Sacramento State Hornets vs UCLA Bruins Prediction, 11/18/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento State Hornets vs UCLA Bruins

Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Location: Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, CA

TV: BTN

The Sacramento State Hornets (2-1) are en route to Pauley Pavilion on Tuesday where they will go up against the UCLA Bruins (3-0).

The Sacramento State Hornets faced off with Presbyterian and notched a win by a score of 64-62 in their last game. Concerning personal fouls, the Hornets ended up finishing with 17 while Presbyterian had 18 personal fouls. They also knocked down 3 out of their 21 attempts from beyond the perimeter. Presbyterian went 61.9% at the charity stripe by making 13 of 21 shots. Additionally, Presbyterian collected 33 boards (13 offensive, 20 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Presbyterian earned 12 assists and had 11 steals in this contest. With regard to defense, Sacramento State allowed the other team to shoot 39.0% from the floor on 23 of 59 shooting. They also recorded 13 dimes for this game as well as forcing the other team into 11 turnovers and getting 4 steals. Pertaining to rebounding, they compiled a total of 34 with 9 of them being offensive. When they shot from the free throw line, the Hornets converted 18 of 25 shots for a rate of 72.0%. Sacramento State finished the contest having earned a 45.8% FG percentage (22 out of 48) and knocked down 2 of their 11 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Jeremiah Cherry is one player who came through in the game. He finished the game at 53.3% from the floor and earned 1 assist. He was on the court for 37 mins played and snagged 10 boards. He racked up 17 points on 8 out of 15 shooting.

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Sacramento State comes into this one with a win-loss record of 2-1 for the year. They turn it over 13.3 times per contest and as a group are committing 19.0 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Sacramento State is snagging 41.0 boards per game and has accounted for 56 assists this season, which has them ranked 76th in college hoops in terms of passing. The Hornets are hitting 46.8% on shots beyond the perimeter (36 of 77) and 73.4% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 92.0 pts per game (60th in the country) while connecting on 49.5% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Hornets have forced 10.4 turnovers per contest and they draw 19.4 personal fouls. They are currently ranked 345th in Division 1 in allowing assists with 79 surrendered on the season. The Hornets defensively are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 41.4% (135 of 326) and they surrender 37.0 boards per game as a team. They are giving up 29.7% on shots from distance and they are 246th in Division 1 in opponents PPG (77.2).

The last time they took the court, the UCLA Bruins took a defeat with a final score of 69-65 when they played Arizona. The Bruins snagged 18 defensive rebounds and 6 offensive rebounds totaling 24 for the contest. They coughed it up 15 times, while getting 4 steals for the contest. Arizona committed 11 personal fouls for the matchup which took the Bruins to the free throw line for 8 attempts. They were able to knock down 6 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 75.0%. With respect to three-point attempts, UCLA buried 9 of their 17 attempts (52.9%). When the game finished, the Bruins ended up shooting 25 for 58 from the field which gave them a percentage of 43.1%. The Bruins permitted Arizona to bury 26 of 55 tries from the field which gave them a percentage of 47.3% for this game. They finished 31.6% from downtown via 6 out of 19 and finished the game at 11 of 15 from the free throw line (73.3%). With respect to how they attacked the glass, UCLA permitted Arizona to get 33 overall (9 on the offensive glass).

Tyler Bilodeau ended up having an impact for the Bruins in this contest. He totaled 19 points in his 33 mins of playing time and totaled 1 assist for this contest. He converted 7 of 10 in the matchup for a field goal rate of 70.0%, and tallied 2 rebounds.

UCLA has a win-loss record of 3-0 for the year. The Bruins are responsible for committing 13.0 fouls per contest while shooting 77.4% from the charity stripe. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 17.0 times per game (122nd in the country) and they turn it over 9.7 times per game. UCLA has totaled 237 pts so far this season (79.0 per contest) and they pull in 35.0 rebounds per contest. As an offense, the Bruins are shooting 48.0% from the floor, which is 120th in college hoops.

The Bruins on the defensive end are ranked 90th in college hoops in points given up per game with 67.0. They are forcing 15.0 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 44.3% from the field (230th in D-1). The UCLA defense allows 34.7% on shots from behind the 3-point line (34 of 98) and opponents are knocking down 71.7% of their free throw attempts. They allow 16.0 dimes and 30.3 total rebounds per game, which is 304th and 51st in college hoops.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Sacramento State

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