Valparaiso vs Belmont Prediction 1/14/25 College Basketball Picks

The Valparaiso Beacons and the Belmont Bruins meet Tuesday in college basketball action from the Curb Event Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Valparaiso vs. Belmont prediction.

Valparaiso Recap

The Valparaiso Beacons come into this game looking to bounce back from a 58-47 loss at the hands of Murray State last time out to fall to 10-7 on the year. After this game, Valparaiso will head home for a game against UIC.

Beacons Looking To Rebound

Cooper Schwieger leads the Beacons in scoring with 14.5 PPG and 6.8 RPG while Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro has 12.4 PPG with 2.3 APG. Tyler Schmidt has 12.5 PPG and 3.5 RPG and All Wright has 10.8 PPG and 2.7 APG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Valparaiso so far this season. Darius DeAveiro has a team-high 2.8 APG to lead the Beacons in assists while Devon Ellis has 7.4 PPG with 3.4 RPG and Kaspar Sapp has a team-high 7 RPG as well this season. As a team, Valparaiso is averaging 78.7 PPG on 43.7% shooting from the field, 33.7% from three, and 79.4% from the foul line this season.

Why the Valparaiso Beacons will win

• Valparaiso has won three of its last four games.

Belmont Recap

The Belmont Bruins come into this game looking to add on to their 84-79 win over Indiana State last time out to improve to 12-5 on the year. After this game, Belmont will head on the road for a game against the Evansville Aces.

Bruins Win Three Straight

Jonathan Pierre leads the Bruins in scoring and rebounding with 14 PPG and 7.1 RPG with 3.5 APG while Isaiah Walker has 11.5 PPG with 5.2 RPG and 2.6 APG. Tyler Lundblade has 11.1 PPG and Carter Whitt has 13.3 PPG with 4.8 RPG and a team-high 4.9 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 9.2 PPG this season. As a team, Belmont is averaging 81.8 PPG on 47.8% shooting from the field, 38.2% from three, and 71.9% from the foul line so far this season.

Why the Belmont Bruins will win

• Belmont has won each of its last 12 Tuesday night games at Curb Event Center.
• Valparaiso has lost 15 of its last 17 night games against the Missouri Valley Conference.

Total Points Facts

• Twelve of Valparaiso’s last 13 games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 156 or fewer points.
• Each of Belmont’s last five home games has produced a total of 161+ points.

Valparaiso vs. Belmont Prediction

I’m on Belmont here. Valparaiso was a cash cow early on in conference play, covering numbers like no one’s business, but then they got stifled by Murray State last time out and in the blink of an eye, the Beacons for me are hard to trust once again. Belmont has the offense to blow teams out of the water as we’ve seen the Bruins hang 85-90 on the regular on any given night and I just don’t believe that Valpo has the horses to hang with that kind of production for a full 40 minutes. In the end, I just think that Belmont’s the better team and this is a reasonable line for me with the Bruins at home so give me Belmont laying the points in this one.

Chris Ruffolo's Pick: Belmont -7