UC Riverside Highlanders vs San Diego Toreros Prediction, 11/21/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: UC Riverside Highlanders vs San Diego Toreros

Date: Friday, November 21, 2025

Location: Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego, CA

TV: ESPN+

The San Diego Toreros (3-1) will take on the UC Riverside Highlanders (2-3) at Jenny Craig Pavilion on Friday.

The UC Riverside Highlanders faced off with California Baptist and took a loss by a score of 80-57 in their last game. When talking about fouls, the Highlanders walked away with 16 and California Baptist finished the game with 13 fouls. They also knocked down 3 of their 16 attempts from beyond the arc. California Baptist went 65.2% at the free throw line by knocking down 15 of 23 attempts. Additionally, California Baptist pulled down 45 rebounds (20 offensive, 25 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. California Baptist earned 8 assists and had 12 steals for the contest. Pertaining to defending, UC Riverside allowed 41.3% from the floor on 31 of 75 shooting. They also doled out 8 assists in this game as well as creating 12 turnovers and earning 8 steals. Pertaining to pulling down boards, they compiled 35 with 9 of them being offensive. From the free throw line, the Highlanders converted 9 of 13 shots for a percentage of 69.2%. UC Riverside wrapped up the contest with a 36.1% field goal percentage (22 out of 61) and knocked down 4 out of their 21 shots from beyond the arc.

Marqui Worthy is a player who was a major contributor for the matchup. He went 53.8% from the floor and recorded 3 assists. He saw the court for 30 minutes and pulled down 6 rebounds. He totaled 15 points on 7 of 13 shooting.

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UC Riverside heads into this game with a record of 2-3 on the campaign. They lose possession via turnover 16.2 times per contest and as a unit they are committing 15.6 personal fouls per contest. As a unit, UC Riverside is pulling down 37.4 rebounds per game and has tallied 68 assists for the campaign, which has them ranked 192nd in college hoops in terms of passing the rock. The Highlanders are hitting 34.1% on 3-point shots (42 of 123) and 77.0% from the free throw line. They have an average of 72.6 points per game (288th in D-1) while shooting 44.7% from the floor.

When they are on defense, the Highlanders are able to force 11.6 turnovers per contest and they draw 16.4 personal fouls. They are currently ranked 94th in the country in allowing assists to the opposition with 52 surrendered so far this year. The Highlanders defense is giving up a shooting percentage of 44.3% (141 of 318) and they concede 36.4 boards per game as a team. They surrender 28.6% on shots from distance and they are 155th in D-1 in PPG from their opponents (71.4).

The last time they took the court, the San Diego Toreros got the victory with a final of 78-68 when they played Grambling. In relation to cleaning the glass, San Diego allowed Grambling to collect 37 overall (14 on the offensive glass). They finished 15.4% from 3-point land by connecting on 2 out of 13 and finished the game at 18 out of 31 at the free throw line (58.1%). The Toreros permitted Grambling to knock down 24 out of 60 tries from the floor which gave them a rate of 40.0% for this game. When the final whistle blew, the Toreros shot 19 out of 53 from the field which gave them a rate of 35.8%. In regard to shots from distance, San Diego converted 9 of their 31 attempts (29.0%). They were able to knock down 31 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 96.9%. Grambling committed 21 fouls in the matchup which took the Toreros to the free throw line for a total of 32 shots. They also coughed up the ball 16 times, while recording 9 steals in the game. The Toreros pulled down 24 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards totaling 32 for the contest.

Toneari Lane ended up being a major contributor for the Toreros for the matchup. He made 3 of 9 in this matchup for a rate of 33.3%, and totaled 2 rebounds. He racked up 15 points in his 22 mins of playing time and earned 1 assist for the contest.

San Diego has a record of 3-1 so far this season. As an offense, the Toreros are connecting on 45.8% from the floor, which ranks them 183rd in the nation. San Diego has scored 312 pts for the campaign (78.0 per contest) and they pull down 34.5 rebounds per contest. They are assisting teammates 17.0 times per contest (97th in college hoops) and they turn it over 13.8 times per contest. The Toreros are responsible for committing 18.0 fouls per game and they go 82.3% from the free throw line.

The Toreros are ranked 99th in college hoops in PPG given up with 68.0. They have forced 14.0 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 40.5% from the floor (118th in college hoops). The San Diego defense allows 25.6% on shots from 3-point land (21 of 82) and their opposition makes 66.3% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have surrendered 11.3 dimes and 36.5 rebounds every game, which has them ranked 88th and 249th in those categories.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego

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