UC Riverside vs. Long Beach State prediction: Long Beach State favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/15/2026]

Long Beach State will square off with UC Riverside in men's college basketball action at Walter Pyramid on Thursday, starting at 10:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Long Beach State as the most likely winner of the UC Riverside vs. Long Beach State game.

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

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

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

Our independent predictive model currently gives Long Beach State a 66% chance of defeating UC Riverside. Our predicted final score has Long Beach State winning 72-68.

According to our model, UC Riverside (+4.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the 141.5-point over/under has a 53% chance of staying under.

UC Riverside 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.

UC Riverside vs. Long Beach State 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: