Bellarmine vs Austin Peay Prediction 1/30/25 College Basketball Picks

In this article, we will formulate a Bellarmine vs Austin Peay Prediction for this college basketball game on Thursday,  January 30th, at the F&M Bank Arena. To formulate this prediction, we will examine:

-The Knights’ recent form and recent player performance 

-The Governors’ recent form and recent player performance

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Bellarmine

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Austin Peay

-Recent betting trends in games played between Bellarmine and Austin Peay

-A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for Today’s Game between the Knights and Governors.

Bellarmine Keeps Losing

Bellarmine keeps losing and they can’t have a whole lot of confidence right now. Coming into this game they have lost 11 points in a row and a lot of the games haven’t been even close. In teh last game against Stetson the offense scored 76 points but the defense gave up 81 points and that led to the defeat. Jack Karansinski had a strong game, putting up 21 points and two rebounds. In this game, if they want to find success the defense is going to need to step up here.

Bellarmine comes into this game with a 3-18 record overall and they have gone 5-15 against the spread. Bellarmine is averaging 70.4 points while their defense is giving up 80.4 points per game. The offense is ranked 277th in the league while the defense is ranked 343rd in all of college basketball. If they want to find success in this game the defense is going to need to be better here. Guard Billy Smith has been the top player averaging 14.8 points while shooting 51.5 percent from the field. Bellarmine will face Lipscomb following this one.

Can Austin Peay Bounce Back?

Austin Peay in the last game faced off against North Alabama and they didn’t play well enough. Austin Peay scored 84 points, but the defense gave up 88 points, and that led to the defeat. Isaac Haney had a strong game, putting up 28 points and one assist. Sai Witt also had a strong game putting up 11 points and 11 rebounds. Two games ago against Central Arkansas, they scored 73 points, but the defense gave up 71 points, and it was a close game. 

Austin Peay sits with an 8-13 record overall and they have gone 7-12 against the spread. Austin Peay is averaging 68 points while their defense is giving up 73.5 points per game. The offense is ranked 321st in the league while the defense is ranked 242nd. In this game, if Austin Peay wants to find success they need to find a way to get the offense going early in this one. Guard LJ Thomas is averaging 13.9 points while shooting 13.9 percent from the field while shooting 36.9 percent from the field. 

Why Austin Peay Will Beat Bellarmine

• Bellarmine has lost each of its last 14 road games against non-AP-ranked opponents.
• Austin Peay has won seven of its last eight home night games against the ASUN Conference.
• Austin Peay has won the first half in three of its last four night games at F&M Bank Arena against non-AP-ranked opponents.

 Bellarmine vs Austin Peay Prediction

Bellarmine straight up the road is 0-10 and they aren’t going to find any sort of success here. Bellarmine’s defense is giving up 80 points per game and they are going to really struggle to defend in this game. Austin Peay’s offense is going to run up the score here, and Bellarmine is going to have no answer here. Austin Peay is going to end up cruising here, and they will cover the spread.