Jacksonville vs. Lipscomb prediction: Lipscomb favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/1/2026]

Lipscomb and Jacksonville are scheduled to meet in men's college basketball action at Allen Arena on New Year's Day, with tipoff at 2:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Lipscomb as the most likely winner of the Jacksonville vs. Lipscomb game.

This article offers a closer look at Thursday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Jacksonville vs. Lipscomb prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the result of Thursday's NCAA basketball game between Jacksonville and Lipscomb 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model currently gives Lipscomb an 88% chance of beating Jacksonville. Our predicted final score has Lipscomb winning 80-67.

According to our model, Lipscomb (-12.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 145.5 points has a 53% chance of going over.

Jacksonville vs. Lipscomb 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.

Jacksonville vs. Lipscomb picks and best bet

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