IU Indianapolis vs Youngstown State Picks and Prediction – 2/1/2025

The IUPUI Jaguars take a road trip Saturday with a game in Ohio against Youngstown State. IUPUI comes into Saturday 9 games below .500 on the year having lost three of the last four following 11 point loss in their last outing. Offensively the Jaguars have averaged 75.2 points on 42.8% from the floor and scored 80 points last time out despite the loss. Defensively IUPUI is allowing just 73.2 points per game overall this season but have allowed 78.6 points per game over their last three losses. Stay in the action with our College Basketball Picks.

Paul Zilinskas leads IUPUI this season averaging 17.5 points per game. Jarvis Walker is second on the team averaging 15.7 points and Sean Craig chips in a third best 11.2 points per game. Alec Millender averages 8 points and leads the team averaging 3.5 assists per game.

The Youngstown State Penguins stay home Saturday five games above .500 following a blowout 59 point victory last time out. Offensively the Penguins are rolling averaging 75.5 points and 42.8% from the floor and scored 112 points in their last game. Defensively Youngstown State has been even better holding opponents to 70 points per game overall this season and gave up only 63 last time out.

EJ Farmer leads the Youngstown State offense this season averaging 14.2 points per game. Ty Harper averages 10.1 points and Juwan Maxey is 4th on the team averaging 9.3 points per game. Nico Galette averages 11.6 points and leads the Penguins pulling in 6.4 rebounds and dishes out a team high 2.8 assists. Cris Carroll averages 9.1 points per game this season for the  Youngstown State offense  playing just under 20 minutes game.

The Penguins are the far better team in this game and it will show from the jump on Saturday . Look for Youngstown to come out strong leading to the easy win. Take the Penguins Saturday to do the work leading to the win and cover at home. Final Score Prediction, Youngstown State Penguins win and cover 75-61.