Belmont (18-10) vs Indiana State (13-15)
Game Info: Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 6:00 pm (Curb Event Center Arena)
The Line: Betting Odds: Belmont -5.5 — Over/Under: 170.5
The Indiana State Sycamores and the Belmont Bruins meet Wednesday 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 an Indiana State vs. Belmont prediction.
Matchup History
The Belmont Bruins won the first meeting between these two teams this season by a final score of 84-79 back on January 11th, 2025. The win for Belmont snapped a three-game win streak by Indiana State in this head-to-head matchup.
Indiana State Recap
The Indiana State Sycamores come into this game looking to bounce back from a 79-74 loss to Evansville last time out to fall to 13-15 on the year. After this game, Indiana State will head on the road for a game against Murray State.
Sycamores Losing Steam Down The Stretch
Samage Teel leads the Sycamores in scoring and assists with 17.7 PPG and 4.9 APG along with 4.1 RPG while Jaden Daughtry has 13 PPG with 4.4 RPG as well on the year as the only other double-digit scorer for Indiana State so far this season. K’mani Doughty has 8.1 PPG with 3.3 RPG and Camp Wagner has 9.3 PPG with 2.8 RPG as well this season. Aaron Gray has 9.5 PPG with 5.6 RPG and Markus Harding’s also added 6.5 PPG with 4.2 RPG as well this year. As a team, Indiana State is averaging 79.8 PPG on 46.4% shooting from the field, 34.5% from three and 75.6% from the foul line this season.
Why the Indiana State Sycamores will win
- Indiana State has won six of its last seven road day games against the Missouri Valley Conference.
- Belmont has lost three of its last four home games.
Belmont Recap
The Belmont Bruins come into this game looking to bounce back from an 82-75 loss at the hands of Northern Iowa in their last game to sit at 18-10 on the year. After this game, Belmont will head on the road for a game against Missouri State.
Bruins Looking For Some Consistent Play After Alternating Wins & Losses In 4 Straight
Jonathan Pierre leads the Bruins in scoring and rebounding with 14.1 PPG and 6 RPG with 3.7 APG while Isaiah Walker has 11.2 PPG with 5.7 RPG and 2.2 APG. Tyler Lundblade has 12.1 PPG and Carter Whitt has 13 PPG with 4.5 RPG and a team-high 5.8 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 8.4 PPG and Sam Orme has 9.5 PPG with 4.4 RPG and Brigham Rogers has 6.9 PPG with 4.3 RPG this season. As a team, Belmont is averaging 81.1 PPG on 47.1% shooting from the field, 39.2% from three and 71.2% from the foul line so far this season.
Why the Belmont Bruins will win
- Belmont has won each of its last 10 Saturday day games at Curb Event Center.
- Indiana State has lost five of its last six road games.
Total Points Facts
- Eighty-three of Indiana State’s last 85 day games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 166 or fewer points.
- Eighteen of Belmont’s last 20 day games against non-AP-ranked opponents at Curb Event Center have produced a total of 169 or fewer points.
Indiana State vs. Belmont Prediction
I’m on Belmont here. The problem with Belmont as of late has been consistently, but Indiana State’s problem is that they’ve consistently found ways to lose basketball games as of late. It’s obvious that there was going to be a drop off after so many Sycamores went with Josh Schertz to Saint Louis in the offseason, but this is just a bad team. Belmont has some semblance of a solid offense, it’s their defense that’s problematic, but the Sycamores don’t look like enough of a threat to take advantage of that lacklustre defense. Give me Belmont in this one.