Colgate vs. Lafayette Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Dec. 31

The Colgate Raiders (6-7, 0-0 Patriot League) visit the Lafayette Leopards (3-10, 0-0 Patriot League) at Kirby Sports Center, beginning at 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. The Leopards are 5.5-point underdogs in the game. The point total is 147.5 for the matchup.

In its last matchup on Sunday, Colgate suffered a 78-69 loss to Harvard. In Colgate's loss, Jalen Cox led the way with a team-high 19 points (adding five rebounds and eight assists). Lafayette enters this contest after a 95-81 loss to Georgia Tech on Saturday. Mark Butler's team-leading 20 points paced Lafayette in the losing effort.

Colgate vs. Lafayette Odds and Game Time

• When: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 3 p.m. ET
• Where: Kirby Sports Center in Easton, Pennsylvania
• Spread favorite: Colgate -5.5
• Moneyline favorite: Colgate -235
• Moneyline underdog: Lafayette +195
• Over/Under: 147.5 points

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• TV Channel: ESPN+
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Betting the Over/Under: Colgate vs. Lafayette

• This season, six of Colgate's 11 games have gone over Wednesday's total of 147.5 points.
• In Lafayette's 12 games this season, seven finished with more combined points than Wednesday's total of 147.5.
• Together, the two teams combine for 145.7 points per game, 1.8 points fewer than the total of 147.5 for this game.
• The 150.8 points per game these two teams surrender to opponents combined this season are 3.3 more than the 147.5-point total in this contest.
• Colgate has a 149.4 average over/under in its games this season, 1.9 more points than the over/under in this matchup.
• The over/under for this contest is 0.3 points higher than the average over/under in Lafayette's games this season of 147.2.

Betting the Spread: Colgate vs. Lafayette

• Colgate is 7-4-0 against the spread this season.
• The Raiders have yet to cover the spread this season when favored by 5.5 points or more.
• In Lafayette's 12 games this year, it has six wins against the spread.
• So far this season, the Leopards have been installed as underdogs by a 5.5-point margin or more six times and are 4-2 ATS in those contests.
• At home this year, Lafayette has two wins against the spread and is 2-3 overall.
• Colgate is 1-5 overall, and 5-1 against the spread, in away games.

Betting the Moneyline: Colgate vs. Lafayette

• This season, Colgate has been moneyline favorites five times and won three of those games.
• The Raiders have played as a favorite of -235 or more once this season and won that game.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Colgate has a 70.1% chance to win.
• Lafayette has won in one of the nine contests it has been named as the moneyline underdog this year.
• This season, the Leopards have been a moneyline underdog of -235 or more six times, losing every contest.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies Lafayette has a 33.9% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.