Murray State vs. Evansville prediction: Why Murray State is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/7/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Wednesday at 8:00 PM ET as the favored Murray State locks horns with Evansville in men's college basketball action at Ford Center.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model projects Murray State as the most likely winner of the Murray State vs. Evansville game.

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

Murray State vs. Evansville prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Wednesday's NCAA basketball game between Murray State and Evansville 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model currently gives Murray State an 80% chance of beating Evansville. Our predicted final score has Murray State winning 79-70.

According to our model, Murray State (-8.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 152.5 points has a 52% chance of staying under.

Murray State vs. Evansville 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.

Murray State vs. Evansville 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: