Northern Colorado Bears vs Portland Pilots Prediction, 11/22/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Northern Colorado Bears vs Portland Pilots

Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025

Location: Chiles Center in Portland, OR

TV: ESPN+

The Northern Colorado Bears (3-0) are hitting the road to Chiles Center on Saturday where they will attempt to beat the Portland Pilots (3-1).

The Northern Colorado Bears stepped onto the hardwood against Pepperdine and walked away with a win by a score of 88-81 in their last contest. Regarding personal fouls, the Bears ended up with 23 and Pepperdine accumulated 20 personal fouls. They made 5 of 23 attempts from beyond the perimeter. Pepperdine went 66.7% from the free throw line by knocking down 20 of their 30 shots. In addition, Pepperdine pulled down 31 rebounds (12 offensive, 19 defensive), but didn't have a block. Pepperdine dished out 11 dimes and had 11 steals for this game. Concerning the defense, Northern Colorado allowed the other team to go 38.4% from the field on 28 out of 73 shooting. They also recorded 15 assists for this game in addition to forcing the other team into 11 turnovers and having 4 steals. In relation to pulling down rebounds, they earned 42 with 10 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Bears buried 19 of their 25 tries for a percentage of 76.0%. Northern Colorado finished the contest with a 48.4% field goal percentage (30 out of 62) and converted 9 out of their 26 3-point attempts.

Quinn Denker is one guy who was a contributor for this contest. He recorded 26 points on 8 out of 15 shooting. He played for 41 mins played and also grabbed 8 rebounds. He finished the game at 53.3% from the field and recorded 5 assists.

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Northern Colorado will enter this matchup with a mark of 3-0 for the season. They lose possession by turning the ball over 13.7 times per contest and as a team are committing 15.7 fouls per contest. As a unit, Northern Colorado is pulling in 45.0 rebounds per game and has racked up 63 assists so far this year, which is 254th in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. The Bears are connecting on 38.8% on three-point attempts (38 of 98) and 75.4% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 93.3 points per contest (31st in Division 1) while going 51.3% from the field.

On the defensive end of the court, the Bears are able to force 13.3 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 16.0 personal fouls. They relinquish 26.2% on 3-pointers while they are 93rd in college in PPG allowed (67.7). Bears defense is allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 41.6% (77 of 185) and they surrender 27.7 rebounds per contest as a team. They currently rank 1st in college hoops in giving up assists with 23 relinquished so far this season.

When they last played, the Portland Pilots took a loss by a final score of 93-56 when they faced Wyoming. The Pilots earned 21 defensive boards and 6 offensive boards totaling 27 for the contest. They coughed it up 13 times, while getting 6 steals for the contest. Wyoming earned 22 fouls for this game which took the Pilots to the free throw line for 33 tries. They were able to convert 18 of the free throws for a percentage of 54.5%. In relation to shots from 3-point land, Portland converted 2 of their 12 tries (16.7%). Overall, the Pilots ended up going 18 for 48 from the field which gave them a percentage of 37.5%. The Pilots allowed Wyoming to make 33 out of their 72 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 45.8% for the contest. They finished 39.4% from behind the 3-point line by going 13 of 33 and ended up going 14 out of 17 from the free throw line (82.4%). In regard to how they rebounded, Portland allowed Wyoming to snag 45 overall (15 on the offensive side).

Timo George ended up being important for the Pilots in this contest. He made 4 out of 6 for this game for a field goal percentage of 66.7%, and had 7 rebounds. He earned 12 points in his 21 mins on the hardwood and added 1 assist in this contest.

Portland has a record of 3-1 so far this season. On the offensive side of the ball, the Pilots are hitting on 45.8% from the floor, which ranks them 182nd in the country. Portland has scored 326 points on the campaign (81.5 per game) and they average 39.8 boards per game. They are earning an assist 16.3 times per contest (129th in college) and they lose possession via turnover 15.8 times per contest. The Pilots have committed 19.5 fouls per game and they go 68.6% from the charity stripe.

The Pilots on the defensive side of the court are 267th in college in points allowed per contest with 78.3. They have forced 15.8 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 38.9% from the floor (76th in Division 1). The Portland defense concedes 30.8% on shots from beyond the perimeter (41 of 133) and their opposition knocks down 81.5% of their shots from the charity stripe. They concede 17.0 dimes and 39.0 boards per game, which is ranked 338th and 318th in those categories on the defensive end.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Portland

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