Cleveland State Vikings vs Oakland Golden Grizzlies Prediction, 2/23/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland State Vikings vs Oakland Golden Grizzlies

Date: Sunday, February 23, 2025

Location: OU Credit Union O'rena in Manhattan, KS

TV: ESPN+

The Oakland Golden Grizzlies (12-15) will play the Cleveland State Vikings (18-9) at OU Credit Union O'rena on Sunday.

The Cleveland State Vikings faced Youngstown State and took a loss by a final of 68-60 in their last contest. Regarding personal fouls, the Vikings walked away with 19 and Youngstown State recorded 18 personal fouls. They knocked down 6 out of their 14 tries from 3-point land. Youngstown State walked away from this one shooting 76.9% at the charity stripe by making 20 of 26 attempts. On top of that, Youngstown State had 33 rebounds (10 offensive, 23 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Youngstown State recorded 10 dimes and had 6 steals for this game. In the matter of the defense, Cleveland State let their opponent shoot 46.7% from the floor on 21 out of 45 shooting. They also recorded 10 assists for the game as well as creating 17 turnovers and having 5 steals. In the matter of grabbing rebounds, they compiled a total of 26 with 13 of them being on the offensive end. From the charity stripe, the Vikings converted 13 of their 19 attempts for a rate of 68.4%. Cleveland State wrapped up the contest with a 35.5% FG percentage (22 of 62) and converted 3 out of their 20 three-point shots.

Dylan Arnett is one player who was a major contributor in this matchup. He accounted for 16 points on 7 of 10 shooting. He saw the court for 31 mins played and pulled down 7 rebounds. He finished shooting 70.0% from the field and distributed 2 assists.

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Cleveland State will take the court with a record of 18-9 this season. They average 73.3 pts per game (205th in D-1) while shooting 45.0% from the field. The Vikings are shooting 32.7% on shots from 3-point land (172 of 526) and 71.7% from the charity stripe. As a team, Cleveland State is snagging 34.6 boards per contest and has earned 373 assists so far this season, which has them ranked 172nd in the country in terms of passing the ball. They turn the ball over 11.8 times per contest and as a group they are committing 17.8 personal fouls every game.

When they are on the defensive end, the Vikings are forcing 15.9 turnovers per game while drawing 16.4 fouls. They are ranked 130th in college hoops in giving up assists to the opposition with 336 surrendered this season. The Vikings defense is allowing an opponent FG percentage of 42.3% (603 of 1,427) and they concede 33.0 boards per game as a team. They surrender 33.3% on 3-point shots and they rank 27th in college in opponents points per game (65.3).

The last time they took the court, the Oakland Golden Grizzlies went home victorious with a score of 93-83 against Detroit. The Golden Grizzlies were able to snag 24 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds for a total of 32 in this game. They also turned it over 8 times, while recording 10 steals in this contest. Detroit committed 33 fouls in this matchup which took the Golden Grizzlies to the free throw line for 52 tries. They were able to make 39 of the free throw tries for a clip of 75.0%. When it comes to shots from downtown, Oakland knocked down 6 out of their 20 tries (30.0%). When the final whistle was blown, the Golden Grizzlies ended up shooting 24 out of 53 from the floor which had them shooting 45.3%. The Golden Grizzlies permitted Detroit to knock down 31 out of their 70 tries from the floor which left them with a shooting percentage of 44.3% for this game. They went 41.7% from downtown by shooting 10 of 24 and finished the game at 11 out of 13 from the charity stripe (84.6%). With respect to cleaning the glass, Oakland permitted Detroit to grab 37 overall (10 offensive).

Nassim Mashhour ended up having an impact for the Golden Grizzlies for the game. He buried 5 of 11 for this contest giving him a field goal percentage of 45.5%, and totaled 4 rebounds. He earned 24 points in his 38 minutes of playing time and had 2 dimes in this game.

Oakland has a record of 12-15 on the campaign. The Golden Grizzlies commit 15.6 personal fouls every game and they go 69.7% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 11.9 times per contest (305th in the nation) and they lose possession via turnover 11.7 times per game. Oakland has scored 1,848 pts for the season (68.4 per contest) and they pull down 35.0 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Golden Grizzlies are shooting 42.6% from the floor, which is ranked 298th in college.

The Oakland defense surrenders 36.2% from downtown (229 of 633) and their opponents are making 74.5% of their free throw attempts. They have given up 15.3 assists and 34.3 rebounds per contest, which is ranked 328th and 187th in the country. The Golden Grizzlies are ranked 135th in Division 1 in PPG given up with 70.4. They are forcing their opponents into 11.0 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 43.7% from the field (183rd in the nation).

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Oakland

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