are ranked 52nd in the nation in points allowed per contest with 66.7. They are forcing their opponents into 13.3 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 40.7% from the field (71st in D-1). The California defense surrenders 30.8% on 3-pointers (89 of 289) and their opponents are converting on 66.4% of their shots from the charity stripe. They give up 13.4 assists and 34.0 rebounds per game, which is 192nd and 162nd in those categories.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take California

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