West Virginia vs Xavier Prediction 11/23/2025 Today’s College Basketball Picks

Chris Ruffolo

4 months ago

Nov 13, 2025; Morgantown, West Virginia, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers forward Brenen Lorient (0) dribbles against Pittsburgh Panthers forward Roman Siulepa (13) during the first half at WVU Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-Imagn Images

MATCHUP	Mt. St. Mary's Mountaineers	Western Michigan Broncos
Team Records	1-5	3-4
Where	University Arena (MI), Kalamazoo, MI
When	Sunday, November 23, 2025
Time	03:00 PM EST
TV	ESPN+

The West Virginia Mountaineers and the Xavier Musketeers meet Sunday in college basketball action from the TD Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Xavier Musketeers prediction.

West Virginia Mountaineers Recap

The West Virginia Mountaineers come into this game looking to bounce back from a 70-67 loss at the hands of Clemson last time out to sit at 5-1 this season.

Mountaineers Looking To Shake Off First Loss

Honor Huff leads the Mountaineers in scoring with 17.2 PPG while Brenen Lorient has 11.3 PPG with a team-high 7 RPG to lead the Mountaineers in rebounding. Jasper Floyd has 10.5 PPG with 3.3 RPG and a team-high 4.2 APG to lead the Mountaineers in assists and Chance Moore has 16 PPG with 5 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for West Virginia so far this season. DJ Thomas has also added 9.2 PPG and Harlan Obioha has 8.5 PPG with 6 RPG this season. As a team, West Virginia is averaging 71.8 PPG on 44% shooting from the field, 35.5% from three and 68.2% from the foul line this season.

Xavier Musketeers Recap

The Xavier Musketeers come into this game looking to rebound from their 78-77 loss at the hands of Georgia last time out to sit at 3-3 this season.

Musketeers Lose 3 Of Last 4

Tre Carroll leads the Musketeers in scoring with 15.7 PPG along with 5.8 RPG and 2.5 APG while Roddie Anderson III has 13 PPG with 3.2 RPG and 2.5 APG. Joven Milicevic has 12.5 PPG with 3.5 RPG and All Wright has 10.7 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Xavier up to this point in the year. Malik Messina-Moore has 8.2 PPG with a team-high 4 APG and Filip Borovicanin has 8 PPG with a team-high 6.5 RPG to lead Xavier on the glass along with 3.7 APG. As a team, Xavier is averaging 74.3 PPG on 39.3% shooting from the field, 35.3% from three and 69.1% from the foul line this season.

West Virginia Mountaineers @ Xavier Musketeers Betting Trends: November 23, 2025

Why the Xavier Musketeers will win

Xavier has won 17 of its last 18 day games against non-AP-ranked opponents.
West Virginia has lost each of its last eight games against non-AP-ranked opponents at a neutral venue.
Xavier has won the first half in 14 of its last 15 day games against non-AP-ranked opponents.

Why the West Virginia Mountaineers will win

West Virginia has won each of its last 13 Sunday day games.
Xavier has lost four of its last five games played at neutral venues.
West Virginia has won the first half in each of its last 11 games against non-AP-ranked opponents.

Total Points Facts

Each of West Virginia’s last 13 games have produced a total of 140 or fewer points.
Eleven of Xavier’s last 12 games have produced a total of 143+ points.

Matchup/League Facts

Xavier ranks 360th among Division 1 teams for opponent blocks per game this season (5.7).
Xavier ranks 7th among Division 1 teams for opponent three-point field goal attempts per game this season (16.8).
West Virginia ranks 5th among Division 1 teams for opponent field goal attempts per game this season (50.0).
West Virginia ranks 6th among Division 1 teams for opponent points per game this season (57.3).

West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Xavier Musketeers Prediction

I’m on West Virginia here. I just think that the Mountaineers are the better team, and I have to wonder where Xavier is at after coming so close to the upset over Georgia before losing in heartbreaking fashion in that game. We’ve also seen Xavier just not have enough in their games where they’ve had to step up in class this season, and I think Xavier just gets outclassed here. Give me WVU.