South Carolina State Bulldogs vs Louisville Cardinals Prediction, 11/3/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: South Carolina State Bulldogs vs Louisville Cardinals

Date: Monday, November 3, 2025

Location: KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, KY

TV: ACC Network

KFC Yum! Center is the location where the Louisville Cardinals (27-8 last year) will attempt to beat the South Carolina State Bulldogs (20-13 last season) on Monday.

The South Carolina State Bulldogs faced Norfolk State and went home with a loss by a final score of 66-65 in their last contest. Concerning personal fouls, the Bulldogs walked away with 22 while Norfolk State recorded 11 personal fouls. They also buried 3 of 9 tries from 3-point range. Norfolk State walked away from this one shooting 67.6% when shooting free throws by burying 23 of their 34 tries. Additionally, Norfolk State had 30 rebounds (10 offensive, 20 defensive), but didn't notch a block. Norfolk State earned 13 dimes and had 8 steals for the contest. Regarding the defense, South Carolina State allowed the other team to go 41.7% from the field on 20 out of 48 shooting. They also recorded 16 assists for the game as well as creating 15 turnovers and earning 9 steals. In relation to rebounding, they collected a total of 31 with 13 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Bulldogs made 9 of 12 attempts for a percentage of 75.0%. South Carolina State ended the game having earned a 37.1% FG percentage (23 of 62) and made 10 of 27 shots from 3-point land.

Wilson Dubinsky is one player who came through in this game. He recorded 24 points on 8 of 11 shooting. He was on the court for 30 mins and pulled down 2 boards. He walked away from this one shooting 72.7% from the floor and also recorded 3 dimes.

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South Carolina State will enter this contest after finishing with a win-loss record of 20-13 last season. They coughed up possession 14.2 times per game and as a unit committed 21.1 fouls on a nightly basis. As a group, South Carolina State grabbed 35.3 boards per game and accumulated 514 assists last season, which ranked 73rd in college hoops in terms of passing. The Bulldogs shot 36.2% from downtown (234 of 647) and 70.9% from the charity stripe. They averaged 79.5 points per contest (48th in Division 1) while connecting on 46.8% from the field.

On defense, the Bulldogs forced 16.6 turnovers per game while drawing 19.8 personal fouls. They were ranked 154th in the country in giving up assists with 427 surrendered over the course of last season. The Bulldogs defensively gave up a field goal percentage of 44.1% (786 of 1,784) and they relinquished 31.8 rebounds per contest as a squad. They gave up 31.0% on shots from downtown and they were 130th in college in PPG allowed (70.4).

The last time they took the court, the Louisville Cardinals took a loss by a final score of 89-75 when they played Creighton. Concerning team rebounding, Louisville allowed Creighton to grab 33 overall (6 offensive). They finished 45.8% from distance by going 11 out of 24 and walked away from this one shooting 14 out of 21 from the free throw line (66.7%). The Cardinals allowed Creighton to make 32 out of 56 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 57.1% for the game. In all, the Cardinals finished 30 for 70 from the floor which had them shooting 42.9%. With respect to three-point shots, Louisville made 8 of 29 tries (27.6%). They were able to knock down 7 of them for a percentage of 87.5%. Creighton was called for 11 personal fouls for the contest which took the Cardinals to the free throw line for 8 tries. They gave up possession of the ball 5 times, while earning 5 steals for this contest. The Cardinals were able to corral 21 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds totaling 29 for the game.

Chucky Hepburn ended up being a factor for the Cardinals in this game. He recorded 22 points in his 39 mins on the court and had 6 dimes in this game. He made 9 out of 23 in this contest for a field goal rate of 39.1%, and tallied 2 rebounds.

Louisville had a win-loss mark of 27-8 last season. When it comes to offense, the Cardinals connected on 45.4% from the floor, which ranked 137th in college. Louisville had 2,747 pts last season (78.5 per contest) and they pulled down 37.3 boards per game. They dished out assists 13.9 times per contest (154th in the nation) and they turned it over 11.3 times per game. The Cardinals were responsible for committing 15.6 fouls per game and they connected on 74.6% from the free throw line.

The Cardinals were ranked 90th in D-1 in points per game surrendered with 69.5. They were able to force 12.8 turnovers on a nightly basis and allowed teams to shoot 42.9% from the field (123rd in Division 1). The Louisville defense conceded 34.1% on 3-point attempts (278 of 816) and opponents knocked down 71.2% of their free throw shots. They allowed 11.8 dimes and 33.4 total boards per game, which was ranked 63rd and 120th in college hoops.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Louisville

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