Presbyterian College vs USC Upstate Prediction 1/8/25 College Basketball Picks

The Presbyterian Blue Hose and the USC Upstate Spartans meet Wednesday in college basketball action from the G.B. Hodge Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Presbyterian vs. USC Upstate prediction.

Presbyterian Recap

The Presbyterian Blue Hose come into this game looking to bounce back after a 63-61 loss to Gardner Webb last time out to fall to 8-9 on the year. After this game, Presbyterian will head home for a matchup against UNC-Asheville.

Blue Hose Looking to Rebound On The Road

Kory Mincy leads the Blue Hose in scoring and assists with 15.3 PPG and 4.6 APG along with 2.8 RPG while Kobe Stewart has 14.4 PPG with 5.1 RPG and 2.5 APG and Jonah Pierce has 13.1 PPG with 7.1 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Presbyterian up to this point in the year. Jaylen Peterson also has a 6.9 RPG up to this point in the year. As a team, Presbyterian is averaging 76.5 PPG on 47.1% shooting from the field, 37.1% from three, and 68.5% from the foul line this season.

Why the Presbyterian Blue Hose will win

• USC Upstate has lost each of its last four games.
• Presbyterian has won six of its last seven games following a road loss.

USC Upstate Recap

The USC Upstate Spartans come into this game looking to bounce back after a 95-76 loss to Winthrop in their last game to fall to 4-12 on the year. After this game, USC Upstate will welcome Radford to town.

Spartans Lose 4th Straight

Mister Dean leads the Spartans in scoring and rebounding with 15.4 PPG and 5.3 RPG while Brit Harris has 10.9 PPG with 4 RPG and 3.1 APG on the year. Karmani Gregory has 10.1 PPG with a team-high 3.6 APG to lead USC Upstate in assists while Carmelo Adkins has 10.8 PPG with 4.4 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for USC Upstate up to this point in the year. As a team, USC Upstate is averaging 75.6 PPG on 45.3% shooting from the field, 29.5% from three, and 68.4% from the foul line this season.

Why the USC Upstate Spartans will win

• Presbyterian has lost 19 of its last 21 away games when playing with a rest disadvantage.
• USC Upstate has won six of its last seven games against Presbyterian.

Total Points Facts

• Each of USC Upstate’s last 11 night games has produced a total of 151+ points.
• Each of Presbyterian’s last six games against Conference opponents has produced a total of 146 or fewer points.

Presbyterian vs. USC Upstate Prediction

I’m leaning towards USC Upstate here. I just don’t see a world where I feel like laying points with Presbyterian on the road, who have won just once away from home so far this season. USC Upstate isn’t necessarily playing well right now, but the thing in this game is that If you look at the history between these two teams, USC Upstate has won 6 of the last 7 meetings, and 4 of the last 5 meetings were decided by 5 points or less. This just has the makings of an ugly game between two of the lesser teams in the Big South and in a game like this, I feel much better having points in my back pocket. I’ll side with USC Upstate and the points in this one.