Mercer vs. Washington State prediction: Why Washington State is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/20/2025]

Washington State and Mercer are scheduled to meet in men's college basketball action at Beasley Coliseum on Saturday, starting at 5:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Washington State as the most likely winner of the Mercer vs. Washington State game.

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

Mercer vs. Washington State prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball matchup between Mercer and Washington State 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives Washington State a 75% chance of defeating Mercer. Our predicted final score has Washington State winning 80-72.

According to our model, Washington State (-6.5) has a 54% chance of covering the spread, while the 152.5-point over/under has a 53% chance of going over.

Mercer vs. Washington State 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.

Mercer vs. Washington State 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: