Northern Kentucky vs Wright State Prediction 2/21/25 College Basketball Picks

The Northern Kentucky Norse and the Wright State Raiders meet Friday in college basketball action from the Nutter Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Northern Kentucky vs. Wright State prediction.

Northern Kentucky Recap

The Northern Kentucky Norse come into this game looking to rebound from a 92-70 loss at the hands of Milwaukee last time out to sit at 12-15 on the year. After this game, Northern Kentucky will head back home for a game against IU Indy.

Norse Looking For Consistency After Alternating Wins & Losses In Last Four Games

Trey Robinson leads the Norse in scoring and rebounding with 15.3 PPG and 6.2 RPG while Josh Dilling has added 12 PPG with 2.6 RPG and 2.7 APG. Sam Vinson has 11.2 PPG with 4.5 RPG and a team-high 4 APG to lead Northern Kentucky in the assist department while capping off the trio of double-digit scorers for Northern Kentucky up to this point in the year. Randall Pettus II also has 8.2 PPG with 3.1 RPG Keeyan Itejere has 7.1 PPG with 5.7 RPG and LJ Wells has 6.8 PPG with 4.8 RPG as well this season. As a team, Northern Kentucky is averaging 70 PPG on 43% shooting from the field, 32.2% from behind the three-point line, and 66.1% from the foul line so far this season.

Why the Northern Kentucky Norse will win

• Wright State has lost five of its last six night games.
• Northern Kentucky has won four of its last five road games following a road loss.

Wright State Recap

The Wright State Raiders come into this game looking to bounce back after a 79-68 loss at the hands of the Green Bay Phoenix last time out to sit at 13-15 on the year. After this game, Wright State will welcome the Cleveland State Vikings to town.

Raiders Drop Back-To-Back Games With The Worst Loss Of The Season

Brandon Noel leads the Raiders in scoring and rebounding with 18.9 PPG and 8 RPG while Alex Huibregtse has 13.4 PPG with 3.3 RPG and 3.1 APG this season. Jack Doumbia has 12.1 PPG and 6 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Wright State up to this point in the year while Logan Woods has added 7.2 PPG as well this season. Keaton Norris also has 7.8 PPG with a team-high 4.5 APG to lead the Raiders in assists as well this season. As a team, Wright State is averaging 76.8 PPG on 48.4% shooting from the field, 38.1% from three, and 71.2% from the foul line this season.

Why the Wright State Raiders will win

• The home team has won each of Wright State’s last seven games.
• Northern Kentucky has lost five of its last six night games at Nutter Center.

Northern Kentucky vs. Wright State Prediction

I’m on the over here. I get the case to be made for the under considering my season-long concerns with Northern Kentucky offensively, but Wright State, win or lose, historically has been a pretty high-scoring team and still has their lapses defensively at times. On the other side, Northern Kentucky’s been a 50-50 team in terms of overs and unders on the road this season, but I think this game sets up to be high-scoring so give me the over in this one.