Saint Mary's vs. Pepperdine prediction: Why Saint Mary's is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/30/2025]

Men's college basketball action continues on Tuesday at 9:00 PM ET as the favored Saint Mary's squares off with Pepperdine in men's college basketball action at Firestone Fieldhouse.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Saint Mary's as the most likely winner of the Saint Mary's vs. Pepperdine game.

This article offers further insights into Tuesday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Saint Mary's vs. Pepperdine prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Tuesday's NCAA basketball game between Saint Mary's and Pepperdine 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives Saint Mary's a 95% chance of beating Pepperdine. Our predicted final score has Saint Mary's winning 81-62.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and Saint Mary's and Pepperdine each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 142.5 points has a 53% chance of going over.

Saint Mary's vs. Pepperdine 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.

Saint Mary's vs. Pepperdine 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: