Southern Jaguars vs Marquette Golden Eagles Prediction, 11/5/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Southern Jaguars vs Marquette Golden Eagles

Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Location: Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WI

TV: ESPN+

The Marquette Golden Eagles (23-11 last year) are hosting the Southern Jaguars (20-12 last season) at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday.

The Southern Jaguars played Grambling and ended up losing by a score of 65-62 in their last contest. Southern wrapped up the contest having earned a 31.9% FG percentage (22 of 69) and converted 3 of their 17 3-pointers. From the free throw line, the Jaguars made 15 of their 15 shots for a percentage of 100.0%. With regard to grabbing rebounds, they collected 45 with 17 of them being of the offensive sort. They also doled out 9 assists in the game as well as forcing the other team into 13 turnovers and getting 10 steals. Regarding defense, Southern allowed the other team to go 32.2% from the field on 19 of 59 shooting. Grambling doled out 15 assists and had 11 steals for the contest. Furthermore, Grambling had 31 boards (10 offensive, 21 defensive), but didn't record a block for the team. Grambling finished the game shooting 76.9% when shooting free throws by knocking down 20 of their 26 shots. They made 7 out of their 21 tries from distance. Concerning fouls, the Jaguars ended up with 19 while Grambling totaled 13 fouls.

Cam Amboree is a player who had an impact in this contest. He ended up going 37.5% from the field and also totaled 1 assist. He was on the court for 20 mins played but finished the game without grabbing a rebound. He left the arena with 12 points on 3 out of 8 shooting.

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Southern heads into this one after finishing with a win-loss mark of 20-12 last year. They gave up possession 12.5 times per contest and as a group committed 18.6 fouls every game. As a team, Southern collected 37.3 rebounds per contest and racked up 415 dimes last year, which had them ranked 245th in Division 1 in terms of passing the ball. The Jaguars connected on 32.2% on shots from distance (212 of 658) and 66.9% from the charity stripe. They averaged 74.8 points per game (146th in the nation) while going 43.6% from the floor.

On the defensive end, the Jaguars forced 15.5 turnovers per contest while drawing 17.9 fouls. They surrendered 33.4% on three-point shots while they were 61st in D-1 in points per game allowed (68.3). The Jaguars defensively gave up an opponent shooting percentage of 42.0% (727 of 1,729) and they surrendered 32.2 rebounds per contest as a team. They were 178th in college hoops in giving up assists with 434 surrendered over the course of last season.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Marquette Golden Eagles took a loss by a final score of 75-66 against New Mexico. Concerning how they cleaned up the glass, Marquette allowed New Mexico to collect 34 in total (9 on the offensive glass). They finished 35.7% from downtown by shooting 5 out of 14 and walked away from this one shooting 18 of 21 at the free throw line (85.7%). The Golden Eagles allowed New Mexico to knock down 26 out of their 55 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 47.3% for the game. When the final whistle blew, the Golden Eagles shot 24 out of 59 from the field which had them shooting 40.7%. When talking about shots from distance, Marquette knocked down 11 out of 30 attempts (36.7%). They were able to knock down 7 of those for a percentage of 58.3%. New Mexico committed 13 fouls in this matchup which took the Golden Eagles to the free throw line for a total of 12 attempts. They also gave up possession of the ball 11 times, while earning 7 steals for this game. The Golden Eagles earned 17 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds for a total of 25 in this game.

David Joplin was important for the Golden Eagles for the matchup. He made 9 out of 15 in this matchup for a field goal rate of 60.0%, and added 4 rebounds. He scored 28 points in his 33 minutes on the hardwood and had 1 assist in the matchup.

Marquette had a win-loss record of 23-11 last season. On the offensive side of the court, the Golden Eagles hit 44.4% from the field, which was ranked 192nd in college. Marquette had 2,603 pts last year (76.6 per game) and they grabbed 34.1 rebounds per game. Their rate of earning assists was at 13.7 times per contest (169th in college) and they turned it over 9.4 times per game. The Golden Eagles were responsible for committing 16.0 fouls per game and they went 72.0% from the charity stripe.

The Golden Eagles defensively were ranked 76th in college in points per game surrendered with 68.7. They were able to force 14.7 TO's per game and allowed teams to shoot 43.6% from the field (167th in college hoops). The Marquette defense conceded 31.8% on shots from distance (240 of 754) and their opponents made 73.2% of their shots from the charity stripe. They conceded 14.7 assists and 35.9 boards per contest, which ranked them 301st and 274th in college.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Southern

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