Presbyterian vs Youngstown State Picks and Prediction – 11/22/2024

The Presbyterian Blue Hose will be on the road in Texas Friday night with a game against Youngstown State. Presbyterian has two wins and three losses on the year coming into Friday following an 18 point loss on the road against Kennesaw State. Offensively the Blue Hose have been phenomenal this season averaging 81.8 points on 53% shooting from the floor but scored just 67 against Kennesaw State. The Presbyterian defense has held its own allowing 73.4 points per game but gave up 85 against Kennesaw State. Stay up to date with our College Basketball Picks.

Kobe Stewart is the offensive leader this season for Presbyterian averaging 15.8 points per game. Corey Mincey is second on the team averaging 14.8 points to go along with the team leading 5.6 assists. Carl Parrish averages 8.6 points and Jamahri Harvey is averaging 7.3 points per game. Jonah Pierce is the third Presbyterian player in double digits averaging 13.2 points to go along with the team by 6.6 rebounds.

The Youngstown State Penguins come into Friday with just one win through three games played on an a 2 game losing streak following a nine-point loss in double overtime to Syracuse. The Youngstown State offense has played well this season averaging 34 points on 37.7% shooting from the floor. Defensively Youngstown State has room to improve allowing 81.7 points per game total and have given up more than 90 points per game in each of their two losses on the year.

Defensively Youngstown State struggled immensely against Syracuse giving over 104 points including 31 in overtime as the Orange shot 50.7% from the floor. Offensively Youngstown State did shoot the ball well scoring 95 points on 44.4% shooting from the floor. The Penguins did lose the rebounding battle by 15 and turned the ball over 10 times in the loss.

Presbyterian has the slightly better record in this matchup and will ride that momentum Friday night. Presbyterian is better on both sides of the ball and will overwhelm a struggling Youngstown State team in this matchup. Take the Blue Hose to do the work as they even their record at .500 with their third victory of the season. Final Score Prediction, Presbyterian Blue Hose win and cover 75-62.