North Dakota State Bison vs Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Prediction, 1/24/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: North Dakota State Bison vs Oral Roberts Golden Eagles

Date: Saturday, January 24, 2026

Location: Mabee Center in Tulsa, OK

TV: ESPN+

The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (5-16) will try to beat the North Dakota State Bison (17-5) at Mabee Center on Saturday.

The North Dakota State Bison took the court against Denver and went home with a win by a final score of 82-77 in their last contest. In relation to fouls, the Bison walked away with 12 while Denver racked up 13 fouls. They made 12 of 28 attempts from beyond the perimeter. Denver finished the contest at 75.0% when shooting free throws by converting 3 of their 4 attempts. Additionally, Denver had 26 rebounds (8 offensive, 18 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Denver doled out 12 assists and had 3 steals in the game. With respect to the defense, North Dakota State allowed the other team to go 48.4% from the floor on 31 out of 64 shooting. They also recorded 14 assists in this game as well as forcing the other team into 8 turnovers and getting 7 steals. In the matter of pulling down boards, they earned 28 with 8 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Bison converted 11 of their 15 attempts for a percentage of 73.3%. North Dakota State finished the game having earned a 50.8% FG percentage (30 of 59) and knocked down 11 out of their 26 shots from distance.

Trevian Carson is someone who came through for the contest. He accounted for 23 points on 6 of 13 shooting. He was on the court for 35 minutes played and pulled down 5 rebounds. He finished 46.2% from the field and also distributed 2 assists.

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North Dakota State will enter this game with a win-loss mark of 17-5 for the year. They cough up possession 11.2 times per game and as a squad are committing 15.1 personal fouls every game. As a unit, North Dakota State is pulling down 36.2 rebounds per game and has tallied 337 dimes this season, which is 40th in the nation in terms of passing the ball. The Bison are shooting 35.4% on shots from distance (201 of 568) and 72.2% from the charity stripe. They average 80.8 points per game (96th in college hoops) while connecting on 46.3% from the field.

Defensively, the Bison are forcing 15.0 turnovers per game while drawing 16.5 fouls. They are currently ranked 297th in college in allowing assists to the opposition with 296 relinquished so far this season. The Bison are giving up a FG percentage of 44.4% (559 of 1,260) and they concede 32.5 rebounds per contest as a team. They are conceding 34.9% from 3-point land and they are 98th in college in points per game from their opponents (70.3).

The last time they took the court, the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles took a defeat with a final score of 79-62 against North Dakota. When discussing how they rebounded, Oral Roberts allowed North Dakota to grab 27 in total (8 on the offensive side). They shot 56.3% from beyond the arc by going 9 out of 16 and finished the contest at 16 out of 18 from the free throw line (88.9%). The Golden Eagles allowed North Dakota to convert 27 out of 61 attempts from the field which left them shooting 44.3% in the game. When the final whistle was blown, the Golden Eagles ended up shooting 20 for 48 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 41.7%. In terms of 3-point shots, Oral Roberts buried 3 of 19 tries (15.8%). They were able to bury 19 of them for a rate of 70.4%. North Dakota had 20 fouls for the contest which took the Golden Eagles to the free throw line for a total of 27 shots. They also gave up possession of the ball 18 times, while getting 3 steals for this game. The Golden Eagles were able to corral 22 defensive boards and 10 offensive boards for a total of 32 for the game.

Luke Gray ended up being important for the Golden Eagles in this matchup. He converted 6 of 9 in this contest giving him a field goal percentage of 66.7%, and had 5 rebounds. He tallied 15 points in his 15 mins on the court, but finished this game without an assist.

Oral Roberts has a mark of 5-16 on the season. As an offense, the Golden Eagles are shooting 42.2% from the field, which is 317th in college. Oral Roberts has totaled 1,525 points for the campaign (72.6 per game) and they collect 33.5 boards per contest. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 11.6 times per contest (328th in D-1) and they are losing possession via turnover 14.1 times per game. The Golden Eagles commit 20.1 personal fouls every game and they hit 74.5% from the charity stripe.

The Oral Roberts defense allows 34.9% on shots from beyond the arc (156 of 447) and their opposition makes 72.0% of their shots from the free throw line. They have conceded 11.9 dimes and 36.0 rebounds per game, ranking them 70th and 271st in D-1. The Golden Eagles are ranked 287th in Division 1 in PPG given up with 77.7. They are forcing their opponents into 12.0 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 45.3% from the field (270th in the country).

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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Oral Roberts

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