Western Carolina vs Samford Prediction 2/22/25 College Basketball Picks

The Western Carolina Catamounts and the Samford Bulldogs meet Saturday in college basketball action from the Pete Hanna Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Western Carolina vs. Samford prediction.

Matchup History

The Samford Bulldogs won the first meeting this season at Western Carolina by a final score of 88-69, making it eight straight head-to-head wins for Samford in this matchup with the Bulldogs posting a 7-1 ATS run over that 8-game stretch.

Western Carolina Recap

The Western Carolina Catamounts come into this game looking to bounce back from a 91-86 loss at the hands of Chattanooga in their last game to slip to 8-18 on the year. After this game, Western Carolina will head back home for a matchup against Wofford.

Catamounts Looking To Spring Massive Upset

Bernard Pelote leads Western Carolina in scoring and rebounding with 14 PPG and 7.4 RPG while Cord Stansberry has 11.7 PPG and 3.8 RPG while Marcus Kell’s added 10.3 PPG with 5.1 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Western Carolina so far this season. Ice Emery has 9 PPG and Brandon Morgan’s added 6.1 PPG and dished out a team-high 2.4 APG to lead the Catamounts in assists so far this season. As a team, Western Carolina is averaging 69.2 PPG on 38.9% shooting from the field, 29.6% from three and 75.6% from the foul line this season.

Why the Western Carolina Catamounts will win

• The road team has won each of Samford’s last three games.
• Samford has lost three of its last four games.

Samford Recap

The Samford Bulldogs come into this game looking to bounce back from an 80-72 loss at the hands of Furman in their last game to sit at 20-8 on the year. After this game, Samford will head on the road for a matchup with VMI.

Bulldogs Drop 3 Of Last 4

Trey Fort leads the Bulldogs in scoring with 14.1 PPG along with 3.7 RPG while Jaden Brownell has 13.3 PPG with 4 RPG on the year. Rylan Jones has 10.7 PPG with 3 RPG and a team-high 5.5 APG to lead the Bulldogs in the assist department up to this point in the year and to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Samford so far this season. Collin Holloway also has 9.1 PPG with a team-high 5.2 RPG to lead Samford in rebounding while Riley Allenspach also has 7.9 PPG with 3.1 RPG as well this season. As a team, Samford is averaging 82.6 PPG on 46.5% shooting from the field, 37% from three and 71.3% from the foul line this season.

Why the Samford Bulldogs will win

• Samford has won each of its last eight games against Western Carolina.
• Western Carolina has lost 12 of its last 13 road games.

Total Points Facts

• Fifteen of Samford’s last 16 games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 157 or fewer points.
• Thirty-five of Western Carolina’s last 40 day games have produced a total of 157 or fewer points.

Western Carolina vs. Samford Prediction

I’m going to roll with Samford here. I was really tempted to back Western Carolina with the points as the Catamounts have actually been a solid double-digit underdog in a lot of their recent outings. That being said, Samford’s coming off of a loss in this game, and the Bulldogs are also playing their final home game of the regular season here and I think the Bulldogs are in a perfect storm to put another butt-whooping down on Western Carolina in this game so give me the Samford Bulldogs laying the points at home in this one.