Belmont vs. Murray State Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 1/17/23

The Murray State Racers and the Belmont Bruins meet in college basketball action from the Curb Event Center on Tuesday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Belmont is currently listed as a 5-point home favorite in this game, with an attached ML price of -200. The over/under is set at 142.5.

Injuries

Neither team has anyone listed on the injury report, so barring any last minute news, both teams will be at full strength for this game.

Matchup history

Murray State’s won back-to-back meetings with Belmont, sweeping the season series last year with a 76-43 win back on February 24^th, 2022.

Trends

Murray State is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 road games and 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games overall while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 road games. Belmont is 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games overall and 4-10-1 ATS in their last 15 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 6-2 in their last 8 games following an ATS loss.

Pick

I’m backing Belmont here. Murray State took it to Belmont last year, but this is a much different Murray State team than the one that won 31 games last year. The coach left for LSU, there were a lot of players that followed, and the Racers have had to kind of retool on the fly. Belmont doesn’t have the same oomph in their own right, but they’ve been playing the much better basketball as of late and I think they keep the ball rolling and get a win over Murray State and bag a cover here as well.