Monmouth vs Towson Prediction 2/15/25 College Basketball Picks

The Monmouth Hawks and the Towson Tigers meet Saturday in college basketball action from SECU Arena. Here’s a Monmouth vs Towson prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Monmouth vs Towson pick. We will examine: 

The Monmouth Hawks’ recent form and player performance

The Towson Tigers’ recent form and player performance 

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Monmouth Hawks

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Towson Tigers

Recent betting trends in games played between Monmouth and Towson

A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Monmouth vs Towson game

Monmouth Hawks Betting Preview

The Hawks have mostly struggled this year, but to their credit, they’ve played a bit better over the last few weeks. Monmouth opened on a rough 5-16 run through their first 21 outings, though. The losses in that time came courtesy of Michigan State, Temple, Northern Illinois, Rutgers, Wichita State, Youngstown State, Stephen F. Austin, Presbyterian, Lehigh, Princeton, Auburn, Delaware, UNC Wilmington, Campbell, Elon, and William & Mary in succession. After wins over Drexel, Delaware, and Hampton in the next three, the Hawks took another loss to Towson. That gave Monmouth an 8-17 overall run through their first 25 games this year. 

In their Thursday outing versus Stony Brook, Monmouth played a solid first half, heading to the locker room with a 42-31 edge at the break. The Hawks scored another 37 points the rest of the way and ended up with a 79-69 win in the end. Tops in scoring was Cornelius Robinson with 15 points, four rebounds, and two assists. Both Abdi Bashir (seven assists; four rebounds) and Jack Collins (six rebounds; six assists) chipped in 13 points each. Andrew Ball came off the bench for 14 points with six rebounds in 15 minutes as well. 

Towson Tigers Betting Preview

Over on the Tigers’ side, they started out on a rough run but they’ve been doing well since late December. Towson lost eight of their first 12 games, falling to Saint Mary’s, South Carolina, Kent State, Kennesaw State, UC Irvine, UMBC, Duquesne, and Robert Morris. Towson lost just one of their next 13 games (versus Charleston), otherwise taking out Bryant, UNC Wilmington, Northeastern, Drexel, Hofstra, Stony Brook, North Carolina A&T, Northeastern, Delaware, Drexel, Stony Brook, and Monmouth. In their first 25 games, Towson had a 16-9 record. 

Matched up versus Delaware on Thursday, the Tigers took a two-point edge into the second half. Towson posted a 39-36 run the rest of the way and powered out the win in the end 75-70. Nendah Tarke came off the bench to lead the scoring with 22 points, eight rebounds, and two assists. Tyler Tejada added 16 points with two rebounds to lead the starters, and Dylan Williamson had 13 points with three assists in 31 minutes. 

Why the Towson Tigers will win

• Towson has won each of its last 11 games against the Coastal Athletic Association.

Why the Monmouth Hawks will win

• Monmouth has won four of its last five games against the Coastal Athletic Association.
• Towson has lost the first half in three of its last four day games at TU Arena against non-AP-ranked opponents.

Monmouth vs Towson Prediction 

I’ll lean toward Towson. On Thursday the Tigers posted a pretty solid win overall versus a middling Delaware team, shooting 48.4 percent from the field with a 41-25 rebounding edge (16-7 offensive). It wasn’t perfect though, as Towson made a lot of mistakes on 14 turnovers for 17 Hens points. Still, the victory extends the Tigers’ win streak to 11 games. They’ve scored 73 or more points in seven of those outings. 

These teams saw each other fairly recently, back on February 8 in a 73-67 road win for the Tigers. Towson shot 43.3 percent from the field and 42.3 percent (11-of-26) from 3-point range in the victory, but did cough up 12 turnovers for nine Hawks points. The 10-of-11 from the line (90.9 percent) and 40-32 rebounding edge certainly didn’t hurt either. The Tigers should be set up pretty well in the home rematch, and I like them to take advantage by controlling the game.