Vermont Catamounts vs Princeton Tigers Prediction, 12/30/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Vermont Catamounts vs Princeton Tigers

Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Location: Jadwin Gymnasium in Princeton, NJ

TV: ESPN+

The Vermont Catamounts (8-6) are hitting the road to Jadwin Gymnasium on Tuesday where they will try to defeat the Princeton Tigers (3-11).

The Vermont Catamounts faced off with Iona and went home with a loss by a final score of 83-78 in their last contest. When discussing personal fouls, the Catamounts ended up with 13 while Iona recorded 11 personal fouls. They converted 6 of their 17 tries from beyond the arc. Iona walked away from this one shooting 70.8% at the free throw line by burying 17 of 24 shots. Additionally, Iona snagged 36 rebounds (5 offensive, 31 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Iona doled out 5 assists and had 4 steals in this contest. In regard to the defense, Vermont allowed 54.5% from the floor on 30 of 55 shooting. They also distributed 9 assists in the game while forcing the opposition into 6 turnovers and getting 3 steals. When talking about pulling down rebounds, they compiled 31 with 9 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Catamounts converted 9 of their 14 shots for a percentage of 64.3%. Vermont ended the game having earned a 44.8% field goal percentage (30 of 67) and buried 9 of their 31 3-point attempts.

Gus Yalden is one guy who was a contributor for this contest. He went 52.9% from the floor and also earned 1 assist. He was on the hardwood for 25 minutes played and also pulled down 7 rebounds. He ended up walking away with 24 points on 9 of 17 shooting.

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Vermont will enter this matchup with a win-loss record of 8-6 on the campaign. They are turning it over 10.0 times per game and as a team they are committing 17.9 personal fouls per contest. As a unit, Vermont is collecting 34.9 rebounds per game and is sitting with 194 dimes on the campaign, which is 133rd in the nation in terms of passing the ball. The Catamounts are connecting on 34.9% on 3-point shots (130 of 373) and 74.8% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 78.1 points per outing (174th in Division 1) while going 47.8% from the floor.

Defensively, the Catamounts are forcing 9.2 turnovers per contest and they draw 16.9 fouls. They surrender 35.7% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are 203rd in D-1 in PPG from their opponents (74.2). The Catamounts defense is allowing a FG percentage of 45.3% (353 of 780) and they surrender 30.6 rebounds per game as a group. They are 246th in the nation in giving up assists with 179 relinquished for the season.

In their last game, the Princeton Tigers walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 65-61 against Temple. The Tigers recorded 23 defensive rebounds and 6 offensive boards totaling 29 in this matchup. They also coughed it up 9 times, while recording 5 steals in this matchup. Temple was called for 15 personal fouls for this game which got the Tigers to the free throw line for a total of 16 tries. They were able to make 12 of the free throw tries for a rate of 75.0%. Concerning 3-pointers, Princeton converted 5 out of their 19 tries (26.3%). At the conclusion of this game, the Tigers went 22 out of 53 from the field which gave them a rate of 41.5%. The Tigers permitted Temple to convert 25 of their 54 attempts from the floor which left them with a rate of 46.3% for this contest. They shot 33.3% from three-point range by shooting 4 out of 12 and ended up going 11 out of 15 at the free throw line (73.3%). When talking about attacking the glass, Princeton permitted Temple to collect 32 in total (9 offensive).

Malik Abdullahi pitched in for the Tigers for this contest. He knocked down 9 of 11 in the matchup for a field goal percentage of 81.8%, and had 7 rebounds. He accumulated 21 points in his 30 mins on the court, but wasn't able to notch an assist.

Princeton has a record of 3-11 on the season. The Tigers are committing 16.9 personal fouls per game while shooting 70.0% from the charity stripe. Their rate of earning assists is at 13.2 times per contest (274th in Division 1) and they are turning it over 12.3 times per game. Princeton has accounted for 952 points so far this year (68.0 per game) and they pull in 35.0 boards per game. As an offense, the Tigers are shooting 40.9% from the field, which is 339th in the country.

The Princeton defense allows 31.0% on three-point shots (99 of 319) and their opponents are connecting on 73.4% of their shots from the free throw line. They concede 12.6 assists and 33.8 boards on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 128th and 149th in D-1. The Tigers defensively are ranked 165th in Division 1 in PPG surrendered with 72.4. They are forcing their opponents into 10.2 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 45.8% from the floor (292nd in college hoops).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Vermont

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