Notre Dame vs NC State Prediction 1/8/25 College Basketball Picks

The NC State Wolfpack and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish square off Wednesday in a college basketball matchup from the Lenovo Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an NC State vs. Notre Dame prediction.

NC State Recap

The NC State Wolfpack enter this game looking to rebound from a 77-59 loss to Wake Forest last time out to drop to 8-6 on the year. After this game, NC State will meet North Carolina and Virginia Tech.

Wolfpack Take Back-To-Back L’s

Marcus Hill leads the Wolfpack in scoring with 12.6 PPG and 3.6 RPG while Jayden Taylor has 12.1 PPG as the pair of double-digit scorers for the Wolfpack so far this season. Ben Middlebrooks has 9.4 PPG with 4.2 RPG and Dontrez Styles has 9.6 PPG with 4.3 RPG while Brandon Huntley-Hatfield has 9.2 PPG and 5.2 RPG to lead the Wolfpack in rebounding so far this season. Michael O’Connell also has contributed 6.8 PPG with 3.1 RPG and a team-high 3.9 APG to lead NC State in assists up to this point in the year. As a team, NC State is averaging 73 PPG on 45.9% shooting from the field, 32.2% from behind the arc, and 69.5% from the foul line this season.

Why the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will win

• Notre Dame has won five of its last six night games against the Atlantic Coast Conference.
• NC State has lost each of its last three night games against the Atlantic Coast Conference at Lenovo Center.

Notre Dame Recap

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will be looking to come back from a 74-73 defeat at the hands of the North Carolina Tar Heels last time out to drop their record to 7-7 on the year. After this game, Notre Dame will take on Duke, Boston College, Syracuse, and Virginia.

Irish Lose Consecutive Games Of Their Own

Markus Burton has logged 18.9 PPG with 3.9 RPG and 4 APG in 7 games played so far this season while Tae Davis has 16.6 PPG with 5.5 RPG. Braeden Shrewsberry has 16.1 PPG with 2.7 RPG and Matt Allocco has 10 PPG with 4.4 RPG and 3.6 APG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Notre Dame so far this season. Kebba Njie also has 6.4 PPG with a team-high 5.8 RPG to lead Notre Dame in rebounding as well this season. As a team, Notre Dame is averaging 75.6 PPG on 46.9% shooting from the field, 35.6% from behind the arc, and 75.1% from the charity stripe this season.

Why the NC State Wolfpack will win

• NC State has won 13 of its last 14 night games.
• Notre Dame has lost three of its last four games at Lenovo Center.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Notre Dame’s last six road night games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 135 or fewer points.
• Eight of NC State’s last nine night games against the Atlantic Coast Conference have produced a total of 143+ points.

NC State vs. Notre Dame Prediction

I’m on the under in this game. Neither side has a ton of offensive firepower to begin with, and Notre Dame deploys one of the slowest-paced offenses in the country, ranking 313th in average possession length on offense. The Irish Have been a decent team on the boards this season, so I don’t expect NC State to have many second chances, and this to me just feels like a first-to-65 kind of game. Give me the under in this one.