VMI vs Chattanooga Prediction 1/12/25 College Basketball Picks

The VMI Keydets and the Chattanooga Mocs meet Sunday in college basketball action from the McKenzie Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a VMI vs. Chattanooga prediction.

VMI Recap

The VMI Keydets come into this game looking to bounce back from an 81-68 loss to Samford last time out to fall to 6-10 on the year. After this game, VMI will head home for a game against Western Carolina.

Keydets Lose 4th Straight 

Augustinas Kiudulas leads the Keydets in scoring and rebounding with 15.3 PPG and 6.4 RPG while TJ Johnson has 13.3 PPG with 4.3 RPG and Rickey Bradley Jr. has 15 PPG with 4.6 RPG and 3.4 APG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for VMI so far this season. Linus Holmstrom posted 8.5 PPG while Tan Yildizoglu has 7.4 PPG with 3.1 RPG and a team-high 4.6 APG to lead the Keydets in the assist department up to this point in the season. As a team, VMI is averaging 77.7 PPG on 44.1% shooting from the field, 34.7% from behind the three-point line, and 74.1% from the foul line so far this season.

Why the VMI Keydets will win

• Chattanooga has lost five of its last six day games against the Southern Conference.

Chattanooga Recap

The Chattanooga Mocs come into this game looking to bounce back from a 78-75 loss to UNC-Greensboro last time out to fall to 9-7 on the year. After this game, Chattanooga will welcome Wofford to town.

Mocs Looking To Get Back On Track

Bash Wieland has 13.5 PPG with 4 RPG while Trey Bonham has 13.2 PPG with 4.2 RPG so far this season. Honor Huff has 11.7 PPG with a team-high 2.9 APG to lead Chattanooga in the assist department and to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Chattanooga up to this point in the year. Sean Cusano also has 6.6 PPG with 5.3 RPG to lead the Mocs on the glass up to this point in the year. As a team, Chattanooga is averaging 76.6 PPG on 46.3% shooting from the field, 32.8% from three, and 76.5% from the foul line this season.

Why the Chattanooga Mocs will win

• VMI has lost each of its last 16 games against the Southern Conference.
• Chattanooga has won each of its last five games against VMI.

Total Points Facts

• Seven of the last eight games between VMI and Chattanooga have produced a total of 152+ points.
• Each of VMI’s last four games at McKenzie Arena has produced a total of 153+ points.

VMI vs. Chattanooga Prediction

I’m with Chattanooga here. VMI for my money is still one of the worst teams in the SoCon and we’ve seen the Mocs be inconsistent, but we’ve also seen them do a good job of beating up on the bad teams in the conference like the Citadel. They have some work to do to get back, but I still think the Mocs are one of the better teams in the SoCon, and this could be a good starting point for this team to get back on track and back to where they need to be in the conference. I’ll side with Chattanooga laying the big number here.