The Vermont Catamounts and the Bradley Braves meet in college basketball action from the Carver Arena on Saturday night. Let’s take a look at our Vermont vs Bradley Prediction.

Vermont Improves to 5-1

The Vermont Catamounts come into this one looking to build on their 5-1 start to the year after a 106-57 win over subdivision Northern Vermont-Johnson last time out. Matt Veretto leads the Catamounts in scoring with 13.3 PPG while Shamir Bogues also has 13.3 PPG with 5 RPG and a team-high 2.7 APG to lead the Catamounts in the assist department as well. TJ Long has 13.2 PPG with 2.8 RPG and Aaron Deloney has 10.7 PPG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Vermont so far this season. Sam Alamutu also has a team-high 6 RPG to lead Vermont on the glass this season. As a team, Vermont is averaging 79.5 PPG on 51.8% shooting from the field, 39.2% from three and 67.4% from the foul line this season.

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Bradley Remains Unbeaten

The Bradley Braves come into this one looking to build on their 5-0 start to the year after a 63-59 win over UTEP last time out. Malevy Leons leads the Braves in scoring and rebounding, averaging 15.4 PPG and 7.2 RPG while Connor Hickman has 12.8 PPG with 3 RPG and a team-high 3.2 APG to lead the Braves in assists. Darius Hannah also has 11.2 PPG with 7 RPG and Christian Davis has 10.8 PPG with 6 RPG to cap off the scoring in double figures for Bradley so far this season. Duke Deen also has 9.4 PPG with 3.2 APG of his own as well this season. As a team, Bradley is averaging 74.8 PPG on 46.5% shooting from the field, 35.5% from three and 67% from the foul line this season.

Chris’ Pick

I’m backing Bradley here. The Braves have consistently been one of the best ATS teams on their home floor going back a couple of years now, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon. The Catamounts are a tough team and are one of the best mid-majors in the country, but the Catamounts were exposed against Liberty and Vermont’s heavily reliant on the 3 and they’re going up against the best 3-point defense in the country in Bradley. I’ll back the Braves to get the win and cover here.