Cornell vs. Princeton Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Jan. 30

The Cornell Big Red (9-9, 2-3 Ivy League) are 5.5-point favorites over the Princeton Tigers (7-13, 3-2 Ivy League) on January 30, 2026 at Newman Arena. It's a matchup pitting one of the highest-scoring teams in the nation (Big Red, fifth in points scored per game) versus one of the poorest defensively (Tigers, 125th in points allowed). The matchup's point total is 162.5.

Cornell heads into this matchup on the heels of an 86-79 win against Harvard on Saturday. In the win, Adam Tsang Hinton led Cornell with 27 points. In its last outing on Saturday, Princeton earned a 63-53 win against Brown. Dalen Davis scored a team-high 22 points for Princeton in the win.

Cornell vs. Princeton Odds and Game Time

• When: Friday, January 30, 2026 at 6 p.m. ET
• Where: Newman Arena in Ithaca, New York
• Spread favorite: Cornell -5.5
• Moneyline favorite: Cornell -251
• Moneyline underdog: Princeton +205
• Over/Under: 162.5 points

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Betting the Over/Under: Cornell vs. Princeton

• This season, 12 of Cornell's 16 games have gone over Friday's total of 162.5 points.
• This season, just two Princeton games have ended with more combined points than Friday's point total of 162.5.
• Together, the two teams combine for 161.8 points per game, 0.7 fewer points than the over/under of 162.5 for this matchup.
• The 158.5 points per game these two teams surrender to opponents on average this season are 4.0 fewer than the 162.5 total in this contest.
• Cornell has a 179.1 average over/under in its games this season, 16.6 more points than the over/under in this matchup.
• A difference of 21.3 points separates this game's over/under (162.5 points) and the average over/under in Princeton's games (141.2) this season.

Betting the Spread: Cornell vs. Princeton

• Cornell is 6-10-0 against the spread this year.
• The Big Red have been favored by 5.5 points or more five times this season and have covered the spread in two of them.
• Princeton has 11 wins against the spread in 19 games this year.
• The Tigers have an against the spread record of 6-2 in their eight games when underdogs by 5.5 points or more this season.
• Cornell has not covered the spread at home, and is 2-2 overall there, this season.
• At home, Cornell is winless ATS (0-3) as a 5.5-point favorite or greater.
• Princeton is 3-5 against the spread, and 0-8 overall, away from home.

Betting the Moneyline: Cornell vs. Princeton

• This season, Cornell has been moneyline favorites eight times and won six of those games.
• The Big Red have a record of 4-1 when favored by -251 or more by oddsmakers this season.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 71.5% chance of a victory for Cornell.
• Princeton has been a moneyline underdog in 14 games this season and has come away with the win two times (14.3%) in those contests.
• This season, the Tigers have been victorious one time in seven chances when named as an underdog of at least +205 or longer on the moneyline.
• Princeton has an implied victory probability of 32.8% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.