Liberty vs Kennesaw State Prediction 3/2/25 College Basketball Picks Today

The Kennesaw State Owls and the Liberty Flames meet Sunday in college basketball action from Liberty Arena. Here’s a Liberty vs Kennesaw State prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Liberty vs Kennesaw State pick.

Kennesaw State Owls Betting Preview

Kennesaw State has had a pretty choppy year overall, but they’ve been able to keep their heads above the .500 mark so far. The Owls opened the year on a 5-1 run with a lone loss to Cal Baptist, then hit a 2-4 stretch with wins over Towson and Georgia State among losses to UC Irvine, Kent State, Santa Clara and San Jose State. The next nine were a 5-4 run with losses to Middle Tennessee, Western Kentucky, UTEP and Liberty among wins over Brewton-Parker, Jacksonville State, Sam Houston, LA Tech and New Mexico State. Since then the Owls are 4-4 with wins over FIU, Western Kentucky, LA Tech and UTEP among losses to Middle Tennessee, Sam Houston, New Mexico State and FIU. In total that gives the Owls a 16-13 overall record so far this year through 29 games.

In the FIU road rematch on Thursday, Kennesaw State opened up the game on a 34-24 deficit. The Owls didn’t get any closer on a 42-37 run from there and lost 76-61 in the end. Adrian Wooley led the team on his 20 points with five boards and two assists. Simeon Cottle added 14 points with two rebounds and two assists, while Ricardo Wright led the bench players on 10 point, one assists and two turnovers in 12 minutes on the court. Delaney Heard chipped in six points with three assists and three steals in a starting role as well.

Liberty Flames Betting Preview

Over on the Liberty side, they’ve been quite the consistent team so far this year. The Flames have just one instance of consecutive losses on the season. Liberty came out of the gate strong on a 12-1 run, falling to only Florida Atlantic on November 16 during that time. A 2-3 stretch came next, featuring wins over Middle Tennessee and Sam Houston among losses to Western Kentucky, Louisiana Tech and UTEP. Liberty would win the next three over New Mexico State, FIU and Kennesaw State before another loss to Jacksonville State. Since then it’s been wins over LA Tech, Sam Houston, New Mexico State, UTEP, FIU and Jacksonville State in that time. Overall that gives the Flames a 23-5 record across their first 28 games.

Matched up against Jacksonville State at home on Thursday, the Flames hit a comfortable 31-16 advantage in the firs half. Liberty closed on a 39-28 deficit though, and barely hung on for the win 59-55 in the end. Kaden Metheny put up 13 points with four rebounds and two assists to lead the team in the victory, while Jayvon Maughmer had 12 points and four rebounds. Also finishing in double-figures was Zach Cleveland with 10 points, nine rebounds and four assists in 31 minutes of action on the court.

Why the Liberty Flames will win

• Liberty has won each of its last seven day games at Liberty Arena (Lynchburg).
• Kennesaw State has lost each of its last four road games following a road loss.
• Liberty has won the first half in 14 of its last 15 games at Liberty Arena (Lynchburg) against non-AP-ranked opponents.

Why the Kennesaw State Owls will win

• The road team has won the first half in each of the last five games between Kennesaw State and Liberty.

Liberty vs Kennesaw State Prediction

I’ll stay with Liberty. The Flames were able to fend off a good Jacksonville State team in their last outing, but it wasn’t the prettiest win in the world. Liberty shot 42.9 percent from the field in that one but missed seven of 17 free throws (58.8 percent) and had 10 turnovers along the way. The Flames haven’t been the highest-scoring team in the world lately; they’ve been under 65 points in four of their last five—but have won all of those games.

Liberty took a 76-68 road victory the last time these teams met up back on January 30. The Flames shot a nice 50 percent from the field in that one and committed just eight turnovers. Liberty held the Owls to just 39.1 percent shooting from the field and scored nine points off 12 Kennesaw State turnovers. I like the Flames to control this one as well.