Belmont vs Murray State Prediction 1/25/25 College Basketball Picks

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

Belmont Recap

The Belmont Bruins come into this game looking to bounce back from an 89-77 loss to Bradley in their last matchup to fall to 14-6 on the year. After this game, Belmont will head on the road again to take on Illinois State.

Bruins Looking To Respond

Jonathan Pierre leads the Bruins in scoring and rebounding with 13.7 PPG and 6.7 RPG with 3.8 APG while Isaiah Walker has 11.4 PPG with 5.4 RPG and 2.4 APG. Tyler Lundblade has 11.2 PPG and Carter Whitt has 13.5 PPG with 4.7 RPG and a team-high 5.1 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 8.4 PPG Sam Orme has 8.4 PPG with 4.3 RPG and Brigham Rogers has 7.3 PPG with 4.6 RPG this season. As a team, Belmont is averaging 81.2 PPG on 46.8% shooting from the field, 36.9% from three, and 73.2% from the foul line so far this season.

Why the Belmont Bruins will win

• Belmont has won each of its last seven Saturday games.

Murray State Recap

The Murray State Racers come into this game looking to add to a 74-64 win over Southern Illinois last time out to improve to 11-9 on the year. After this game, Murray State will head on the road to face off against the Evansville Aces.

Racers Looking To Build Momentum

JaCobi Wood leads the Racers in scoring and assists with 12.6 PPG and 5.2 APG along with 3.8 RPG while Kylen Milton has 12 PPG with 4.4 RPG. AJ Ferguson added 12 PPG with a team-high 5.4 RPG to lead the Racers on the glass while Terence Harcum chipped in 11.7 PPG to cap off the scoring in double figures for Murray State up to this point in the year. KyeRon Lindsay also has 7.4 PPG with 4.5 RPG of his own as well this season. As a team, Murray State is averaging 74.5 PPG on 45.4% shooting from the field, 36% from three, and 70.6% from the foul line so far this season.

Why the Murray State Racers will win

• Murray State has won four of its last five day games at CFSB Center.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Murray State’s last nine day games against non-AP-ranked opponents at CFSB Center have produced a total of 148 or fewer points.
• Each of Belmont’s last six Saturday games against the Missouri Valley Conference have produced a total of 163+ points.

Belmont vs. Murray State Prediction

I’m on Belmont here. I just think that the Bruins catching points are a decent spot to be in as this team has a fair amount of offense that they can use efficiently and are more often than not putting up points in bunches, it’s just the defense I worry about with the Bruins at times. Murray State is a team I don’t trust to score nearly enough to keep themselves in a track meet situation, so I’ll roll with Belmont in this one as simply the better team here.