Santa Clara Broncos vs Saint Louis Billikens Prediction, 11/27/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Santa Clara Broncos vs Saint Louis Billikens

Date: Thursday, November 27, 2025

Location: Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, CA

TV: ESPN+

The Saint Louis Billikens (5-0) host the Santa Clara Broncos (6-0) at Acrisure Arena on Thursday.

The Santa Clara Broncos took the court against Louisiana and went home with a win by a final score of 80-43 in their last contest. Concerning personal fouls, the Broncos ended up finishing with 21 while Louisiana accumulated 18 personal fouls. They also made 1 of their 9 tries from distance. Louisiana ended up going 80.0% from the free throw line by converting 20 of 25 shots. On top of that, Louisiana pulled down 25 rebounds (7 offensive, 18 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Louisiana dished out 4 dimes and had 5 steals in this game. In relation to the defense, Santa Clara let their opponent shoot 25.0% from the floor on 11 of 44 shooting. They also distributed 20 dimes in the game as well as creating 15 turnovers and getting 7 steals. When discussing hauling in boards, they compiled 40 with 17 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Broncos buried 12 of 19 shots for a percentage of 63.2%. Santa Clara finished the contest having earned a 41.7% field goal percentage (30 of 72) and buried 8 of their 34 shots from distance.

Christian Hammond is one guy who was a major factor in this matchup. He finished the game shooting 58.3% from the floor and also earned 4 assists. He was on the hardwood for 25 minutes and also totaled 2 rebounds. He accounted for 19 points on 7 out of 12 shooting.

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Santa Clara enters this one with a win-loss mark of 6-0 for the campaign. They average 81.8 pts per contest (135th in the nation) while going 46.4% from the floor. The Broncos are connecting on 30.9% from downtown (51 of 165) and 63.5% from the charity stripe. As a team, Santa Clara is collecting 42.5 boards per game and has accounted for 117 dimes this season, which ranks 50th in D-1 in terms of passing. They are turning it over 10.3 times per game and as a team are committing 19.7 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

On the defensive end, the Broncos are forcing their opponents into 15.0 turnovers per game while drawing 16.0 fouls. They are relinquishing 27.8% from beyond the arc and they are 13th in the nation in PPG allowed (61.5). The Broncos are giving up a shooting percentage of 36.9% (117 of 317) and they surrender 31.3 rebounds per contest as a team. They currently rank 134th in college hoops in giving up assists with 76 conceded this year.

In their last game, the Saint Louis Billikens took home the win by a final score of 91-60 when they played IPFW. In regard to cleaning up the glass, Saint Louis allowed IPFW to snag 23 overall (7 on the offensive side). They shot 20.6% from beyond the arc by connecting on 7 out of 34 and ended up going 11 of 14 from the charity stripe (78.6%). The Billikens allowed IPFW to convert 21 of 61 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 34.4% for this contest. Overall, the Billikens walked away from this one shooting 31 out of 61 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 50.8%. Pertaining to shots from beyond the perimeter, Saint Louis knocked down 13 of 31 attempts (41.9%). They were able to make 16 of them for a percentage of 94.1%. IPFW committed 16 personal fouls for this contest which got the Billikens to the charity stripe for 17 tries. They also coughed it up 16 times, while earning 6 steals in this contest. The Billikens corralled 33 defensive boards and 13 offensive rebounds for a total of 46 in this game.

Dion Brown ended up being a major contributor for the Billikens in the game. He knocked down 8 of 9 for the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 88.9%, and had 4 rebounds. He tallied 21 points in his 21 minutes on the hardwood and tallied 1 assist for this contest.

Saint Louis has a win-loss mark of 5-0 on the campaign. When it comes to offense, the Billikens are shooting 52.9% from the field, which is ranked 14th in the country. Saint Louis has totaled 478 pts for the year (95.6 per game) and they collect 44.8 boards per game. Their rate of earning assists is at 15.8 times per game (136th in D-1) and they turn it over 16.8 times per game. The Billikens commit 20.0 personal fouls every game and they hit 83.2% from the free throw line.

The Billikens on the defensive side of the court are 93rd in the nation in points given up per game with 68.6. They have forced 14.2 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 36.0% from the field (14th in the nation). The Saint Louis defense allows 24.8% on shots from behind the 3-point line (29 of 117) and opponents are connecting on 73.2% of their shots from the free throw line. They give up 9.8 assists and 29.4 boards per contest, which ranks them 26th and 27th in the nation.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Santa Clara

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