Northern Iowa vs Drake Picks and Prediction – 1/30/2025

The Northern Iowa Panthers will be on the road Wednesday with the game in Iowa against the Drake Bulldogs. Northern Iowa has thirteen wins through 21 games played this season have won for the last five including two in a row following an 18 point road victory against Indiana State in their last outing. Offensively Northern Iowa is scoring the ball extremely well averaging 75.8 points on 50.1% from the floor. Defensively the Panthers have done the work as well holding opponents to 67.7 points per game overall give up only 56 in their last outing. Stay in the action with our College Basketball Picks.

Tytan Anderson leads Northern Iowa this season averaging 14.7 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. Jacob Hutson is second on the team averaging 12.3 points and Leon Bond III is 4th on the team averaging 10.4 points per game. Trey Campbell averages 10.9 points and leads Northern Iowa dishing out three assists per game.

The Drake Bulldogs return home Wednesday with eighteen wins and two losses on the year riding a long winning streak following the seven-point road victory in their last outing. Offensively Drake is rolling this season averaging 71.4 points on 48.7% from the floor. Defensively Drake is one of the better teams in the entire country holding opponents to just 58 points per game overall despite giving up 62 in their last outing.

Bennett Stirtz leads the Drake offense this season averaging 17.7 points and 6.4 assists per game.Mitch Mascari is second on the roster averaging 11.9 points and Daniel Abreu chips in a  third best 11.3 points per game. Cam Manyawu averages 7.9 points and leads the Bulldogs this season pulling in 5.9 rebounds per game.

Drake is the better team in this matchup playing the better basketball coming into Wednesday and will continue to roll. The Bulldogs are one game back at the conference lead and will continue their tear Wednesday night at home. Take Drake to extend their winning streak they get the winning cover at home against a good Northern Iowa team. Final Score Prediction, Drake Bulldogs win and cover 75-62.