Cleveland State vs. Detroit Mercy prediction: Detroit Mercy favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/11/2026]

Detroit Mercy and Cleveland State will meet in men's college basketball action at Calihan Hall on Sunday, with tipoff at 1:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model projects Detroit Mercy as the most likely winner of the Cleveland State vs. Detroit Mercy game.

This article offers an expanded analysis of Sunday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Cleveland State vs. Detroit Mercy prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the result of Sunday's NCAA basketball matchup between Cleveland State and Detroit Mercy 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model gives Detroit Mercy a 75% chance of defeating Cleveland State. Our predicted final score has Detroit Mercy winning 82-75.

According to our model, Detroit Mercy (-6.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the 161.5-point over/under has a 54% chance of staying under.

Cleveland State vs. Detroit Mercy odds

We have researched the best men's college basketball odds in America for this game, which are listed here:

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

Cleveland State vs. Detroit Mercy picks and best bet

After matching our predictions against the best current odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below: