North Carolina Central Eagles vs North Carolina State Wolfpack Prediction, 11/3/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: North Carolina Central Eagles vs NC State Wolfpack

Date: Monday, November 3, 2025

Location: Lenovo Center in Raleigh, NC

TV: ACC Extra

Lenovo Center is the location where the NC State Wolfpack (12-19 last year) will take on the North Carolina Central Eagles (14-19 last season) on Monday.

The North Carolina Central Eagles took the court against South Carolina State and took a loss by a final of 88-67 in their last contest. North Carolina Central walked away from the game with a 45.8% field goal percentage (22 of 48) and made 4 of 13 shots from downtown. At the free throw line, the Eagles buried 19 of 25 tries for a rate of 76.0%. With respect to hauling in boards, they earned 19 with 5 of them being on the offensive end. They also doled out 12 assists for the game as well as forcing the other team into 14 turnovers and getting 7 steals. With respect to defending, North Carolina Central allowed the other team to shoot 56.4% from the floor on 31 of 55 shooting. South Carolina State earned 21 dimes and had 9 steals for this contest. Additionally, South Carolina State collected 28 rebounds (8 offensive, 20 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. South Carolina State shot 76.2% from the free throw line by knocking down 16 of 21 attempts. They also converted 10 of 17 shots from long range. In reference to fouls, the Eagles finished with 21 while South Carolina State finished the game with 18 fouls.

Perry Smith Jr. is someone who played a role for this game. He racked up 20 points on 8 of 10 shooting. He played 36 minutes and totaled 9 rebounds. He walked away from this one shooting 80.0% from the floor and distributed 1 assist.

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North Carolina Central enters this matchup after finishing with a mark of 14-19 last season. They lost possession by turning the ball over 13.2 times per game and as a group committed 19.9 fouls every game. As a team, North Carolina Central collected 33.5 boards per game and totaled 520 dimes over the course of last year, which was 69th in the country in terms of passing the ball. The Eagles shot 35.0% on three-point attempts (242 of 691) and 69.6% from the charity stripe. They had an average of 78.8 points per contest (59th in the country) on 45.9% from the field.

When they were on defense, the Eagles forced their opponents into 16.0 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 18.0 personal fouls. They were 154th in college hoops in giving up assists to the opposition with 427 relinquished last year. The Eagles defense gave up an opponent shooting percentage of 48.0% (882 of 1,837) and they relinquished 33.5 rebounds per game as a team. They gave up 31.0% from 3-point land and they were 291st in college hoops in PPG allowed (75.8).

The last time they took the hardwood, the NC State Wolfpack took a loss by a final score of 72-70 against Miami. The Wolfpack were able to pull down 21 defensive rebounds and 7 offensive boards totaling 28 for the game. They also gave up possession of the ball 8 times, while earning 4 steals in the matchup. Miami had 14 personal fouls in this matchup which took the Wolfpack to the charity stripe for 23 shots. They were able to make 19 of those for a percentage of 82.6%. Concerning shooting from downtown, North Carolina State knocked down 9 of 28 tries (32.1%). When the game finished, the Wolfpack finished 21 for 57 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 36.8%. The Wolfpack allowed Miami to convert 28 of their 61 tries from the floor which gave them a percentage of 45.9% in the matchup. They shot 38.9% from 3-point land by going 7 out of 18 and ended up going 9 of 14 at the free throw line (64.3%). Regarding cleaning the glass, North Carolina State allowed Miami to collect 30 overall (6 offensive).

Dontrez Styles pitched in for the Wolfpack for this game. He converted 8 out of 13 in this contest for a rate of 61.5%, and added 3 rebounds. He totaled 24 points in his 34 mins of playing time and accumulated 1 assist in this game.

North Carolina State had a win-loss mark of 12-19 last season. On the offensive side of the court, the Wolfpack connected on 42.5% from the floor, which was ranked 305th in Division 1. North Carolina State earned 2,158 pts throughout last year (69.6 per contest) and they grabbed 32.0 rebounds per game. They earned an assist 12.7 times per game (248th in D-1) and they turned it over 9.5 times per contest. The Wolfpack were responsible for committing 16.6 fouls per contest and they hit 72.6% from the charity stripe.

The Wolfpack were ranked 129th in college hoops in points per game surrendered with 70.4. They forced 12.3 TO's per game and let teams shoot 45.4% from the field (271st in college). The North Carolina State defense allowed 34.3% on shots from distance (193 of 563) and opponents made 76.3% of their shots from the free throw line. They surrendered 12.2 assists and 35.8 total boards per game, which ranked them 95th and 268th in D-1.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take North Carolina State

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