UTSA vs North Dakota Prediction College Basketball Picks 12/15/24

The UTSA Roadrunners and the North Dakota Fighting Hawks meet Sunday in college basketball action from the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a UTSA vs. North Dakota prediction.

UTSA Recap

The UTSA Roadrunners come into this game looking to build on their 80-76 win over North Dakota in the first half of the home-and-home game between these two teams this past Friday. After this game, the Roadrunners will head home for a matchup with subdivision Southwestern Adventist.

Roadrunners Looking For Sweep Of UND

Primo Spears leads the Roadrunners in scoring and assists with 23.7 PPG and 3.4 APG while Marcus Millender has 12.7 PPG with 3.3 APG as the only other double-digit scorer for UTSA up to this point in the year. Damari Monsanto has 9.6 PPG with 4.1 RPG and Raekwon Horton has 9 PPG with 6.1 RPG. Jonnivius Smith also has 6.4 PPG and a team-high 9.1 RPG to lead the Roadrunners on the glass up to this point in the year. As a team, UTSA is averaging 75.4 PPG on 40.8% shooting from the field, 31.2% from three, and 82.2% from the foul line this season.

Why the UTSA Roadrunners will win

• North Dakota has lost five of its last six games.

North Dakota Recap

The North Dakota Fighting Hawks come into this game looking to salvage a split of the home and home after their loss to UTSA last time out. After this game, North Dakota will take on Alabama, Omaha, St. Thomas, and Denver.

Fighting Hawks Drop Back-To-Back Games

Treysen Eaglestaff leads the Hawks in scoring and assists with 18.1 PPG and 2 APG along with 3.1 RPG while Mier Panoam has 11.4 PPG with 5.1 RPG and Amar Kuljuhovic has 11.6 PPG with 5.7 RPG to lead North Dakota on the glass and Dariyus Woodson’s also chipped in 10.5 PPG and 3.8 RPG to also round out the group of double-digit scorers for North Dakota so far this season. Eli King’s also added 6.1 PPG and 5.2 RPG this year. As a team, North Dakota is averaging 70.4 PPG on 39.9% shooting from the field, 28.6% from three and 68.3% from the foul line this season.

Why the North Dakota Fighting Hawks will win

• The home team has won each of UTSA’s last four games.
• UTSA has lost five of its last six games following a home win.

UTSA vs. North Dakota Prediction

I’m leaning towards UTSA here. These home and home spots are kind of rare, so it’s hard to know what to expect in a rematch, but just overall, the Roadrunners are the better team on both ends of the floor, and more importantly for me in what I feel could be a tight game, the Roadrunners are the better team at the foul line. I think this is going to be a competitive one, but in the end, I lean towards UTSA to get it done here.

Chris Ruffolo's Pick: UTSA -1