Radford vs High Point Prediction College Basketball Picks 1/2/25

The Radford Highlanders and the High Point Panthers meet Thursday in college basketball action from the Templeton P.E. Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Radford vs. High Point prediction.

Radford Recap

The Radford Highlanders come into this game looking to bounce back after a 74-48 loss at the hands of the South Carolina Gamecocks to fall to 10-5 on the year. After this game, the Highlanders will head home for a date against Winthrop.

Highlanders Lose Three Straight Against D-I Teams

Jarvis Moss leads the Highlanders in scoring with 15.3 PPG along with 2.8 RPG as the lone double-digit scorer for Radford up to this point in the year. Brandon Maclin has 9.1 PPG with 5.3 RPG and a team-high 2.8 APG to lead Radford in the assist department while Josiah Harris has added 9.1 PPG and a team-high 7.1 RPG to lead Radford in rebounding up to this point in the season. As a team, Radford is averaging 75.1 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field, 34.7% from behind the three-point line, and 72.4% from the foul line so far this season.

Why the Radford Highlanders will win

• Radford has won 12 of its last 13 Thursday night road games against the Big South Conference.

High Point Recap

The High Point Panthers come into this game looking to bounce back from a 77-74 loss at the hands of Norfolk State last time out to improve to 12-3 on the year. After this game, High Point will meet UNC-Asheville and Charleston Southern.

Panthers Looking To Rebound

D’Maurian Williams leads High Point in scoring and assists with 14.9 PPG and 3 APG along with 3.5 RPG while Kezza Giffa has 14.1 PPG with 2.6 RPG and 2.2 APG. Kimani Hamilton has 13.2 PPG with 5.1 RPG and 2.5 APG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for High Point up to this point in the year. Chase Johnston also added 8.4 PPG while Juslin Bodo Bodo has a team-high 7.3 RPG to lead High Point on the glass so far this season. As a team, High Point is averaging 77.6 PPG on 47.9% shooting from the field, 35.7% from behind the arc, and 75% from the foul line so far this season.

Why the High Point Panthers will win

• High Point has won 20 of its last 21 night games at Qubein Center.
• Radford has lost each of its last three road games.

Total Points Facts

• Each of High Point’s last four night games against the Big South Conference has produced a total of 167+ points.
• Each of Radford’s last four games against Conference opponents has produced a total of 140 or fewer points.

Radford vs. High Point Prediction

I’m with High Point here. I think that Radford is a solid team that could definitely contend in the Big South as the season progresses. However, the Highlanders have started to stumble, granted against decent competition, but it’s not like it gets any easier here. High Point is arguably the best team in the Big South and the Panthers continue to find ways to get the job done they’ve been winning games a lot more consistently than the Highlanders have in recent weeks. All in all, I think that High Point gets it done here, despite this being a fairly decent-sized number. Give me the Panthers in this one.