Iona vs. Mount St. Mary's prediction: Why Iona is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/29/2025]

Mount St. Mary's and Iona will meet in men's college basketball action at Knott Arena on Monday, with tipoff at 7:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Iona as the most likely winner of the Iona vs. Mount St. Mary's game.

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

Iona vs. Mount St. Mary's prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Monday's NCAA basketball matchup between Iona and Mount St. Mary's 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Iona a 67% chance of defeating Mount St. Mary's. Our predicted final score has Iona winning 79-74.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and Iona and Mount St. Mary's each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the 155.5-point over/under has a 52% chance of staying under.

Iona vs. Mount St. Mary's odds

We have sourced 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.

Iona vs. Mount St. Mary's 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: