VCU vs La Salle Prediction 2/4/25 College Basketball Picks Today

The La Salle Explorers and the VCU Rams meet Tuesday in college basketball action from the Stuart Siegel Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a VCU vs La Salle Prediction.

La Salle Recap

The La Salle Explorers come into this game looking to build on their 73-67 win over George Washington last time out to improve to 12-10 on the year. After this game, La Salle will head home for a game against UMass.

Explorers Looking For Consistency

Corey McKeithan leads the Explorers in scoring and rebounding with 15.9 PPG and 3 APG along with 3.1 RPG while Daeshon Sheppard has 11.7 PPG with 4.2 RPG. Deuce Jones has 10.7 PPG with 3.7 RPG and 2.4 APG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for La Salle up to this point in the year while Jahlil White has 9.5 PPG with 5.8 RPG. Demetrius Lilley also has 8.5 PPG with a team-high 7.1 RPG to lead the Explorers on the glass so far this season. As a team, La Salle is averaging 76.8 PPG on 43% shooting from the field, 33.8% from behind the arc, and 71.4% from the foul line this season.

VCU Recap

The VCU Rams come into this game looking to add on to a 90-49 rout of Richmond last time out to improve to 17-5 on the year. After this game, VCU will head out on the road for a game against the Dayton Flyers.

Rams Win 7 Of the Last 8 & 8 Of the Last 10

Joe Bamisile leads the Rams in scoring with 16.5 PPG along with 5.4 RPG and 2.2 APG while Phillip Russell has 12 PPG and Max Shulga has 15.1 PPG with 5.8 RPG and a team-high 3.9 APG to lead the Rams in assists while also posting a team-high 2 SPG. Zeb Jackson has 10.3 PPG with 3.4 RPG to cap off the scoring in double figures for VCU while Jack Clark’s added 8.1 PPG and 6.9 RPG to lead VCU on the glass so far this season. As a team, VCU is averaging 77.2 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field, 31.7% from three, and 71.5% from the foul line this season.

Why the VCU Rams will win

• VCU has won each of its last 11 games at Stuart C. Siegel Center.
• La Salle has lost each of its last nine Tuesday night games against the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Total Points Facts

• Nine of VCU’s last 10 games against Conference opponents at Stuart C. Siegel Center have produced a total of 142 or fewer points.
• Seven of La Salle’s last eight night games have produced a total of 147+ points.

VCU vs La Salle Prediction

I’m on VCU here. It’s a huge number for a conference game, I’ll admit. However, VCU is still 7-3 ATS as a home favorite this season and has laid double-digits in all of those games, posting an average margin of victory of 24.4 PPG. La Salle isn’t the worst team in the A-10, but they’re not off by much in fairness, and We’ve seen the VCU Rams take teams behind the woodshed that bring a lot more to the table than La Salle does in fairness. I just don’t see a world where La Salle ends up keeping this game close. So while the number is fairly large, I think I have to lay the wood with VCU in this spot.