Marist Red Foxes vs Xavier Musketeers Prediction, 11/3/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Marist Red Foxes vs Xavier Musketeers

Date: Monday, November 3, 2025

Location: Cintas Center in Cincinnati, OH

TV: ESPN+

Cintas Center is where the Xavier Musketeers (22-12 last year) will try to beat the Marist Red Foxes (20-10 last season) on Monday.

The Marist Red Foxes played Mount St. Mary's and went home with a loss by a final score of 62-58 in their last contest. In relation to fouls, the Red Foxes ended up with 15 while Mount St. Mary's recorded 11 fouls. They buried 8 of their 21 attempts from long range. Mount St. Mary's ended up shooting 60.9% from the charity stripe by making 14 of 23 shots. On top of that, Mount St. Mary's totaled 38 rebounds (10 offensive, 28 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. Mount St. Mary's distributed 13 assists and had 6 steals in this contest. Regarding defense, Marist let their opponent shoot 37.0% from the floor on 20 out of 54 shooting. They also doled out 12 assists for this game while forcing the other team into 13 turnovers and earning 8 steals. When discussing rebounding, they earned 35 with 15 of them being of the offensive variety. At the free throw line, the Red Foxes converted 12 of their 14 shots for a rate of 85.7%. Marist ended the game having earned a 31.3% FG percentage (21 of 67) and knocked down 4 of 28 3-point shots.

Josh Pascarelli is one guy who had an impact in this contest. He ended up with 16 points on 5 of 19 shooting. He played 37 minutes and totaled 4 rebounds. He walked away from this one shooting 26.3% from the field but wasn't able to get a dime.

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Marist will take the court after finishing with a win-loss record of 20-10 last season. They averaged 66.0 points per outing (349th in college hoops) while going 44.0% from the field. The Red Foxes connected on 31.4% on 3-point shots (202 of 643) and 70.8% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Marist collected 36.0 rebounds per game and totaled 420 dimes throughout last year, which had them ranked 228th in D-1 in terms of passing the ball. They turned it over 11.9 times per game and as a unit committed 14.9 fouls every game.

When they were on defense, the Red Foxes forced 10.6 turnovers on a nightly basis and they drew 14.8 fouls. They surrendered 33.7% on shots from downtown and they were 17th in college hoops in opponents PPG (64.5). The Red Foxes defensively gave up a field goal percentage of 40.9% (672 of 1,642) and they surrendered 32.3 rebounds per contest as a squad. They were 1st in college in allowing assists to the opposition with 303 conceded over the course of last year.

In their last game, the Xavier Musketeers took a loss by a score of 86-73 when they played Illinois. In relation to how they attacked the glass, Xavier allowed Illinois to get 42 overall (8 on the offensive glass). They wrapped up this game 40.0% from distance by shooting 12 of 30 and finished the contest at 18 of 18 from the free throw line (100.0%). The Musketeers permitted Illinois to make 28 of their 58 tries from the field which gave them a percentage of 48.3% in this game. When the game finished, the Musketeers shot 25 for 62 from the field which gave them a percentage of 40.3%. In terms of shooting from 3-point land, Xavier made 9 out of 23 tries (39.1%). They were able to bury 14 of them for a rate of 73.7%. Illinois was called for 13 personal fouls for the contest which took the Musketeers to the charity stripe for a total of 19 attempts. They coughed up the ball 5 times, while getting 11 steals for the contest. The Musketeers were able to collect 20 defensive rebounds and 3 offensive boards for a total of 23 in the matchup.

Dailyn Swain ended up being a factor for the Musketeers in this game. He converted 10 of 17 in the matchup giving him a rate of 58.8%, and had 8 rebounds. He tallied 27 points in his 30 mins on the court and accumulated 3 assists for this contest.

Xavier had a win-loss mark of 22-12 last season. The Musketeers committed 15.7 fouls per game while shooting 78.9% from the free throw line. They dished out assists 16.7 times per game (22nd in the nation) and they turned it over 10.9 times per game. Xavier accumulated 2,656 pts throughout last season (78.1 per contest) and they grabbed 33.3 boards per contest. As an offense, the Musketeers connected on 46.7% from the floor, which was ranked 71st in college hoops.

The Musketeers on the defensive side of the court were 167th in college hoops in points allowed per game with 71.6. They forced 12.3 TO's every game and let teams shoot 44.6% from the floor (230th in D-1). The Xavier defense conceded 34.4% from downtown (255 of 741) and their opponents made 72.8% of their shots from the free throw line. They relinquished 14.4 assists and 32.7 rebounds per game, which had them ranked 283rd and 68th in the nation.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Xavier

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