Iowa vs. UMass-Lowell Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Dec. 29

The No. 25 Iowa Hawkeyes (10-2) host the UMass-Lowell River Hawks (5-9) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, beginning at 5 p.m. ET on Monday, December 29, 2025. The Hawkeyes are 31.5-point favorites in the game. The matchup has an over/under set at 143.5 points.

Iowa enters this matchup following a 94-39 win over Bucknell on Saturday. In Iowa's win, Alvaro Folgueiras led the way with a team-high 17 points (adding three rebounds and two assists). UMass-Lowell's last contest on Sunday ended in an 88-76 loss to Boston University. UMass-Lowell got a team-leading 20 points from Angel Montas in the loss.

Iowa vs. UMass-Lowell Odds and Game Time

• When: Monday, December 29, 2025 at 5 p.m. ET
• Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa
• Spread favorite: Iowa -31.5
• Over/Under: 143.5 points

How to watch Iowa vs. UMass-Lowell

• TV Channel: Big Ten Network
• Live Stream: Fubo
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Betting the Over/Under: Iowa vs. UMass-Lowell

• This season, Iowa's games have hit the over on this game's 143.5-point over/under four times.
• This season, seven games UMass-Lowell has played finished with a combined score higher than 143.5 points.
• The Hawkeyes average 80.5 points per game against the River Hawks' 78.0, totaling 15.0 points over the matchup's over/under of 143.5.
• This game's point total is 3.8 fewer points than the 139.7 these two teams combine to give up per game in 2024.
• This season the average over/under for Iowa's games is 140.4 points, 3.1 fewer than the over/under of 143.5 set for this contest.
• The over/under for this matchup is 14.3 points lower than the average over/under in UMass-Lowell's games this season of 157.8.

Betting the Spread: Iowa vs. UMass-Lowell

• Against the spread, Iowa is 10-2-0 this season.
• The Hawkeyes have been favored by 31.5 points or more once this season and covered the spread.
• In UMass-Lowell's 11 games this season, it has five wins against the spread.
• This season, the River Hawks are winless ATS when entering a game as an underdog of 31.5 points or more.
• At home this season, Iowa is 6-1 against the spread and 7-0 overall.
• At home, as a 31.5-point favorite or greater, Iowa is unbeaten ATS (1-0).
• UMass-Lowell is 1-8 overall, and 4-5 against the spread, away from home.