Belmont vs Evansville Prediction 1/18/25 College Basketball Picks

The Belmont Bruins and the Evansville Purple Aces meet Saturday in college basketball action from the Ford Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Belmont vs. Evansville prediction.

Belmont Recap

The Belmont Bruins come into this game looking to add on to their 71-64 win over Valparaiso last time out to improve their record to 13-5 on the year. After this game, Belmont will head home for a game against the Bradley Braves.

Bruins Win 4th In A Row

Jonathan Pierre leads the Bruins in scoring and rebounding with 13.7 PPG and 6.9 RPG with 3.7 APG while Isaiah Walker has 11.6 PPG with 5.4 RPG and 2.5 APG. Tyler Lundblade has 11.4 PPG and Carter Whitt has 13.1 PPG with 4.8 RPG and a team-high 4.8 APG to lead Belmont in assists, while also rounding out the group of double-digit scorers for Belmont so far this season. Brody Peebles also has 8.7 PPG and Sam Orme has 8.6 PPG with 4.5 RPG and Brigham Rogers has 7 PPG with 4.2 RPG this season. As a team, Belmont is averaging 81.2 PPG on 47.2% shooting from the field, 37.1% from three and 71.7% from the foul line so far this season.

Why the Belmont Bruins will win

• Belmont has won each of its last five games against Evansville.
• Evansville has lost 29 of its last 35 day games against the Missouri Valley Conference.

Evansville Recap

The Evansville Purple Aces come into this game looking to bounce back from a 73-56 loss to Northern Iowa last time out to fall to 6-12 on the year. After this game, the Purple Aces will welcome UIC to town.

Aces Looking To Get Back On Track

Gabriel Pozzato leads the Aces in scoring with 15.4 PPG along with 3.8 RPG while Cam Haffner has 12.6 PPG. Tayshawn Comer has 13.6 PPG with 3.4 APG, leading the Aces in assists while also capping off the trio of double-digit scorers for Evansville up to this point in the year. Tanner Cuff has 8.8 PPG with Cuff logging a team-high 6.3 RPG and 2.9 APG to lead the Aces in rebounding. Joshua Hughes also has 6.9 PPG and 5.2 RPG on the year. As a team, Evansville is averaging 63.3 PPG on 41.6% shooting from the field, 28.6% from three and 67% from the foul line this season.

Why the Evansville Purple Aces will win

• The home team has won five of Belmont’s last six games.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Evansville’s last 12 games have produced a total of 144 or fewer points.
• Fifteen of Belmont’s last 18 games have produced a total of 146+ points.

Belmont vs. Evansville Prediction

I’m on Belmont here. I’m just trusting my eyes here which tells me that Evansville is back to being one of the lower-end teams in the MVC. The Aces had a solid year last year, but all of the pieces that made up last year’s much improved team left and this year’s team hasn’t been able to pick up the pieces really. I think that Belmont runs away with this one and bags themselves the win and cover on the road in this game and wins by double-digits. Give me the Bruins laying the points.