New Orleans Privateers vs Mississippi State Bulldogs Prediction, 11/24/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New Orleans Privateers vs Mississippi State Bulldogs

Date: Monday, November 24, 2025

Location: Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, MS

TV: SECN+

The Mississippi State Bulldogs (2-1) are hosting the New Orleans Privateers (2-2) at Humphrey Coliseum on Monday.

The New Orleans Privateers faced Pepperdine and went home with a loss by a final score of 90-79 in their last contest. When it comes to personal fouls, the Privateers ended up finishing with 21 and Pepperdine finished the game with 21 personal fouls. They made 7 of 25 attempts from beyond the perimeter. Pepperdine finished the contest at 89.3% at the charity stripe by knocking down 25 of 28 tries. On top of that, Pepperdine totaled 30 boards (9 offensive, 21 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Pepperdine totaled 23 dimes and had 6 steals in the game. When talking about the defense, New Orleans let their opponent shoot 45.3% from the field on 29 of 64 shooting. They also distributed 14 assists for the contest in addition to creating 6 turnovers and having 5 steals. In regard to hauling in rebounds, they collected a total of 35 with 11 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Privateers converted 17 of 24 attempts for a percentage of 70.8%. New Orleans walked away from the contest having earned a 40.3% field goal percentage (25 out of 62) and buried 12 of their 29 three-point shots.

Coleton Benson is a player who came through in the matchup. He accounted for 17 points on 4 out of 13 shooting. He played for 36 mins and also collected 3 boards. He went 30.8% from the field and recorded 6 dimes.

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New Orleans will play this contest with a win-loss record of 2-2 so far this year. They are losing possession via turnover 14.8 times per contest and as a team they commit 22.0 fouls every game. As a team, New Orleans is snagging 38.8 boards per game and has tallied 54 assists on the season, which has them ranked 308th in D-1 in terms of passing the ball. The Privateers are shooting 39.6% on three-point attempts (38 of 96) and 72.7% from the charity stripe. They average 75.0 points per outing (250th in college) while hitting 42.3% from the field.

Defensively, the Privateers are able to force 7.0 turnovers per contest and they draw 19.3 personal fouls. They are 199th in college in giving up assists with 63 relinquished so far this season. The Privateers are allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 40.9% (104 of 254) and they concede 35.5 boards per contest as a team. They are relinquishing 21.7% from beyond the arc and they are ranked 290th in Division 1 in PPG allowed (80.0).

For their last game, the Mississippi State Bulldogs took home the win by a final score of 75-68 when they played SE Louisiana. When discussing attacking the glass, Mississippi State permitted SE Louisiana to pull down 33 overall (10 on the offensive side). They shot 16.0% from downtown by going 4 of 25 and finished the game at 16 of 18 from the charity stripe (88.9%). The Bulldogs permitted SE Louisiana to knock down 24 of 66 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 36.4% in this contest. At the conclusion of this game, the Bulldogs finished the game shooting 25 out of 55 from the floor which had them at 45.5%. With respect to shooting from downtown, Mississippi State converted 9 out of their 24 tries (37.5%). They were able to knock down 16 of the free throw tries for a rate of 69.6%. SE Louisiana had 20 fouls for this game which took the Bulldogs to the charity stripe for a total of 23 attempts. They also turned the ball over 15 times, while earning 9 steals in this contest. The Bulldogs snagged 33 defensive rebounds and 7 offensive rebounds totaling 40 for the matchup.

Shawn Jones Jr. ended up having an impact for the Bulldogs in this contest. He buried 7 of 10 for the matchup giving him a rate of 70.0%, and accumulated 6 rebounds. He scored 17 points in his 32 mins of playing time and totaled 4 dimes in this matchup.

Mississippi State has a mark of 2-1 this year. As an offense, the Bulldogs are connecting on 46.2% from the floor, which ranks them 167th in Division 1. Mississippi State has totaled 241 points this season (80.3 per contest) and they pull down 44.3 boards per game. They are dishing out assists 15.7 times per game (152nd in the nation) and they are turning it over 16.3 times per game. The Bulldogs commit 14.7 personal fouls per contest and they shoot 70.5% from the free throw line.

The Bulldogs are ranked 226th in college in PPG surrendered with 75.3. They have forced 10.7 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 41.8% from the floor (147th in the nation). The Mississippi State defense concedes 24.2% on shots from beyond the perimeter (16 of 66) and opponents are connecting on 76.4% of their free throw shots. They have given up 13.7 dimes and 33.3 rebounds per game, which ranks them 204th and 115th in the nation.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take New Orleans

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