Sacred Heart vs. Rider prediction: Why Sacred Heart is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/19/2026]

Rider will face the favored Sacred Heart in men's college basketball action at Alumni Gymnasium on Monday, commencing at 2:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Sacred Heart as the most likely winner of the Sacred Heart vs. Rider game.

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

Sacred Heart vs. Rider prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the result of Monday's NCAA basketball game between Sacred Heart and Rider 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Sacred Heart a 65% chance of defeating Rider. Our predicted final score has Sacred Heart winning 74-70.

According to our model, Rider (+4.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 144.5 points has a 52% chance of going over.

Sacred Heart vs. Rider 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.

Sacred Heart vs. Rider 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: