New Orleans vs Incarnate Word Prediction 2/10/25 College Basketball Picks

In this article, we will formulate a New Orleans vs Incarnate Word Prediction for this college basketball game on Monday, February 10th, at the McDermott Center. To formulate this prediction, we will examine:

-The Privateers’ recent form and recent player performance 

-The Cardinals’ recent form and recent player performance

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving New Orleans

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Incarnate Word

-Recent betting trends in games played between New Orleans and Incarnate Word

-A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for Today’s Game between the Privateers and Cardinals. 

New Orleans Awful

New Orleans is awful right now, and they keep losing games. Two games ago, against Stephen F Austin, they lost 88-85, and against Houston Christian, in the last game, they lost 81-68. At halftime against Houston Christian, they were down 42-31, and as the game went on they struggled. Forward MJ Thomas put up 18 points, 11 rebounds, and one assist. There were four different players that put up at least 11 points. The defense just really let them down. 

New Orleans currently sits with a 4-20 record overall but three of those wins have actually come away from home. New Orleans is averaging 68.2 points while their defense is giving up 83.2 points per game. The offense is ranked 314th in the league while the defense is ranked 361st. The offense hasn’t been great, but to have a chance here, they are going to need the defense to be a whole lot better. 

Why New Orleans Will Cover the Spread

• Incarnate Word has lost 17 of its last 19 night games against Conference opponents.
• New Orleans has won six of its last eight games at Alice P. McDermott Convocation Center.
• The road team has won the first half in four of the last five games between New Orleans and Incarnate Word.

Incarnate Word Fell Just Short

Incarnate Word looked like they had a chance to win against Southeastern Louisiana, but they ended up blowing it late with the defense, and that led to the five-point defeat. They gave up 43 points in the second half and that was the difference as they were knocked off. Jakevion Buckley put up 27 points, six rebounds, and four assists. Three different players put up at least 12 points. The offense was fine; it was just the defense that really let them down. Two games ago against McNeese State, they ended up losing 67-65. 

Incarnate Word comes into this game with an 11-13 record overall and they have gone 10-10 against the spread. Incarnate Word is averaging 75.1 points while their defense is giving up 69.8 points per game. The offense is ranked 158th in the league while the defense is ranked 122nd in the league. Davion Bailey is averaging 17 points while shooting 43.1 percent from the field and 39.3 percent from behind the three-point line. 

New Orleans vs Incarnate Word Prediction

New Orleans isn’t going to win this game, but they are going to find a way to be competitive here. Incarnate Word’s defense is giving up 69.8 points per game and they are going to give up even more than that here. Incarnate Word is averaging 75.1 points per game but they aren’t going to pull away. New Orleans will play a complete game and they will end up covering the spread here.