UMBC vs Bryant Prediction 1/30/25 College Basketball Picks Today

The Bryant Bulldogs and the UMBC Retrievers meet Thursday in college basketball action from Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena. Here’s a UMBC vs Bryant prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best UMBC vs Bryant pick.

Bryant Bulldogs Betting Preview

The Bulldogs weren’t looking so good as the 2024 calendar year came to a close. That said, Bryant has resuscitated their season in 2025 so far, as they’re riding a nice win streak right now. Following a 3-1 opening that included wins over Dean College, Buffalo, and Delaware (and a lone loss to Siena in OT), the Bulldogs hit a rough 3-8 stretch over their next 11 outings. Bryant won versus only Tennessee State, Drexel, and Vermont State Johnson in that time. Otherwise, it was losses to Stonehill, St. Bonaventure, Chattanooga, Brown, St. John’s, Fordham, Towson, and Grand Canyon. Since then, however, the Bulldogs are a nice 6-0 in their last half-dozen outings. Those victories have come in succession over Maine, Vermont, Albany, UMass Lowell, New Hampshire, and Binghamton, resulting in a 12-9 overall run so far.

In the Binghamton matchup back on Saturday, the Bulldogs were up by a modest three points by halftime. Bryant hit a 47-36 run the rest of the way, however, ultimately bagging an 83-69 victory in the end. Leading the team in scoring was Rafael Pinzon with 30 points, four rebounds, and one assist. Connor Withers added 16 points with five rebounds, and Earl Timberlake doubled up on 10 points with 12 rebounds, six assists, and three blocks in 37 minutes.

UMBC Retrievers Betting Preview

Over on the UMBC side, they’ve had a couple of good runs so far this year. The Retrievers have also had some rough stretches, however, resulting in the team barely keeping their heads above the .500 mark in the record column. UMBC kicked things off with a 3-4 run, beating Penn State York, Valley Forge, and Coppin State among losses to Penn State, Saint Peter’s, Hampton and Boston U. A 4-1 run came next with a lone loss to Georgetown amid wins over Howard, Morgan State, Towson, and Cairn University. Since then it’s been a 4-5 stretch over the last nine outings. UMBC has wins over American U, NJIT, Albany, and Vermont in that time alongside losses to Binghamton, New Hampshire, Georgia Tech, Marist, and Maine. That gives the Retrievers an 11-10 overall run through the first 21 games of the season so far.

In their Vermont matchup on Saturday, the Retrievers jumped out to a comfortable 44-28 edge by the break. UMBC hit a 36-35 run the rest of the way and rolled to the road win 80-63 in the end. Tops in scoring was Bryce Johnson with 26 points and three assists. Josh Odunowo doubled up with his 19 points, 10 boards, four steals, and three assists, and Marcus Banks chipped in with 14 points, four assists, three rebounds, and two steals.

Why the UMBC Retrievers will win

• The home team has won six of Bryant’s last eight games.
• The home team has won the first half in each of the last three games between Bryant and UMBC.

Why the Bryant Bulldogs will win

• Bryant has won each of its last six games.
• UMBC has lost seven of its last eight home games against the America East Conference.
• Bryant has won the first half in each of its last eight games against the America East Conference.

UMBC vs Bryant Prediction

I’ll stay with the Bulldogs. It’s been a nice six-game run for Bryant, and they’re coming off a solid win over a middling Binghamton team. In that one, the Bulldogs shot 45.5 percent from the field with 34 rebounds and 15 team assists. The real help to their cause however, was 12 Binghamton turnovers for 18 points on the other side. Bryant is scoring very well during this win streak, with 73 or more points in all six games and 81 or more in five of them.

As for UMBC, they bagged a strong win over Vermont in their last outing, shooting a stellar 57.7 percent from the field with just nine turnovers. The Retrievers did get outpaced on the boards 39-26 in that one, though—and an even worse 18-3 on the offensive glass. UMBC hasn’t been playing too badly as of late, so they could put up a decent fight here. Bryant is still probably the better team, though.