Southern Jaguars vs Texas Longhorns Prediction, 12/8/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Southern Jaguars vs Texas Longhorns

Date: Monday, December 8, 2025

Location: Moody Center in Austin, TX

TV: SEC Network

The Texas Longhorns (6-2) are welcoming the Southern Jaguars (4-4) at Moody Center on Monday.

The Southern Jaguars played Louisiana Christian and notched a win by a score of 101-48 in their last contest. Concerning fouls, the Jaguars left the arena with 13 and Louisiana Christian racked up 19 fouls. They knocked down 3 of their 18 shots from beyond the perimeter. Louisiana Christian shot 69.2% at the charity stripe by converting 9 of 13 tries. In addition, Louisiana Christian pulled down 25 boards (7 offensive, 18 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. Louisiana Christian distributed 10 assists and had 7 steals in this game. In the matter of defense, Southern allowed the other team to shoot 30.5% from the field on 18 of 59 shooting. They also recorded 23 dimes in this contest as well as forcing the other team into 18 turnovers and earning 17 steals. Pertaining to getting rebounds, they collected 43 with 10 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Jaguars buried 18 of 25 attempts for a rate of 72.0%. Southern ended having earned a 58.5% FG percentage (38 of 65) and made 7 out of their 27 shots from 3-point land.

Michael Jacobs is a guy who was a factor for this game. He ended up finishing with 22 points on 8 of 11 shooting. He saw the court for 24 mins and totaled 3 rebounds. He shot 72.7% from the field and also totaled 8 assists.

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Southern will enter this game with a mark of 4-4 this season. They lose possession via turnover 13.3 times per contest and as a team they are committing 19.0 fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Southern is snagging 40.0 rebounds per contest and has accounted for 147 assists so far this year, which has them ranked 39th in the country in terms of passing the rock. The Jaguars are hitting 37.1% on 3-point shots (69 of 186) and 67.2% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 92.3 points per contest (16th in the country) on 49.8% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Jaguars are able to force 18.0 turnovers per game and they draw 19.1 personal fouls. They are giving up 32.3% on shots from beyond the arc and they are ranked 275th in college in points per game from their opponents (78.0). The Jaguars defense is giving up a FG percentage of 42.1% (212 of 503) and they concede 36.4 rebounds per contest as a team. They rank 262nd in the country in giving up assists to the opposition with 118 conceded on the season.

When they last stepped on the court, the Texas Longhorns went home defeated by a final of 88-69 when they played Virginia. The Longhorns recorded 20 defensive rebounds and 10 offensive boards totaling 30 in this contest. They also turned it over 7 times, while recording 4 steals in this game. Virginia earned 20 fouls for this game which got the Longhorns to the charity stripe for 25 attempts. They were able to bury 17 of the free throws for a percentage of 68.0%. Concerning shooting from beyond the arc, Texas converted 4 of their 19 tries (21.1%). When the final whistle blew, the Longhorns walked away from this one shooting 24 out of 59 from the field which gave them a rate of 40.7%. The Longhorns permitted Virginia to convert 28 of 52 tries from the floor which left them with a shooting percentage of 53.8% in the game. They finished 50.0% from three-point range by going 12 of 24 and walked away from this one shooting 20 of 29 at the free throw line (69.0%). In regard to rebounds, Texas allowed Virginia to collect 29 in total (7 on the offensive side).

Dailyn Swain ended up having an impact for the Longhorns for the matchup. He converted 6 out of 13 for the game for a field goal rate of 46.2%, and totaled 10 rebounds. He tallied 15 points in his 32 minutes on the court and totaled 4 assists in this matchup.

Texas has a mark of 6-2 so far this year. The Longhorns commit 19.6 fouls every game and they connect on 69.8% from the free throw line. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 15.3 times per game (149th in the nation) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 12.0 times per contest. Texas has scored 727 points for the campaign (90.9 per game) and they average 44.0 rebounds per contest. As an offensive unit, the Longhorns are hitting on 51.1% from the floor, which is 24th in the country.

The Texas defense surrenders 33.9% on shots from beyond the arc (56 of 165) and opponents are connecting on 72.8% of their free throw attempts. They surrender 9.4 assists and 29.9 boards on a nightly basis, which is 13th and 24th in college. The Longhorns on the defensive end are ranked 159th in D-1 in points allowed per game with 71.9. They are forcing 10.5 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 40.1% from the floor (68th in college).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Southern

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