Montana vs Northern Colorado Prediction 2/6/25 College Basketball Picks

The Montana Grizzlies and the Northern Colorado Bears meet Thursday in college basketball action from the Bank of Colorado Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Montana vs. Northern Colorado prediction.

Montana Recap

The Montana Grizzlies come into this game looking to build on their 87-59 win over Sacramento State last time out to improve to 15-8 on the year. After this game, Montana will head on the road to take on Northern Arizona.

Grizzlies Win 4th In A Row

Malik Moore leads the Grizzlies in scoring with 13.4 PPG along with 3.2 RPG and 2.8 APG while Money Williams has 12.5 PPG with 3.1 RPG and a team-high 3.4 APG to lead the Grizzlies in the assist department so far this season. Joe Pridgen has 12.1 PPG with 7.4 RPG to lead Montana in rebounding while Kai Johnson has 10.7 PPG with 3 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Montana so far this season. Brandon Whitney also added 8.3 PPG with 2.8 APG while Te’Jon Sawyer has 8.1 PPG with 3.7 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Montana is averaging 76 PPG on 48.6% shooting from the field, 34.3% from three, and 72.4% from the foul line this season.

Why the Montana Grizzlies will win

• Montana has won each of its last four games.

Northern Colorado Recap

The Northern Colorado Bears come into this game looking to add on to an 86-72 win over Idaho State last time out to improve to 17-6 on the year. After this game, Northern Colorado will welcome Montana State to town.

Bears Win Three Straight & 9 Of Last 10

Isaiah Hawthorne leads the Bears in scoring with 17.6 PPG along with 5.6 RPG while Langston Reynolds has 17.5 PPG with a team-high 6.1 RPG to lead the Bears in rebounding so far this season in addition to 3.5 APG. Brock Wisne has 10.9 PPG with 4 RPG and Jaron Rillie has 10.4 PPG with 5.3 RPG and a team-high 5 APG to lead Northern Colorado in assists and to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Northern Colorado so far this season. Marcell McCreary has 7.7 PPG with 3.8 RPG while Zach Bloch’s also chipped in 7.1 PPG as well on the year. As a team, Northern Colorado is averaging 81.8 PPG on 51.2% shooting from the field, 35.8% from three, and 72.3% from the foul line this season.

Why the Northern Colorado Bears will win

• Northern Colorado has won each of its last eight games at Bank of Colorado Arena following a road win.
• Montana has lost each of its last six road games following a home win.

Total Points Facts

• Six of Montana’s last seven games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 147 or fewer points.
• Nine of Northern Colorado’s last 11 night games against the Big Sky Conference have produced a total of 153+ points.

Montana vs. Northern Colorado Prediction

I’m with Northern Colorado here. Both of these teams come into this game in some pretty solid form, but it’s Northern Colorado who is at home in this game and the problem I have with Montana is that all of their hot streak came at home as well, while the road hasn’t been as kind to the Grizzlies this season. Northern Colorado’s been rock solid at home and I think they defend home court here against a Montana team that’s playing their first true road game in three weeks. Give me Northern Colorado.