North Carolina A&T Aggies vs South Carolina Gamecocks Prediction, 11/4/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: North Carolina A&T Aggies vs South Carolina Gamecocks

Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Location: Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, SC

TV: SECN+

Colonial Life Arena is the site where the South Carolina Gamecocks (12-20 last year) will attempt to beat the North Carolina A&T Aggies (7-25 last season) on Tuesday.

The North Carolina A&T Aggies played Hofstra and went home with a loss by a final score of 77-55 in their last contest. When it comes to personal fouls, the Aggies ended up with 14 while Hofstra finished the game with 19 personal fouls. They also made 15 out of their 36 attempts from distance. Hofstra finished shooting 58.8% from the charity stripe by making 10 of their 17 attempts. Additionally, Hofstra snagged 38 rebounds (10 offensive, 28 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Hofstra recorded 19 dimes and had 10 steals for the game. Pertaining to defense, North Carolina A&T allowed the other team to go 41.3% from the field on 26 out of 63 shooting. They also recorded 6 assists for this game as well as forcing the opposition into 4 turnovers and getting 3 steals. Pertaining to rebounding, they earned 34 with 7 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Aggies converted 18 of their 23 attempts for a rate of 78.3%. North Carolina A&T finished with a 31.4% FG percentage (16 out of 51) and made 5 of their 22 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Jahnathan Lamothe is one player who played a role in the matchup. He ended up going 29.6% from the floor and also earned 2 assists. He played 40 minutes and snagged 4 boards. He accounted for 21 points on 8 of 27 shooting.

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North Carolina A&T comes into this contest after finishing with a record of 7-25 last year. They had an average of 69.2 points per game (302nd in Division 1) while shooting 40.8% from the field. The Aggies connected on 30.4% on three-point attempts (215 of 708) and 68.6% from the charity stripe. As a group, North Carolina A&T pulled in 35.9 rebounds per game and tallied 358 assists last season, which was 340th in the country in terms of passing the rock. They lost possession via turnover 10.6 times per game and as a group committed 15.1 fouls every game.

Defensively, the Aggies were able to force 10.8 turnovers per contest while drawing 16.5 personal fouls. They were ranked 322nd in the nation in giving up assists with 498 surrendered last year. The Aggies allowed a shooting percentage of 44.7% (871 of 1,950) and they surrendered 39.5 rebounds per contest as a team. They conceded 33.1% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they ranked 298th in college hoops in points per game allowed (76.2).

When they last stepped on the court, the South Carolina Gamecocks walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 72-68 when they faced Arkansas. When talking about team rebounding, South Carolina allowed Arkansas to grab 26 in total (5 on the offensive glass). They finished 31.8% from behind the 3-point line by going 7 of 22 and ended up going 15 out of 16 at the free throw line (93.8%). The Gamecocks permitted Arkansas to knock down 25 of 56 tries from the field which left them with a rate of 44.6% for this contest. Overall, the Gamecocks finished the game shooting 23 for 59 from the floor which had them at 39.0%. With respect to shooting from downtown, South Carolina made 8 of 23 tries (34.8%). They were able to knock down 14 of the free throw tries for a clip of 77.8%. Arkansas had 12 fouls in the matchup which took the Gamecocks to the charity stripe for 18 tries. They also gave up possession 11 times, while getting 8 steals in the matchup. The Gamecocks were able to pull down 21 defensive boards and 10 offensive boards for a total of 31 in this matchup.

Collin Murray-Boyles was important for the Gamecocks for the contest. He racked up 20 points in his 33 mins of playing time and accounted for 2 dimes for this game. He made 6 out of 10 for the matchup giving him a rate of 60.0%, and earned 12 rebounds.

South Carolina had a win-loss record of 12-20 last year. In terms of offensive execution, the Gamecocks shot 42.7% from the field, which had them ranked 293rd in the country. South Carolina totaled 2,233 points last year (69.8 per contest) and they averaged 34.4 rebounds per game. They assisted teammates 12.7 times per game (252nd in the country) and they turned it over 12.4 times per game. The Gamecocks were responsible for committing 16.1 personal fouls per game and they went 71.5% from the charity stripe.

The Gamecocks defensively were ranked 160th in the nation in points given up per game with 71.4. They forced their opponents into 10.5 TO's per game and allowed teams to shoot 45.4% from the field (271st in the nation). The South Carolina defense gave up 34.8% on three-point shots (221 of 635) and their opposition knocked down 71.1% of their shots from the free throw line. They gave up 13.0 dimes and 32.3 rebounds on a nightly basis, which ranked them 173rd and 53rd in college hoops.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take North Carolina A&T

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