Bellarmine vs Wyoming Prediction College Basketball Picks 12/19/24

The Bellarmine Knights and the Wyoming Cowboys meet Thursday in college basketball action from the Arena-Auditorium. Here’s a Bellarmine vs Wyoming prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Bellarmine vs Wyoming pick. We will examine:

The Bellarmine Knights’ recent form and player performance

The Wyoming Cowboys’ recent form and player performance

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Bellarmine Knights

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Wyoming Cowboys

Recent betting trends in games played between Bellarmine and Wyoming

A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Bellarmine vs Wyoming game

Bellarmine Knights Betting Preview

This year the Knights kicked things off with losses to VCU, VMI, Southern Indiana, Marshall, and Louisville before wins over Bowling Green and Midway. Bellarmine is 1-3 since then with losses to Northern Kentucky, Western Carolina, and Ball State.

In Saturday’s Ball State matchup, the Knights came into the second half with a 47-42 deficit. Bellarmine couldn’t make up the difference in an 86-82 loss. Billy Smith was tops in scoring with 33 points and five rebounds.

Wyoming Cowboys Betting Preview

Over on the Wyoming side, they beat Concordia-St. Paul, Tennessee State, Utah Tech, SE Louisiana, and Tulane in their first six outings. The Cowboys have since lost to LMU, Utah State, South Dakota, and BYU in the last four.

Matched up against BYU on Saturday, the Cowboys were facing a nine-point hole by halftime. Wyoming scored just 24 points from there in a 68-49 loss. Obi Agbim was the only team player in double-figures with 21 points and three boards.

Why the Wyoming Cowboys will win

• Bellarmine has lost each of its last 11 night games against non-conference opponents.
• The home team has won seven of Bellarmine’s last eight games.
• Bellarmine has lost the first half in seven of its last nine road games against non-conference opponents.

Why the Bellarmine Knights will win

• Wyoming has lost each of its last four night games.

Bellarmine vs Wyoming Prediction

I’ll likely lean toward Wyoming but I’m not touching it. The Cowboys are coming off a rough showing versus a pretty good BYU team, shooting a tepid 41.7 percent from the field with a 30-25 rebounding deficit and 14 turnovers. Wyoming gave up 52.2 percent shooting on the other side as well. That makes 68 or more points surrendered in all four games of this current losing streak.

As for Bellarmine, they gave up 54.2 percent shooting to the Cardinals in their last game and fell despite a 32-27 rebounding edge and a pretty good shooting outing (47.5 percent) themselves. The Knights have given up 86 points in each of their three losses during this current 1-3 run. Wyoming should have plenty of scoring chances; whether or not they can take advantage is another story.

Andrew Jett's Pick: Wyoming Cowboys -15