Florida Gulf Coast vs Austin Peay Prediction 2/13/25 College Basketball Picks

The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles and the Austin Peay Governors meet Thursday in college basketball action from the F&M Bank Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Florida Gulf Coast vs. Austin Peay prediction.

Florida Gulf Coast Recap

The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles come into this game looking to add on to their 84-70 win over North Florida last time out to improve to 14-11 on the year. After this game, Florida Gulf Coast will head on the road again for a matchup with Lipscomb.

Eagles Win 8 Of Last 10

Dallion Johnson leads the Eagles in scoring with 15.2 PPG while Zavian McLean has 12.2 PPG and Keeshawn Kellman has 12.5 PPG with 7 RPG to lead the Eagles in rebounding while also capping off the group of double-digit scorers for Florida Gulf Coast up to this point in the year. Jevin Muniz also has 9.9 PPG with 5.5 RPG and 4.2 APG to lead Florida Gulf Coast in assists while Rahmir Barno has 8 PPG, 4 RPG, and 3.9 APG as well as 1.5 SPG so far this season. As a team, Florida Gulf Coast is averaging 72.3 PPG on 47.6% shooting from the field, 35.3% from three, and 68.7% from the foul line this season.

Why the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles will win

• Florida Gulf Coast has won each of its last five road night games against the ASUN Conference.
• Austin Peay has lost three of its last four games following a home win.

Austin Peay Recap

The Austin Peay Governors come into this game looking to build on a 90-67 win over Central Arkansas last time out to improve to 10-15 on the year. After this game, Austin Peay will welcome Stetson to town.

Governors Looking To Build Some Momentum At Home

LJ Thomas leads the Governors in scoring and assists with team-highs of 13.6 PPG, 3.5 APG, and 5 RPG so far this season while Sai Witt has 13.2 PPG with a team-high 5.9 RPG to lead Austin Peay in assists and Isaac Haney’s chipped in 12.8 PPG with 3 RPG as well to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Austin Peay so far this season. Tate McCubbin has 9.7 PPG with 4.3 RPG while Anton Brookshire has 9.2 PPG with 2.4 RPG and 2.8 APG as well this season. As a team, Austin Peay is averaging 70 PPG on 40.7% shooting from the field, 32.9% from three, and 70.4% from the foul line this season.

Why the Austin Peay Governors Will Win

• Austin Peay has won each of its last seven home games following a home win.

Florida Gulf Coast vs. Austin Peay Prediction

I’m looking at Florida Gulf Coast in this one. Two wins over Central Arkansas and one win over Bellarmine are not going to move the needle for me on Austin Peay, as the Governors are just flat-out struggling right now outside of beating up on the bad teams in the ASUN. The Eagles have a high-powered offense and hit their threes at a high volume to where they can do some damage and I’m not in the business of investing my money to watch Austin Peay trade 2s for FGCU’s 3s. I think Florida Gulf Coast pulls away and gets the win and cover on the road in this one, so I’ll lay the points with the Eagles here.