North Florida Ospreys vs Charleston Southern Buccaneers Prediction, 12/18/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: North Florida Ospreys vs Charleston Southern Buccaneers

Date: Thursday, December 18, 2025

Location: Buccaneer Fieldhouse in Charleston, SC

TV: ESPN+

The North Florida Ospreys (2-8) are headed to Buccaneer Fieldhouse on Thursday where they will meet the Charleston Southern Buccaneers (7-5).

The North Florida Ospreys faced Dayton and took a loss by a score of 84-61 in their last game. North Florida walked away from the game having earned a 33.9% field goal percentage (21 out of 62) and made 8 of their 29 shots from distance. From the charity stripe, the Ospreys made 11 of 16 attempts for a percentage of 68.8%. When it comes to pulling down rebounds, they earned 32 with 10 of them being of the offensive sort. They also dished out 9 dimes for the matchup as well as forcing the other team into 9 turnovers and getting 6 steals. When talking about defending, North Florida allowed the other team to go 52.3% from the floor on 34 out of 65 shooting. Dayton doled out 18 assists and had 11 steals for the game. In addition, Dayton pulled down 39 rebounds (12 offensive, 27 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Dayton shot 47.1% from the free throw line by making 8 of their 17 tries. They also buried 8 out of their 29 tries from beyond the perimeter. With respect to personal fouls, the Ospreys ended up with 18 while Dayton accumulated 15 personal fouls.

Kamrin Oriol is one player who played a role for the contest. He finished with 12 points on 4 of 14 shooting. He played for 38 mins and also grabbed 4 rebounds. He went 28.6% from the field and recorded 4 assists.

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North Florida enters this game with a mark of 2-8 on the year. They are averaging 78.8 pts per contest (160th in college hoops) while hitting 44.4% from the field. The Ospreys are hitting 35.0% on shots beyond the perimeter (113 of 323) and 73.2% from the charity stripe. As a unit, North Florida is grabbing 31.4 boards per game and has totaled 146 dimes for the season, which is 243rd in the nation in terms of passing the ball. They are giving up possession 14.2 times per game and as a unit are committing 19.0 personal fouls every game.

Defensively, the Ospreys have forced 13.3 turnovers every game while drawing 15.3 fouls. They give up 29.6% on shots from beyond the arc and they are ranked 357th in the country in PPG allowed (86.5). The Ospreys are allowing a field goal percentage of 48.4% (327 of 675) and they concede 42.6 rebounds per contest as a unit. They currently rank 308th in D-1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 172 conceded for the campaign.

For their last game, the Charleston Southern Buccaneers got the victory with a final of 84-44 when they faced South Carolina State. The Buccaneers collected 30 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive rebounds totaling 39 in this matchup. They also turned it over 9 times, while getting 6 steals in this matchup. South Carolina State committed 21 personal fouls in the matchup which got the Buccaneers to the charity stripe for a total of 30 shots. They were able to knock down 24 of those for a percentage of 80.0%. With respect to shooting from distance, Charleston Southern converted 12 of 32 attempts (37.5%). When this game wrapped up, the Buccaneers shot 24 for 57 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 42.1%. The Buccaneers allowed South Carolina State to make 16 of 54 tries from the field which gave them a percentage of 29.6% in the matchup. They finished shooting 30.0% from three-point range by shooting 3 of 10 and ended up shooting 9 of 24 from the free throw line (37.5%). When talking about how they rebounded, Charleston Southern allowed South Carolina State to pull down 28 in total (10 offensive).

Brycen Blaine ended up having an impact for the Buccaneers for this contest. He totaled 18 points in his 22 mins of playing time and had 2 dimes in this game. He made 4 of 11 in the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 36.4%, and tallied 7 rebounds.

Charleston Southern has a win-loss record of 7-5 this season. The Buccaneers are responsible for committing 20.3 personal fouls every game and they shoot 67.0% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 18.8 times per game (20th in college) and they turn it over 13.4 times per contest. Charleston Southern has scored 1,009 pts for the season (84.1 per game) and they pull down 45.6 boards per contest. On the offensive side of the ball, the Buccaneers are connecting on 43.9% from the floor, which ranks 256th in college hoops.

The Buccaneers on the defensive side of the court are 224th in Division 1 in points allowed per game with 74.8. They are able to force 9.1 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 39.6% from the floor (44th in college). The Charleston Southern defense surrenders 26.6% from downtown (71 of 267) and opponents are knocking down 66.4% of their free throw shots. They relinquish 10.8 assists and 39.2 boards every game, which is 41st and 334th in the nation.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take North Florida

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