Bellarmine Knights vs North Alabama Lions Prediction, 2/25/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Bellarmine Knights vs North Alabama Lions

Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Location: Flowers Hall in Florence, AL

TV: ESPN+

Flowers Hall is the location where the North Alabama Lions (8-19) will attempt to defeat the Bellarmine Knights (11-17) on Wednesday.

The Bellarmine Knights stepped onto the hardwood against Eastern Kentucky and ended up losing by a score of 95-92 in their last contest. When talking about personal fouls, the Knights ended up walking away with 19 while Eastern Kentucky totaled 19 personal fouls. They converted 20 out of their 36 shots from distance. Eastern Kentucky went 79.2% from the charity stripe by burying 19 of 24 attempts. In addition, Eastern Kentucky snagged 17 boards (7 offensive, 10 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Eastern Kentucky distributed 19 dimes and had 8 steals in the matchup. Pertaining to the defense, Bellarmine allowed the other team to go 53.8% from the floor on 28 of 52 shooting. They also doled out 16 dimes in this contest as well as forcing the opposition into 7 turnovers and having 4 steals. Regarding grabbing rebounds, they collected 20 with 3 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Knights buried 15 of 17 tries for a rate of 88.2%. Bellarmine finished having earned a 68.8% FG percentage (33 out of 48) and converted 11 out of their 22 shots from downtown.

Jack Karasinski is a player who was a factor for the contest. He accounted for 31 points on 9 of 15 shooting. He saw the court for 28 mins and also grabbed 2 rebounds. He finished the game shooting 60.0% from the floor and dished out 2 assists.

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Bellarmine enters this one with a record of 11-17 for the campaign. They have an average of 79.5 points per game (105th in the nation) while connecting on 52.0% from the floor. The Knights are shooting 38.4% on shots from distance (240 of 625) and 78.9% from the free throw line. As a unit, Bellarmine is pulling in 27.9 boards per game and has 427 dimes on the campaign, which is 97th in Division 1 in terms of passing. They turn it over 10.4 times per contest and as a unit they commit 16.3 fouls per contest.

On the defensive end, the Knights are forcing 10.4 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 17.1 personal fouls. They currently rank 354th in D-1 in allowing assists with 487 relinquished this season. The Knights defense is allowing a field goal percentage of 48.2% (782 of 1,621) and they surrender 32.0 rebounds per game as a team. They are conceding 39.5% from 3-point land and they are ranked 347th in college hoops in opponents points per game (81.4).

When they last stepped on the court, the North Alabama Lions walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 73-51 when they played Lipscomb. With respect to how they cleaned up the glass, North Alabama allowed Lipscomb to snag 31 in total (4 offensive). They wrapped up this game 40.0% from behind the 3-point line via 10 of 25 and finished the contest at 5 out of 9 at the free throw line (55.6%). The Lions permitted Lipscomb to convert 29 out of 50 tries from the field which had them sitting at 58.0% for the contest. When this game wrapped up, the Lions shot 22 for 63 from the floor which gave them a rate of 34.9%. When talking about shooting from distance, North Alabama buried 1 of 16 attempts (6.3%). They were able to convert 6 of the free throws for a percentage of 60.0%. Lipscomb committed 14 fouls in the game which got the Lions to the free throw line for 10 shots. They also turned it over 10 times, while getting 6 steals for the contest. The Lions earned 19 defensive rebounds and 14 offensive boards totaling 33 in the matchup.

Kevin de Kovachich ended up being a factor for the Lions for the game. He racked up 15 points in his 37 minutes on the court and had 1 assist in the matchup. He converted 7 out of 18 in this matchup for a field goal percentage of 38.9%, and tallied 4 rebounds.

North Alabama has a mark of 8-19 for the season. As an offense, the Lions are shooting 43.7% from the floor, which is 276th in the country. North Alabama has scored 1,888 pts on the campaign (69.9 per game) and they average 33.7 boards per game. They are assisting teammates 10.0 times per contest (364th in the nation) and they are turning it over 11.3 times per game. The Lions are responsible for committing 14.9 personal fouls per game and they shoot 67.9% from the charity stripe.

The North Alabama defense gives up 37.2% on shots from behind the 3-point line (262 of 705) and their opposition knocks down 75.7% of their foul shots. They surrender 15.8 assists and 34.4 rebounds on a nightly basis, which ranks them 326th and 186th in the country. The Lions are ranked 303rd in college hoops in PPG given up with 78.4. They are forcing 9.9 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 47.2% from the floor (330th in college hoops).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take North Alabama

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