La Salle vs Massachusetts Prediction 3/12/25 College Basketball Picks

The La Salle Explorers and the UMass Minutemen meet Wednesday in college basketball action from the Capital One Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a La Salle vs. UMass prediction.

Matchup History

The UMass Minutemen swept the regular season meetings between these two teams this season with an 82-60 win at home back on January 19th, 2025 before pulling off the sweep at La Salle on February 9th, 2025 by a final score of 78-55.

La Salle Recap

The La Salle Explorers come into the conference tournament as the 14-seed, finishing the year with a 13-18 overall record including a 5-13 mark in A-10 conference play this season.

Explorers Looking To Salvage Win Vs. UMass

Corey McKeithan leads the Explorers in scoring and rebounding with 14.8 PPG and 2.6 APG along with 3.1 RPG while Daeshon Sheppard has 10.4 PPG with 4.1 RPG. Deuce Jones has 12.1 PPG with 4.1 RPG and 2.7 APG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for La Salle up to this point in the year while Jahlil White has 9.9 PPG with 6.3 RPG to lead the Explorers in rebounding. Demetrius Lilley also has 7.7 PPG with 5.8 RPG so far this season. As a team, La Salle is averaging 71.6 PPG on 41.1% shooting from the field, 32.2% from behind the arc and 72.1% from the foul line this season.

Why the La Salle Explorers will win

• Massachusetts has lost nine of its last 10 Conference Tournament day games.

UMass Recap

The UMass Minutemen come into the A-10 tournament as the 11-seed, finishing with an overall record of 12-19 this season including a 7-11 mark in A-10 conference play.

Minutemen Looking to Advance & Complete Trifecta Over La Salle

Rahsool Diggins leads the Minutemen in scoring with 17.2 PPG along with 2.8 RPG and 2.7 APG while Jaylen Curry has 13.3 PPG with 3.8 RPG and a team-high 4 APG to lead the Minutemen in the assist department so far this season. Daniel Rivera has 11.5 PPG with a team-high 7.3 RPG to lead UMass on the glass and to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for UMass so far this season. Daniel Hankins-Sanford also has 9.5 PPG with 7.2 RPG as well on the year for the Minutemen. As a team, UMass is averaging 73.7 PPG on 41.6% shooting from the field, 28.7% from three and 66.3% from the foul line this season.

Why the Massachusetts Minutemen will win

• La Salle has lost eight of its last nine games.
• Massachusetts has won nine of its last 12 games against La Salle.

La Salle vs. UMass Prediction

I’m on UMass here. There’s just not enough of a gap here to where I can justify passing on a short number with the Minutemen given their dominant showing over La Salle in the regular season. I just think that UMass, side-by-side, is the better team here and I’d simply need a few more points if I were going to take a shot on La Salle in this game. Give me UMass laying the bucket in this one.

Chris Ruffolo's Pick: UMass -2.5