Loyola Chicago vs St. Louis Prediction 2/14/25 College Basketball Picks Today

The Saint Louis Billikens and the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers meet Friday in college basketball action from the Gentile Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Loyola Chicago vs St. Louis Prediction.

Saint Louis Recap

The Saint Louis Billikens come into this game looking to bounce back from a 76-74 loss to George Mason last time out to fall to 14-11 on the year. After this game, Saint Louis will head home for a matchup against Rhode Island.

Billikens Drop Back-To-Back Games

Gibson Jimerson leads the Billikens in scoring with 17 PPG along with 4.3 RPG while Robbie Avila has 16.7 PPG with 6.6 RPG and 4 APG. Isaiah Swope has 16.3 PPG with 2.8 RPG and a team-high 4.7 APG to lead the Billikens in the assist department and to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Saint Louis up to this point in the year. Kellen Thames has 6.2 PPG with 3.4 RPG and Kalu Anya has 7.7 PPG with a team-high 9 RPG to lead Saint Louis on the glass so far this season. Kobe Johnson also has 6.9 PPG and 3.4 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Saint Louis is averaging 73.6 PPG on 47.5% shooting from the field, 33.6% from three, and 67.4% from the foul line this season.

Why the Saint Louis Billikens will win

• The road team has won three of Saint Louis’ last four games.

Loyola-Chicago Recap

The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers come into this game looking to build on their 87-80 win over Richmond last time out to improve to 15-9 on the year. After this game, Loyola-Chicago will square off against Davidson.

Ramblers Win 3 Of the Last 4

Des Watson leads the Ramblers in scoring and assists with 12.7 PPG and 2.7 APG along with 3.7 RPG while Jayden Dawson has 12.3 PPG with 3.2 RPG. Sheldon Edwards Jr. has 12.3 PPG with 3.2 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Loyola-Chicago up to this point in the year. Jalen Quinn has 8.1 PPG with 2.3 APG while Miles Rubin has 8.5 PPG and 5.1 RPG. Francis Nwaokorie also has a team-high 5.4 RPG to lead the Ramblers on the glass so far this season. As a team, Loyola-Chicago is averaging 73.7 PPG on 46.2% shooting from the field, 34.9% from three, and 66.7% from the foul line this season.

Why the Loyola Ramblers will win

• Loyola (IL) has won each of its last 12 night games at Joseph J. Gentile Arena.
• Saint Louis has lost three of its last four games.

Loyola Chicago vs St. Louis Prediction

I’m leaning towards Saint Louis here. The Billikens have not been as strong as I and many hoped they’d probably be this season considering how many pieces transferred over with coach Josh Schertz from Indiana State in the offseason, but this is still a talented team and I think from a talent perspective, the Sycamores are the better team. I think this is a game where Saint Louis can live up to some of the expectations and getting a free bucket with what I feel is the better team sounds good to me. Give me the Billikens and the points in this one.