Saint Louis (0-0) vs Southeast Missouri State (0-0)
November 3, 2025 at 09:00 PM EST
The Line: Betting Odds: Saint Louis -19 — Over/Under: 151.5
The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks and the Saint Louis Billikens meet Monday in college basketball action from Chaifetz Arena. Here’s a Southeast Missouri State vs Saint Louis prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Southeast Missouri State vs Saint Louis pick. We will examine:
The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks recent form and player performance
The Saint Louis Billikens recent form and player performance
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Saint Louis Billikens
Recent betting trends in games played between Southeast Missouri State and Saint Louis
A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Southeast Missouri State vs Saint Louis game
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Betting Preview
Southeast Missouri State had a nice run last season, but it ended in disappointment. The Redhawks managed to go 21-12 overall—a stellar improvement over their 9-22 run the season before—and hit a 15-5 run in the Ohio Valley games. That result would put Southeast Missouri State in first place for the regular-season conference championship, two games ahead of SIU Edwardsville. Southeast Missouri State lost at Eastern Illinois in their final regular season game, breaking a 10-game win streak in the process. After a win over Little Rock in the Ohio Valley Tournament, the Redhawks eventually fell to SIU Edwardsville in the championship game.
This year Southeast Missouri State is still scratching their heads over the postseason snub last season, but once the lights go up in the opener it’ll be forgotten. The Redhawks do get a strong returning core of players in 2025-26, including over 50 percent of their scoring and 45 percent of their rebounding. Brendan Terry (11.2 PPG) is the team’s top returning scorer and led the team in blocks last year. He’ll be joined by big men Elliot Lowndes (2.3 PPG) and David Idada (2.1 PPG), who posted some nice scoring and rebounding averages between them last season. Rob Martin and Tedrick Washington have both departed however, taking with them around 38 percent of the Redhawks’ total offense.
Saint Louis Billikens Betting Preview
Over on the Billikens’ side, they managed to take a big step forward in the record column last season as well. Saint Louis limped to a 13-20 overall record in 2023-24, but improved on that with a 19-15 overall run a year ago. The Billikens’ 11-7 run in the Atlantic 10 put them behind only VCU, George Mason, Dayton and Loyola Chicago in the standings. Saint Louis finished the season on a solid 4-1 run then took out Davidson in the opener of the A-10 Tournament. In game two the Billikens were dispatched by Loyola Chicago, however. Following a bid to the NIT, Saint Louis took a first-round loss to Arkansas State 103-78 on March 18 to end the year.
Moving on to this season, Saint Louis gets some important contributors back on the roster but also has plenty of new faces. Robbie Avila joins Kalu Anya (6.5 PPG) as the two returning starters. Paul Otieno (13.0 PPG) joins the fray from Quinnipiac as well, and should provide some nice performances on the glass after 8.6 RPG last year.
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks @ Saint Louis Billikens Betting Trends: November 3, 2025
Why the Saint Louis Billikens will win
Saint Louis has won seven of its last eight games against non-Conference opponents at Chaifetz Arena.
Southeast Missouri State has lost 14 of its last 17 night games against non-Conference opponents.
Southeast Missouri State has lost the first half in each of its last three road games against the Atlantic 10 Conference.
Why the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks will win
Southeast Missouri State has won seven of its last eight night games against non-AP-ranked opponents.
Saint Louis has lost five of its last six games against non-Conference opponents.
Southeast Missouri State has won the first half in four of its last five night games against non-AP-ranked opponents.
Matchup/League Facts
Saint Louis ranked 24th among Division 1 teams for opponent free throw attempts per game last season (15.1).
Saint Louis ranked 29th among Division 1 teams for three-point field goals made per game last season (9.8).
Southeast Missouri State ranked 3rd among Division 1 teams for opponent three-point percentage last season (28.3%).
Southeast Missouri State ranked 4th among Division 1 teams for opponent assists per game last season (9.5).
Southeast Missouri State vs Saint Louis Prediction
I’m going to take a stab on Southeast Missouri State. The Redhawks retain a pretty good amount of their contributions from last year, which is pretty impressive in this age of the transfer portal. Head coach Brad Korn is coming off an offseason contract extension and he’ll be focused on building a winning team for future years. The focus this season will once again be on defense, an area in which SEMO ranked exceptionally well among OVC teams a season ago. It remains to be seen whether or not this group can replicate the now-departed scoring, but if they can maintain the defense-first philosophy I like the Redhawks to start strong.