Montana State vs. Eastern Washington prediction: Why Montana State is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/8/2026]

Eastern Washington and Montana State will meet in men's college basketball action at Reese Court on Thursday, with tipoff at 9:00 PM ET.

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

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

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

Using powerful machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Thursday's NCAA basketball matchup between Montana State and Eastern Washington 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model currently gives Montana State a 58% chance of defeating Eastern Washington. Our predicted final score has Montana State winning 78-76.

According to our model, Eastern Washington (+2.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the 156.5-point over/under has a 52% chance of staying under.

Montana State vs. Eastern Washington 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.

Montana State vs. Eastern Washington picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities 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: