Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers vs Xavier Musketeers Prediction, 11/2/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers vs Xavier Musketeers

Date: Monday, November 2, 2026

Location: Cintas Center in Cincinnati, OH

TV: ESPN+

The Xavier Musketeers (15-18 last season) are hosting the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (15-17 last year) at Cintas Center on Monday.

The Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers took the court against Siena and took a loss by a final of 63-58 in their last contest. Mount St. Mary's finished the game with a 32.8% FG percentage (20 of 61) and made 6 of their 20 3-pointers. At the charity stripe, the Mountaineers converted 12 of their 16 shots for a rate of 75.0%. In terms of pulling down rebounds, they compiled 40 with 17 of them being of the offensive sort. They also recorded 9 assists in the game in addition to creating 8 turnovers and getting 5 steals. When discussing defense, Mount St. Mary's allowed 35.7% from the floor on 20 out of 56 shooting. Siena earned 15 dimes and had 5 steals in the game. Additionally, Siena totaled 29 rebounds (8 offensive, 21 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. Siena went 94.1% from the charity stripe by burying 16 of their 17 tries. They made 7 of their 25 shots from beyond the perimeter. In reference to personal fouls, the Mountaineers left the arena with 15 while Siena had 10 personal fouls.

Luke McEldon is one player who was a contributor for the matchup. He finished shooting 61.5% from the field and recorded 2 assists. He was on the hardwood for 31 minutes played and also pulled down 9 rebounds. He ended up walking away with 18 points on 8 out of 13 shooting.

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Mount St. Mary's comes into this matchup after finishing with a record of 15-17 last year. They turned it over 15.2 times per contest and as a unit committed 17.9 personal fouls every game. As a group, Mount St. Mary's collected 37.1 boards per game and earned 436 assists over the course of last season, which had them ranked 217th in D-1 in terms of passing. The Mountaineers connected on 32.5% on 3-pointers (247 of 760) and 67.1% from the free throw line. They had an average of 68.1 pts per contest (335th in D-1) while hitting 43.8% from the floor.

When they were on defense, the Mountaineers were able to force their opponents into 11.0 turnovers per game while drawing 15.6 personal fouls. They surrendered 32.6% from 3-point land and they ranked 71st in college hoops in PPG allowed (70.1). The Mountaineers gave up a FG percentage of 39.6% (732 of 1,847) and they conceded 33.4 rebounds per contest as a team. They were 64th in the nation in allowing assists to the opposition with 393 relinquished last year.

In their last game, the Xavier Musketeers went home defeated by a final of 93-68 against Connecticut. In reference to cleaning up the glass, Xavier allowed Connecticut to collect 39 overall (12 offensive). They shot 37.5% from three-point range by going 12 out of 32 and finished the contest at 11 of 13 at the free throw line (84.6%). The Musketeers permitted Connecticut to knock down 35 out of 61 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 57.4% for this contest. When all was said and done, the Musketeers walked away from this one shooting 19 out of 51 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 37.3%. In relation to shots from downtown, Xavier made 9 of their 28 attempts (32.1%). They were able to make 21 of them for a rate of 63.6%. Connecticut was called for 20 personal fouls for the contest which took the Musketeers to the charity stripe for a total of 33 tries. They gave up possession of the ball 10 times, while recording 6 steals for the matchup. The Musketeers pulled down 14 defensive rebounds and 10 offensive rebounds for a total of 24 for the matchup.

Filip Borovicanin was important for the Musketeers for the game. He converted 7 out of 14 in this contest for a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and tallied 4 rebounds. He accumulated 22 points in his 33 mins on the hardwood and accounted for 1 assist for the contest.

Xavier had a mark of 15-18 last season. As an offense, the Musketeers shot 44.4% from the floor, which was ranked 230th in college. Xavier earned 2,586 points last year (78.4 per contest) and they grabbed 34.3 rebounds per game. They earned an assist 17.4 times per game (19th in the country) and they turned it over 10.0 times per contest. The Musketeers were responsible for committing 17.5 fouls per contest while shooting 72.9% from the charity stripe.

The Xavier defense allowed 34.8% on shots from distance (260 of 748) and their opponents connected on 70.3% of their shots from the free throw line. They conceded 10.8 assists and 37.8 rebounds every game, which was ranked 78th and 339th in college hoops. The Musketeers on defense were ranked 337th in college in points allowed per contest with 80.6. They were able to force 11.1 TO's per game and allowed teams to shoot 47.7% from the floor (340th in college).

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Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Mount St. Mary's

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