Northeastern Huskies vs Elon Phoenix Prediction, 12/29/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Northeastern Huskies vs Elon Phoenix

Date: Monday, December 29, 2025

Location: Schar Center in Elon, NC

TV: ESPN+

The Elon Phoenix (8-5) will try to defeat the Northeastern Huskies (4-7) at Schar Center on Monday.

The Northeastern Huskies took the court against Rhode Island and ended up losing by a score of 85-77 in their last contest. Northeastern walked away from the game with a 49.0% FG percentage (24 out of 49) and knocked down 10 out of their 21 shots from 3-point land. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Huskies converted 19 of their 25 tries for a rate of 76.0%. Pertaining to grabbing boards, they earned a total of 24 with 8 of them being of the offensive variety. They also recorded 16 assists for the contest in addition to forcing the opposition into 8 turnovers and getting 7 steals. Regarding defense, Northeastern allowed 55.0% from the floor on 33 of 60 shooting. Rhode Island doled out 11 dimes and had 7 steals in this contest. In addition, Rhode Island collected 30 boards (12 offensive, 18 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Rhode Island finished the contest at 68.8% from the free throw line by making 11 of their 16 attempts. They also knocked down 8 of 22 attempts from beyond the arc. With respect to personal fouls, the Huskies ended up with 15 while Rhode Island recorded 18 personal fouls.

Ryan Williams is a player who was a major factor for this game. He walked away from this one shooting 75.0% from the field and also dished out 4 assists. He was on the court for 30 mins and also totaled 1 rebound. He ended up finishing with 21 points on 6 out of 8 shooting.

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Northeastern enters this matchup with a record of 4-7 so far this year. They are averaging 73.5 points per outing (275th in D-1) while hitting 45.3% from the field. The Huskies are shooting 32.9% on shots from downtown (76 of 231) and 70.7% from the charity stripe. As a team, Northeastern is grabbing 32.8 rebounds per game and has accounted for 159 assists on the season, which ranks 301st in Division 1 in terms of passing. They are giving up possession 13.5 times per game and as a team they are committing 18.8 fouls per game.

When they are on defense, the Huskies are forcing their opponents into 13.6 turnovers per game and they draw 17.7 fouls. They currently rank 25th in college hoops in giving up assists to the opposition with 129 relinquished on the season. The Huskies defensively are giving up a shooting percentage of 47.5% (292 of 615) and they concede 34.7 boards per game as a team. They are giving up 32.2% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they rank 245th in D-1 in points per game allowed (76.0).

The last time they took the court, the Elon Phoenix took home the win by a final score of 97-63 when they faced Greensboro College. In regard to team rebounding, Elon permitted Greensboro College to pull down 20 in total (5 offensive). They finished 32.0% from behind the 3-point line by connecting on 8 out of 25 and walked away from this one shooting 3 of 5 from the charity stripe (60.0%). The Phoenix permitted Greensboro College to convert 26 of their 66 tries from the field which left them shooting 39.4% in this contest. When the final whistle was blown, the Phoenix went 33 out of 67 from the field which had them shooting 49.3%. With respect to shots from beyond the arc, Elon converted 7 of 25 tries (28.0%). They were able to make 24 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 85.7%. Greensboro College had 20 personal fouls in the matchup which took the Phoenix to the free throw line for 28 shots. They turned it over 10 times, while getting 9 steals for the contest. The Phoenix corralled 28 defensive boards and 18 offensive boards totaling 46 for this contest.

Chandler Cuthrell ended up having an impact for the Phoenix for the matchup. He earned 21 points in his 18 minutes on the court and accounted for 3 assists for this game. He converted 9 out of 15 in this contest for a field goal percentage of 60.0%, and totaled 8 rebounds.

Elon has a mark of 8-5 so far this season. The Phoenix are committing 17.2 fouls per contest and they go 73.6% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 15.7 times per game (115th in college hoops) and they are turning it over 10.8 times per contest. Elon has scored 1,116 pts for the campaign (85.8 per contest) and they pull down 38.6 boards per game. When it comes to executing on offense, the Phoenix are shooting 47.3% from the field, which is ranked 102nd in the nation.

The Phoenix are ranked 278th in the nation in PPG given up with 77.5. They have forced 12.2 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 45.1% from the field (268th in D-1). The Elon defense concedes 33.9% on three-point shots (123 of 363) and opponents are making 66.7% of their shots from the free throw line. They have given up 15.3 assists and 33.4 boards per contest, which ranks them 296th and 129th in the country.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Northeastern

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