Wright State Raiders vs California Golden Bears Prediction, 11/6/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Wright State Raiders vs California Golden Bears

Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025

Location: Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, CA

TV: ACC Extra

The California Golden Bears (14-19 last year) will play the Wright State Raiders (15-18 last season) at Haas Pavilion on Thursday.

The Wright State Raiders played Franklin and earned the victory with a final of 86-37 in their last game. With respect to fouls, the Raiders left the arena with 14 and Franklin finished the game with 17 fouls. They converted 4 of their 15 shots from 3-point land. Franklin finished the game at 35.7% when shooting free throws by knocking down 5 of their 14 attempts. In addition, Franklin collected 21 boards (4 offensive, 17 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Franklin totaled 9 assists and had 10 steals for this game. In terms of defending, Wright State allowed their opponent to shoot 31.1% from the field on 14 of 45 shooting. They also recorded 27 assists for the game while forcing the opposition into 24 turnovers and getting 19 steals. When it comes to rebounding, they earned a total of 47 with 18 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Raiders knocked down 9 of 21 attempts for a rate of 42.9%. Wright State ended the contest with a 49.3% field goal percentage (35 of 71) and buried 7 out of their 20 three-point attempts.

Michael Imariagbe is a guy who was a factor for this contest. He finished 71.4% from the floor and also recorded 1 assist. He was on the hardwood for 16 minutes and grabbed 4 rebounds. He ended up with 13 points on 5 out of 7 shooting.

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Wright State steps onto the court after finishing with a record of 15-18 last year. They had an average of 77.3 points per game (83rd in the country) while shooting 49.4% from the field. The Raiders connected on 38.4% on three-point shots (279 of 726) and 70.6% from the free throw line. As a team, Wright State grabbed 34.5 rebounds per contest and had 502 dimes throughout last season, which was 92nd in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. They lost possession via turnover 12.2 times per game and as a group committed 16.8 personal fouls per contest.

On the defensive end of the court, the Raiders forced their opponents into 10.2 turnovers per contest and they drew 16.2 fouls. They were 215th in D-1 in giving up assists to the opposition with 446 conceded throughout last year. The Raiders defense allowed and opponent field goal percentage of 46.0% (899 of 1,953) and they surrendered 32.7 rebounds per game as a unit. They gave up 36.6% from 3-point land and they ranked 301st in D-1 in PPG allowed (76.4).

When they last stepped on the court, the California Golden Bears got the victory with a final of 87-60 when they played CSU Bakersfield. The Golden Bears snagged 20 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive rebounds totaling 29 for the contest. They coughed it up 14 times, while getting 5 steals in this contest. CSU Bakersfield committed 20 fouls in this contest which took the Golden Bears to the charity stripe for a total of 25 attempts. They were able to knock down 18 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 72.0%. With respect to shooting from distance, California converted 5 of their 23 tries (21.7%). Overall, the Golden Bears finished the game shooting 32 for 59 from the field which gave them a rate of 54.2%. The Golden Bears permitted CSU Bakersfield to knock down 19 of their 53 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 35.8% for the contest. They finished shooting 33.3% from behind the 3-point line by connecting on 3 of 9 and walked away from this one shooting 19 out of 30 from the free throw line (63.3%). In regard to how they cleaned up the glass, California allowed CSU Bakersfield to grab 26 in all (10 on the offensive side).

John Camden was important for the Golden Bears for this game. He accumulated 22 points in his 24 minutes of playing time and earned 2 assists in the game. He made 7 out of 11 for this game for a field goal rate of 63.6%, and earned 3 rebounds.

California had a record of 14-19 last season. The Golden Bears committed 16.5 fouls per contest while shooting 74.6% from the free throw line. They dished out assists 10.5 times per contest (354th in college) and they turned the ball over 11.6 times per contest. California earned 2,494 pts over the course of last year (75.6 per contest) and they pulled down 37.5 boards per contest. On the offensive side of the court, the Golden Bears hit 41.9% from the floor, which ranked 325th in the country.

The California defense gave up 37.6% on shots from beyond the perimeter (240 of 638) and opponents knocked down 74.1% of their free throw attempts. They gave up 11.8 assists and 35.0 rebounds per game, which had them ranked 65th and 220th in Division 1. The Golden Bears on defense were ranked 311th in college hoops in PPG surrendered with 76.8. They were able to force 11.4 TO's per game and allowed teams to shoot 46.8% from the floor (333rd in college).

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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Wright State

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