Delaware State vs UMBC Prediction 11/29/2025 Today’s College Basketball Picks

The Delaware State Hornets and the UMBC Retrievers meet Saturday in college basketball action from Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena. Here’s a Delaware State vs UMBC prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Delaware State vs UMBC pick. We will examine the recent form and player performances for both teams, as well as the recent betting trends and streaks pertaining to this matchup. As we conclude, we will tie it all together with a summary that produces a sensible pick for a favorable betting outcome in this game.

Delaware State Hornets Betting Preview

The Hornets only have a couple of wins on their card so far this year. Delaware State opened up with losses to Temple, Syracuse, Niagara and New Haven in their first four outings, then beat Cheyney PA and Kean for their first two wins of the year. Since then however, the Hornets have lost consecutive games, falling to Miami and Virginia State in that time. That gives Delaware State a rough 2-6 run across eight games so far this season. In their latest outing versus Virginia State on Wednesday, the Hornets ended up limping to a 62-58 loss in the end.

UMBC Retrievers Betting Preview

Over on the UMBC side, they’ve had considerably more success so far this year. The Retrievers opened with a win over Penn State-York, then fell by six to Dayton in game two. Since then it’s been a 3-1 run for UMBC though, with a lone loss to George Washington amid wins over Morgan State, Wagner and Notre Dame MD in that time. In total that gives UMBC a 4-2 record across their first half-dozen games of the season.

In the Notre Dame MD matchup on Monday, the Retrievers were comfortably ahead 48-29 by the break. UMBC hit a 54-23 run the rest of the way, securing a 102-52 win. Tops in scoring was Cougar Downing with 19 points, three boards and two assists in just 17 minutes of work. Daylon Dickerson added 12 points with five assists and nine rebounds while Josh Odunowo had 15 points with three boards in the winning effort.

Delaware State Hornets @ UMBC Retrievers Betting Trends: November 29, 2025

Why the UMBC Retrievers will win

• Delaware State has lost each of its last seven road games.
• UMBC has won each of its last six day games against the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
• UMBC has won the first half in each of its last four games against the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

Why the Delaware State Hornets will win

• UMBC has lost seven of its last eight games following a home win.

Delaware State vs UMBC Prediction

I’ll likely just stick with UMBC. The Retrievers didn’t have a ton of issues versus Notre Dame MD in their last game, hitting 54.9 percent from the field with 12-of-16 (75 percent) from the line and a 51-25 rebounding edge. UMBC also had 54 points in the paint but did cough up 13 turnovers along the way. It was a nice bounce-back after just 52 points in a blowout loss to George Washington. The Retrievers have now scored 71 or more points in five of six games this season so far.

As for Delaware State, they’ve had some major issues finding offense this year. The Hornets are coming off 58 points versus Virginia State and had just 41 versus Miami prior to that. Delaware State has been below 67 points in seven of their eight games so far this season. If they can’t find some scoring quickly on Saturday, the Hornets will be playing from behind the whole game.

Andrew Jett's Pick: UMBC Retrievers -14