North Dakota Fighting Hawks vs Alabama Crimson Tide Prediction, 11/3/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: North Dakota Fighting Hawks vs Alabama Crimson Tide

Date: Monday, November 3, 2025

Location: Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, AL

TV: SECN+

The North Dakota Fighting Hawks (12-21 last year) are headed to Coleman Coliseum on Monday where they will take on the Alabama Crimson Tide (28-9 last season).

The North Dakota Fighting Hawks stepped onto the hardwood against St. Thomas and took a loss by a score of 85-69 in their last game. When it comes to personal fouls, the Fighting Hawks ended up with 14 while St. Thomas totaled 14 personal fouls. They knocked down 12 of their 29 attempts from long range. St. Thomas finished the contest at 91.7% at the charity stripe by burying 11 of their 12 tries. Moreover, St. Thomas pulled down 21 rebounds (8 offensive, 13 defensive), but didn't record a block for the team. St. Thomas doled out 16 assists and had 17 steals in the matchup. In reference to defense, North Dakota let their opponent shoot 50.0% from the floor on 31 of 62 shooting. They also doled out 13 assists in this matchup as well as forcing the other team into 7 turnovers and earning 5 steals. Pertaining to grabbing rebounds, they compiled 37 with 13 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Fighting Hawks converted 7 of their 10 attempts for a rate of 70.0%. North Dakota wrapped up the game with a 49.1% field goal percentage (28 of 57) and converted 6 out of their 21 three-point attempts.

Eli King is a player who was a contributor in this contest. He finished shooting 58.3% from the floor and recorded 2 dimes. He was on the court for 40 mins and also snagged 8 boards. He accounted for 15 points on 7 out of 12 shooting.

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North Dakota steps onto the court after finishing with a win-loss mark of 12-21 last year. They averaged 77.3 points per game (84th in the nation) on 43.5% from the field. The Fighting Hawks hit on 32.6% on 3-pointers (271 of 831) and 70.8% from the charity stripe. As a unit, North Dakota grabbed 37.7 rebounds per game and totaled 405 dimes last year, which was 262nd in Division 1 in terms of passing. They turned it over 11.4 times per contest and as a unit committed 16.6 fouls per game.

When they were on defense, the Fighting Hawks forced their opponents into 10.8 turnovers per game and they drew 18.4 fouls. They gave up 36.1% on shots from downtown and they were 341st in college in PPG allowed (79.5). The Fighting Hawks allowed a FG percentage of 47.4% (936 of 1,976) and they relinquished 35.0 boards per game as a squad. They were ranked 215th in the country in giving up assists to their opponents with 446 surrendered over the course of last year.

When they last stepped on the court, the Alabama Crimson Tide took a loss by a score of 85-65 when they played Duke. In reference to how they cleaned up the glass, Alabama allowed Duke to collect 38 overall (5 on the offensive glass). They finished shooting 46.2% from distance by connecting on 6 of 13 and walked away from this one shooting 19 of 22 from the charity stripe (86.4%). The Crimson Tide allowed Duke to make 30 out of their 56 attempts from the floor which left them with a rate of 53.6% for this game. When the game finished, the Crimson Tide finished the game shooting 23 for 65 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 35.4%. When discussing three-point attempts, Alabama converted 8 out of their 32 tries (25.0%). They were able to make 11 of those for a rate of 78.6%. Duke earned 15 personal fouls for the game which got the Crimson Tide to the free throw line for a total of 14 tries. They also gave up possession of the ball 10 times, while recording 9 steals for the matchup. The Crimson Tide pulled down 19 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds for a total of 27 for the game.

Labaron Philon pitched in for the Crimson Tide for the matchup. He buried 4 of 9 for this game for a field goal rate of 44.4%, and tallied 5 rebounds. He accumulated 16 points in his 31 minutes on the court and had 3 assists in this game.

Alabama had a mark of 28-9 last season. The Crimson Tide committed 18.9 personal fouls every game and they hit 72.0% from the free throw line. They earned an assist 17.2 times per contest (13th in Division 1) and they gave up possession 12.7 times per contest. Alabama totaled 3,355 points last year (90.7 per contest) and they grabbed 42.4 boards per game. As an offense, the Crimson Tide shot 48.4% from the floor, which had them ranked 20th in the nation.

The Alabama defense conceded 30.4% on three-point shots (265 of 873) and opponents made 71.0% of their free throw shots. They surrendered 13.0 dimes and 36.9 rebounds every game, which ranked them 173rd and 310th in the nation. The Crimson Tide were ranked 356th in the country in PPG given up with 81.3. They forced 10.3 TO's per game and allowed teams to shoot 42.6% from the field (102nd in D-1).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take North Dakota

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