North Carolina vs NC State Picks and Prediction – 1/11/2025

The North Carolina Tar Heels take a short road trip Saturday to Raleigh for a matchup with North Carolina State. The Tar Heels have ten wins through 16 games played having won for the last five including two in a row following 15 point victory against SMU in their last outing. Offensive the Tar Heels are scoring the ball extremely well averaging 84.4 points on 47.4% shooting on the floor this season. Defensively North Carolina has been even better holding opponents to 78.4 points per game and have given up an average of 70 points per game during their two game-winning streak. Stay in the action with our College Basketball Picks.

RJ Davis leads North Carolina this season averaging 18.2 points per game. Ian Jackson averages 15.1 points and Seth Trimble chips in 13.6 points per game. Elliot Cadeau averages 10.4 points and leads North Carolina dishing out 5.8 assists. Jalen Washington averages 5.9 points and leads the Tar Heels pulling in 4.8 rebounds per game.

The North Carolina State Wolfpack stay home Saturday with nine wins through 15 games played following a near one point victory against Notre Dame last time out to end the two game skid. Offensively the Wolfpack have been mediocre this season averaging 72.5 points on 45.8% shooting from the floor. Defensively North Carolina State has done the job allowing 66.9 points per game overall and gave up just 65 and their victory against Notre Dame.

Marcus Hill leads North Carolina State this season aeraging 12.8 points per game. Jayden Taylor is second on the roster averaging 12.2 points as the only other player on the team in double digits. Brandon Huntley Hatfield averages 8.9 points and leads the Wolfpack pulling in 5.1 rebounds per game. Michael O'Connell averaged 6.7 points in boasts a team high 3.7 assists this season.

North Carolina has some what of a down year but are the better team in this game. Look for UNC to control this game start to finish leading to the road win. Take the Tar Heels Saturday to do the job on the road leading to the win and cover. Final Score Prediction, North Carolina Tar Heels win and cover 78-66.