South Carolina Gamecocks vs Northwestern Wildcats Prediction, 11/23/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: South Carolina Gamecocks vs Northwestern Wildcats

Date: Sunday, November 23, 2025

Location: Colonial Hall in White Sulphur Springs, WV

TV: ESPN+

The Northwestern Wildcats (4-0) will take on the South Carolina Gamecocks (4-0) at Colonial Hall on Sunday.

The South Carolina Gamecocks faced off with Radford and took home the win by a score of 87-58 in their last game. Regarding personal fouls, the Gamecocks ended up with 21 and Radford finished the game with 17 personal fouls. They also made 7 of 24 tries from 3-point land. Radford finished shooting 68.0% from the charity stripe by making 17 of their 25 shots. On top of that, Radford snagged 21 rebounds (7 offensive, 14 defensive), but didn't have a block. Radford recorded 6 dimes and had 5 steals for this contest. Concerning defense, South Carolina let their opponent shoot 30.9% from the floor on 17 of 55 shooting. They also recorded 22 dimes in this game in addition to forcing 13 turnovers and having 7 steals. In relation to hauling in boards, they compiled 37 with 6 of them being of the offensive variety. From the charity stripe, the Gamecocks converted 12 of their 15 attempts for a percentage of 80.0%. South Carolina walked away from the game having earned a 57.6% FG percentage (34 of 59) and converted 7 of their 25 shots from distance.

Elijah Strong is a guy who played a role for this contest. He finished the game shooting 70.0% from the floor and also dished out 2 dimes. He played 18 minutes and also grabbed 3 rebounds. He ended up walking away with 15 points on 7 of 10 shooting.

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South Carolina will enter this game with a win-loss record of 4-0 for the season. They average 85.5 pts per game (99th in Division 1) while connecting on 46.9% from the floor. The Gamecocks are shooting 36.0% on 3-pointers (45 of 125) and 77.5% from the charity stripe. As a team, South Carolina is collecting 39.0 boards per game and has accounted for 80 assists on the year, which has them ranked 102nd in the nation in terms of passing the ball. They turn the ball over 11.5 times per contest and as a team they are committing 19.0 personal fouls every game.

Defensively, the Gamecocks are able to force 11.3 turnovers per game while drawing 19.3 personal fouls. They concede 24.6% from 3-point land and they rank 90th in college hoops in opponents points per game (67.5). The Gamecocks defense is allowing an opponent FG percentage of 40.2% (97 of 241) and they relinquish 34.3 boards per contest as a group. They are ranked 51st in the country in giving up assists to their opponents with 44 surrendered so far this year.

When they last played, the Northwestern Wildcats went home victorious with a score of 81-79 against DePaul. The Wildcats snagged 19 defensive rebounds and 6 offensive boards totaling 25 in this matchup. They also turned the ball over 11 times, while recording 6 steals for this game. DePaul had 22 fouls for this game which took the Wildcats to the charity stripe for 24 attempts. They were able to knock down 16 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 66.7%. In terms of shots from beyond the arc, Northwestern converted 7 of 16 attempts (43.8%). When all was said and done, the Wildcats ended up shooting 29 for 50 from the field which gave them a rate of 58.0%. The Wildcats allowed DePaul to make 25 out of 59 attempts from the field which had them at 42.4% in this contest. They finished 33.3% from distance by going 7 out of 21 and ended up shooting 22 of 27 from the charity stripe (81.5%). Regarding rebounding, Northwestern allowed DePaul to snag 33 overall (15 offensive).

Nick Martinelli ended up being a major contributor for the Wildcats for this contest. He earned 24 points in his 34 minutes on the hardwood and tallied 2 dimes for the contest. He knocked down 8 of 11 for the contest for a rate of 72.7%, and had 5 rebounds.

Northwestern has a win-loss mark of 4-0 so far this season. On the offensive side of the ball, the Wildcats are shooting 52.2% from the floor, which ranks them 24th in college hoops. Northwestern has tallied 337 points on the season (84.3 per game) and they pull in 37.5 boards per contest. Their rate of earning assists is at 19.0 times per contest (36th in college) and they are turning it over 8.8 times per contest. The Wildcats are responsible for committing 15.8 fouls every game and they go 69.1% from the charity stripe.

The Wildcats are ranked 14th in college in PPG given up with 60.3. They are forcing their opponents into 13.8 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 36.3% from the field (24th in college). The Northwestern defense allows 29.7% on 3-pointers (27 of 91) and opponents are knocking down 70.0% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have conceded 14.0 assists and 32.5 rebounds on a nightly basis, which ranks them 230th and 96th in college hoops.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Northwestern

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