Incarnate Word vs Nicholls State Prediction 3/10/25 College Basketball Picks

The Incarnate Word Cardinals and the Nicholls Colonels meet Monday in college basketball action from the Legacy Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Incarnate Word vs. Nicholls Prediction.

Matchup History

The Colonels won the lone meeting between these two teams this season at Incarnate Word by a final score of 88-82 back on January 13th, 2025. The win for Nicholls made it four straight and eight wins in the last nine head-to-head meetings between these two teams.

Incarnate Word Recap

The Incarnate Word Cardinals come into this game fresh off of a first round win over Southeastern Louisiana by a final score of 71-67 to improve to 17-15 on the year.

Cardinals Looking For Another Upset

Davion Bailey leads the Cardinals in scoring with 16.7 PPG along with 2.9 RPG while Dylan Hayman has 14.2 PPG and 5 RPG as well on the year. Jalin Anderson has 14.5 PPG with a team-high 5 APG to lead the Cardinals in the assist department along with 3.2 RPG as well while Jordan Pyke has added 10.1 PPG with 5 RPG to cap off the scoring in double figures for Incarnate Word so far this season as Incarnate Word’s leading rebounder. As a team, Incarnate Word is averaging 73.1 PPG on 47% shooting from the field, 38.4% from three and 67.9% from the foul line this season.

Why the Incarnate Word Cardinals will win

• Incarnate Word has won five of its last six games.

Nicholls Recap

The Nicholls Colonels come into the conference tournament as the 3-seed finishing the year with an overall record of 19-12 with a 13-7 mark in Southland conference play.

Colonels Looking To Return To Southland Title Game

Robert Brown III leads Nicholls in scoring with 13.1 PPG along with 3.3 RPG while Byron Ireland has 11.8 PPG with 3.3 RPG and a team-high 2.6 APG to lead the Colonels in assists and Jamal West Jr. has 12.1 PPG with 6.4 RPG. Michael Gray Jr. has 11.3 PPG and 2.6 RPG, rounding out the group of double-digit scorers for Nicholls up to this point in the year. As a team, Nicholls is averaging 74.6 PPG on 43.3% shooting from the field, 34.6% from three-point range and 68.2% from the foul line this season.

Why the Nicholls State Colonels will win

• Nicholls State has won each of its last seven night games against Incarnate Word.
• Incarnate Word has lost each of its last six night games after coming off overtime.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Incarnate Word’s last four night games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 138 or fewer points.
• Each of the last four games between Incarnate Word and Nicholls State have produced a total of 152+ points.

Incarnate Word vs. Nicholls Prediction

I’m on Nicholls here. I just think that at a certain point, it just boils down to which team is the better team and I think there’s a few edges that Nicholls has that are the difference here. The Colonels get to the free throw line at a higher rate than the Cardinals do and the Colonels do a better job of taking care of the basketball while Incarnate Word at times has had a tendency to be turnover prone. I think that the Colonels do enough to snag the win and cover in this game so give me Nicholls to get the win and to advance in the tournament here.

Chris Ruffolo's Pick: Nicholls State -4.5