Tarleton State vs California Baptist Picks and Prediction – 3/14/2025

The Tarleton State Texans will be in Las Vegas Thursday night for a WAC tournament quarterfinal matchup against California Baptist. Tarleton State has had a terrible season coming into Thursday with twelve wins and 19 losses on the year having lost three of the last four were all following a 5 point loss in their last outing. Offensively Tarleton State averages 63.7 points on 43.2% shooting from the floor of the season. Defensively the Texans have been outmatched as well giving up 17.1 points per game overall through 31 games played. Stay in the action with our College Basketball Picks.

Bubu Benjamin leads the Tarleton State offense this season averaging 14.3 points per game. Freddie Hicks is second on the roster 13 points but has played in just six games. Keitenn Bristow Chips adds a third best 11.3 points and Ronnie Harrison Jr. is 4th on the team averaging 10.6 points per game but his play just eight times. Big man Chris Mpaka averages 8.7 points to go along with the team leading 5.5 three points per game period Jordan Mizell averages 5.4 points and leads the team dishing out two assists per contest.

The California Baptist Lancers come into the conference tournament Thursday night with sixteen wins and 14 losses riding a three-game winning streak following a narrow 2 point victory last time out. Offensively California Baptist averages 72 points of 43.1% from the floor. Defensively California Baptist is allowing 70.5 points per game overall but have allowed 57.6 points per game during their three-game winning streak.

Domonique Daniels Jr. leads California Baptist this season averaging 19.9 points per game. Kendal Coleman is second on the team averaging 11.3 points and boasts a team high 8.3 rebounds per contest. Martel Williams averages 9.4 points and AJ Braun is 4th on the team averaging 8.8 points per game. Adam Moussa averages 5.7 points and leads California Baptist dishing out 4.1 assists.

California Baptist is the better team in this matchup, and it will show from the opening minutes on Thursday. Look for the Lancers to control this game on both sides of the ball leading to the victory. Take California Baptist Thursday night to do the job they get the winning cover in the quarterfinal round of the conference tournament. Final Score Prediction, California Baptist Lancers win and cover 74-62.