Detroit Mercy vs Oakland Prediction 2/16/25 College Basketball Picks

The Detroit Titans and the Oakland Golden Grizzlies meet Sunday in college basketball action from the Athletics Center O’rena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Detroit vs. Oakland prediction.

Detroit Recap

The Detroit Titans come into this game looking to bounce back from an 87-72 loss at the hands of Youngstown State last time out to sit at 8-18 on the year. After this game, Detroit will head home for a game against IU Indy.

Titans Drop Back-To-Back Games

Orlando Lovejoy leads the Titans across the board with 16.3 PPG, 4.7 RPG, and 3.8 APG while Mak Manciel has 12.8 PPG with 3.5 RPG in 6 games played so far this season as the only other double-digit scorer for Detroit up to this point in the year. Jared Lary also has 9.1 PPG with 4 RPG as well on the year. Grant Gondrezick II has 8.4 PPG with 3.1 RPG while TJ Nadeau has 8.3 PPG with 3.4 RPG, Legend Geeter has 8.2 PPG with 4.2 RPG and Nate Johnson has 8 PPG with 4.5 RPG. As a team, Detroit is averaging 65.9 PPG on 40.5% shooting from the field, 32.8% from three, and 74.2% from the foul line this season.

Why the Detroit Mercy Titans will win

• Oakland has lost five of its last six day games.
• The road team has won four of the last five games between Detroit Mercy and Oakland.

Oakland Recap

The Oakland Golden Grizzlies come into this game looking to add on to their 82-67 win over IU Indy last time out to improve to 11-15 on the year. After this game, Oakland will meet PFW, Cleveland State, and Milwaukee.

Golden Grizzlies Looking To Build Some Momentum

Allen Mukeba leads the Golden Grizzlies in scoring with 13.7 PPG and 7.1 RPG while DQ Cole has 10.4 PPG with 3.7 RPG. Tuburu Naivalurua has 13.7 PPG with a team-high 7.8 RPG to lead Oakland on the glass and cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Oakland up to this point in the year. Malcolm Christie has 9.5 PPG while Jaylen Jones has a team-high 3 APG to lead Oakland in assists. As a team, Oakland is averaging 67.5 PPG on 42.5% shooting from the field, 29.6% from three, and 69% from the foul line this season.

Why the Oakland Golden Grizzlies will win

• Detroit Mercy has lost each of its last 19 road games against the Horizon League.
• Oakland has won each of its last seven games against Detroit Mercy following a road win.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Oakland’s last 13 day games against non-AP-ranked opponents at OU Credit Union O’rena has produced a total of 146+ points.
• Each of Detroit Mercy’s last six Sunday games against the Horizon League have produced a total of 136+ points.

Detroit vs. Oakland Prediction

I’m on Detroit and the points here. There’s no denying that Detroit’s still one of the weaker teams in the Horizon League this season, but the problem here is that Oakland hasn’t necessarily been all that effective in terms of covering big spreads this season as the Golden Grizzlies were backdoored by the Green Bay Phoenix a few games ago as well against an opponent on a similar level compared to what they’re up against here. Detroit probably doesn’t win this game outright, but I think the Titans could be somewhat competitive here and I’ll take a shot with the Titans and the points in this one.