North Carolina Central vs. Penn State prediction: Why Penn State is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/29/2025]

Men's college basketball action continues on Monday at 1:00 PM ET as North Carolina Central faces off with the favored Penn State in men's college basketball action at Bryce Jordan Center.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Penn State as the most likely winner of the North Carolina Central vs. Penn State game.

This article offers further insights into Monday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

North Carolina Central vs. Penn State prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Monday's NCAA basketball game between North Carolina Central and Penn State 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Penn State a 97% chance of beating North Carolina Central. Our predicted final score has Penn State winning 84-63.

According to our model, North Carolina Central (+24.5) has a 53% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 148.5 points has a 53% chance of staying under.

North Carolina Central vs. Penn State odds

We have sourced the best men's college basketball odds in America for this game, which are listed here:

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

North Carolina Central vs. Penn State picks and best bet

After matching our predictions against the best current odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below: