Hawaii vs. UC Riverside Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Jan. 1

The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (10-2, 2-0 Big West) visit the UC Riverside Highlanders (6-8, 1-1 Big West) at SRC Arena, beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, January 1, 2026. The Highlanders are 7.5-point underdogs in the game. The point total in the matchup is 150.5.

In its last outing on Sunday, Hawaii earned a 66-61 win against UTEP. Harry Rouhliadeff scored a team-high 22 points for Hawaii in the win. UC Riverside heads into this contest after a 97-65 loss to UCLA on Tuesday. UC Riverside got a team-best 20 points from Osiris Grady in the loss.

Hawaii vs. UC Riverside Odds and Game Time

• When: Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 8 p.m. ET
• Where: SRC Arena in Riverside, California
• Spread favorite: Hawaii -7.5
• Moneyline favorite: Hawaii -373
• Moneyline underdog: UC Riverside +295
• Over/Under: 150.5 points

How to watch Hawaii vs. UC Riverside

• TV Channel: Spectrum Sports
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Betting the Over/Under: Hawaii vs. UC Riverside

• Hawaii and its opponents have combined to hit the over on Thursday's over/under of 150.5 points just twice this season.
• In UC Riverside's 12 games this season, six finished with more combined points than Thursday's total of 150.5.
• The total for the matchup of 150.5 is 4.1 points fewer than the combined points per game averages for the Rainbow Warriors (80.4 points per game) and the Highlanders (74.2 points per game).
• The 141.3 points per game these two teams allow to opponents on average this season are 9.2 fewer than the 150.5 total in this contest.
• This season the average over/under for Hawaii's games is 143.5 points, 7.0 fewer than the over/under of 150.5 set for this contest.
• UC Riverside's games have an average over/under of 152.4 points this season, 1.9 more points than the over/under for this game.

Betting the Spread: Hawaii vs. UC Riverside

• Hawaii has four wins against the spread in 10 games this year.
• The Rainbow Warriors have been favored by 7.5 points or more eight times this season and are 3-5 ATS in those matchups.
• UC Riverside has seven wins against the spread in 12 games this year.
• This season, the Highlanders have an against-the-spread record of 4-3 in their seven games as an underdog of 7.5 points or more.

Betting the Moneyline: Hawaii vs. UC Riverside

• Hawaii has won seven of the eight games it has played as the moneyline favorite this season.
• The Rainbow Warriors are undefeated in seven games this season when favored by -373 or more on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 78.9% chance of a victory for Hawaii.
• UC Riverside has been chosen as moneyline underdogs in nine games this year and has walked away with the win three times (33.3%) in those games.
• This season, the Highlanders have been a moneyline underdog of -373 or more five times, losing every contest.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that UC Riverside has a 25.3% chance of pulling out a win.