North Alabama vs Loyola Marymount Prediction College Basketball Picks 12/22/24

The North Alabama Lions and the Loyola Marymount Lions meet Sunday in college basketball action from the Gersten Pavilion. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a North Alabama vs. Loyola Marymount prediction.

North Alabama Recap

The North Alabama Lions come into this game looking to build on an 86-69 win over Charleston Southern last time out. After this game, North Alabama will head home to take on Bellarmine.

Lions Win Three Straight

Jacari Lane leads the Lions in scoring and assists with 15.9 PPG and 3.8 APG while Dallas Howell has 11.3 PPG. Will Soucie’s added 11.1 PPG with 4 RPG and 2.3 APG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for North Alabama up to this point in the year. Corneilous Williams also has 9.9 PPG with a team-high 7.9 RPG to lead the Lions on the glass up to this point in the year. Daniel Ortiz and Taye Fields each have 9.8 PPG with Fields logging 6.5 RPG and 3 APG. As a team, North Alabama is averaging 78.9 PPG on 46.1% shooting from the field, 34.7% from three, and 71.8% from the foul line this season.

Why the North Alabama Lions will win

• North Alabama has won four of its last five games.
• Loyola Marymount has lost seven of its last nine day games.

Loyola Marymount Recap

The Loyola Marymount Lions come into this game looking to build on their 89-73 win over Southern last time out. After this game, Loyola Marymount will head on the road to take on San Francisco.

Lions Win 4th Straight

Will Johnston leads the Lions in scoring and assists with 14 PPG and 3.6 APG while Jevon Porter has 13.4 PPG with a team-high 8 RPG to lead the Lions on the glass up to this point in the year. Alex Merkviladze also has 11.7 PPG with 6.9 RPG and Caleb Stone-Carrawell has 12.3 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for LMU so far this season. As a team, Loyola Marymount is averaging 71.9 PPG on 43.2% shooting from the field, 34.1% from three, and 70.7% from the foul line up to this point in the year.

Why the Loyola Marymount Lions will win

• North Alabama has lost nine of its last 10 day games against non-conference opponents.
• Loyola Marymount has won 13 of its last 15 day games against non-conference opponents at Gersten Pavilion.

North Alabama vs. Loyola Marymount Prediction

I’m on North Alabama with the points here. North Alabama is a decent offensive team and I think they can hold their own against an average LMU defense. LMU probably wins this game at home, but I think North Alabama keeps it close. Give me North Alabama and the points.