Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers vs Drexel Dragons Prediction, 12/19/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers vs Drexel Dragons

Date: Friday, December 19, 2025

Location: Daskalakis Athletic Center in Philadelphia, PA

TV: ESPN+

The Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (3-8) are hitting the road to Daskalakis Athletic Center on Friday where they will go up against the Drexel Dragons (4-6).

The Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers took the court against Loyola and went home with a win by a final score of 81-73 in their last contest. In regard to fouls, the Mountaineers finished with 17 while Loyola recorded 17 fouls. They made 13 out of their 39 tries from beyond the perimeter. Loyola finished shooting 70.6% at the free throw line by knocking down 12 of 17 tries. In addition, Loyola grabbed 26 boards (9 offensive, 17 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Loyola distributed 18 dimes and had 12 steals in this contest. When discussing defending, Mount St. Mary's allowed the other team to go 36.9% from the field on 24 of 65 shooting. They also doled out 18 assists in this game in addition to forcing the other team into 11 turnovers and earning 9 steals. When it comes to rebounding, they earned 38 with 8 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Mountaineers knocked down 17 of their 24 tries for a rate of 70.8%. Mount St. Mary's finished with a 51.9% field goal percentage (28 out of 54) and converted 8 out of their 22 shots from 3-point land.

Arlandus Keyes is one guy who was a factor in this matchup. He ended up going 40.0% from the floor and earned 5 dimes. He played 32 minutes and also snagged 5 rebounds. He ended up finishing with 16 points on 6 out of 15 shooting.

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Mount St. Mary's enters this game with a mark of 3-8 this season. They have an average of 68.3 points per contest (332nd in D-1) while connecting on 43.9% from the floor. The Mountaineers are hitting 33.7% on three-point shots (95 of 282) and 63.5% from the free throw line. As a team, Mount St. Mary's is collecting 35.5 boards per game and has racked up 164 dimes this season, which has them ranked 139th in Division 1 in terms of passing the rock. They are giving up possession 16.7 times per contest and as a unit are committing 19.7 fouls per contest.

On the defensive end, the Mountaineers are able to force 9.7 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 15.5 personal fouls. They give up 34.3% on 3-point attempts while they are 305th in D-1 in opponents PPG (79.2). The Mountaineers defense is giving up a FG percentage of 43.1% (286 of 663) and they relinquish 35.3 rebounds per contest as a group. They rank 191st in the country in giving up assists to the opposition with 144 relinquished for the season.

The last time they took the court, the Drexel Dragons took a loss by a score of 69-64 when they faced La Salle. The Dragons pulled down 21 defensive boards and 18 offensive boards totaling 39 in the matchup. They turned it over 9 times, while recording 10 steals in this contest. La Salle earned 15 fouls for the game which took the Dragons to the charity stripe for a total of 16 attempts. They were able to knock down 10 of them for a clip of 62.5%. Concerning shooting from beyond the arc, Drexel made 6 of 27 attempts (22.2%). When all was said and done, the Dragons went 24 for 70 from the field which gave them a rate of 34.3%. The Dragons permitted La Salle to bury 26 of 55 attempts from the field which gave them a percentage of 47.3% in the matchup. They finished 33.3% from 3-point land by connecting on 5 of 15 and ended up shooting 12 out of 23 from the charity stripe (52.2%). In relation to how they cleaned up the glass, Drexel allowed La Salle to pull down 36 overall (11 on the offensive glass).

Garfield Turner pitched in for the Dragons in the game. He converted 4 out of 4 in this contest for a rate of 100.0%, and had 8 rebounds. He totaled 12 points in his 23 minutes of playing time and accounted for 2 assists in this contest.

Drexel has a record of 4-6 for the season. The Dragons are responsible for committing 17.4 personal fouls every game and they connect on 62.7% from the charity stripe. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 14.1 times per game (211th in the nation) and they are turning it over 12.4 times per contest. Drexel has scored 717 pts for the campaign (71.7 per contest) and they collect 40.8 boards per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Dragons are shooting 41.7% from the field, which ranks 321st in the country.

The Drexel defense gives up 32.1% on 3-point attempts (60 of 187) and their opponents are knocking down 72.9% of their foul shots. They have allowed 11.6 dimes and 34.4 boards per game, which has them ranked 68th and 171st in those categories. The Dragons on the defensive side of the court are 136th in college hoops in PPG surrendered with 71.3. They have forced 10.7 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 43.2% from the floor (174th in college).

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Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Mount St. Mary's

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