East Tennessee State vs Chattanooga Prediction 2/15/25 College Basketball Picks

The East Tennessee State Buccaneers and the Chattanooga Mocs meet Saturday in college basketball action from McKenzie Arena. Here’s an East Tennessee State vs Chattanooga prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best East Tennessee State vs Chattanooga pick. We will examine: 

The East Tennessee State Buccaneers’ recent form and player performance

The Chattanooga Mocs’ recent form and player performance 

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the East Tennessee State Buccaneers

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Chattanooga Mocs

Recent betting trends in games played between East Tennessee State and Chattanooga

A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the East Tennessee State vs Chattanooga game

East Tennessee State Buccaneers Betting Preview

It’s been a choppy year for the Buccaneers so far, but they’ve managed to stay above the .500 mark overall. East Tennessee State opened on a 6-2 run, taking wins over Newberry, Tusculum, USC Upstate, Queens U, Charlotte, and Austin Peay. A 1-4 run came next with losses to James Madison, Wichita State, Jacksonville, and Kansas City (and a win over Elon). The Bucs beat VMI, Mercer, the Citadel, Samford, and Western Carolina in the next seven outings and since then it’s been a 3-3 stretch. Those wins have come over Furman, VMI, and Samford. Otherwise, it’s been losses to Chattanooga, UNC Greensboro, and Western Carolina. That gives East Tennessee State a 15-11 overall record through their first 26 games of the season. 

In the Wednesday matchup with Western Carolina, East Tennessee State kicked off with a 38-31 edge in the first half. The Buccaneers fell behind on a 45-29 run the rest of the way in an eventual win 76-67. Quimari Peterson had 21 points with three rebounds and three assists with three steals in the loss. John Buggs added 13 points with two rebounds in 37 minutes, and Gabe Sisk came off the bench to provide his 12 points with five rebounds in 15 minutes. 

Chattanooga Mocs Betting Preview

Over on the Mocs’ side, they had a middling run going into early January but have played a lot better since then. Chattanooga lost their first three outings of the year, then hit a nice 8-1 stretch with a lone loss to Lipscomb. The wins otherwise were over Morehead State, Southeast Missouri State, Johnson University TN, Tennessee State, Bryant, Evansville, Alabama A&M, and Tennessee Wesleyan. A 1-3 run came afterward with losses to Indiana, Mercer, and UNC Greensboro. Since then the Mocs have only lost one game to Samford on January 23. Otherwise, it’s been wins over VMI, Wofford, Furman, East Tennessee State, Western Carolina, Mercer, Wofford, Furman, and Samford in succession. In total Chattanooga has carved out an 18-8 overall run through their first 26 outings of the year. 

Matched up against Samford on Wednesday, the Mocs jumped out to a 10-point lead by the break. Chattanooga kept it rolling on a 46-42 second half and took the eventual win 82-68 in the end. Trey Bonham led the team with 18 points with four rebounds, three assists, and three steals. Honor Huff added 17 points with three assists, one rebound, and one steal. Frank Champion chipped in with 14 points, nine rebounds, eight assists and three blocks. 

Why the Chattanooga Mocs will win

• Chattanooga has won each of its last six games against the Southern Conference.
• East Tennessee State has lost each of its last three night games at McKenzie Arena against non-AP-ranked opponents.
• Chattanooga has won the first half in each of its last six night games against East Tennessee State.

Why the East Tennessee State Buccaneers will win

• The road team has won six of Chattanooga’s last eight games.
• Chattanooga has lost the first half in three of its last four home games against the Southern Conference.

East Tennessee State vs Chattanooga Prediction 

I’ll stick with Chattanooga. The Mocs took out a pretty decent Samford team in a road matchup during their last outing, playing quite well overall. Chattanooga ended up shooting a nice 54.7 percent from the field with 13 points off 15 Bulldogs turnovers. The Mocs did get out-rebounded 37-30 and had 14 turnovers of their own for 18 Samford points in a fairly sloppy game, but it was a nice win all the same. Chattanooga won 71-63 on the road the last time these teams met up back on January 25, so the Mocs should be set up well in the home rematch.