Pepperdine vs. Long Beach State prediction: Long Beach State favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/18/2025]

Long Beach State will face Pepperdine in men's college basketball action at Walter Pyramid on Thursday, starting at 10:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model projects Long Beach State as the most likely winner of the Pepperdine vs. Long Beach State game.

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

Pepperdine vs. Long Beach State prediction: Who will win and cover?

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

Our famous predictive model gives Long Beach State a 63% chance of defeating Pepperdine. Our predicted final score has Long Beach State winning 71-68.

According to our model, Pepperdine (+4.5) has a 58% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 141.5 points has a 52% chance of staying under.

Pepperdine vs. Long Beach 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.

Pepperdine vs. Long Beach State 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: