North Dakota vs. Oral Roberts Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Jan. 1
01 January 2026
The North Dakota Fightin' Hawks (6-10, 0-0 Summit League) host the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (5-10, 0-0 Summit League) at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center, starting at 2 p.m. ET on Thursday, January 1, 2026. The Fightin' Hawks are 1.5-point favorites in the game. The matchup's point total is set at 149.5.
North Dakota heads into this matchup after an 88-56 win against Dakota State on Sunday. Matthew Bothun's team-high 15 points paced North Dakota in the victory. Oral Roberts' last contest on Monday ended in a 69-57 loss to UT Arlington. Ty Harper scored 18 points in Oral Roberts' loss, leading the team.
North Dakota vs. Oral Roberts Odds and Game Time
- When: Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 2 p.m. ET
- Where: Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota
- Spread favorite: North Dakota -1.5
- Moneyline favorite: North Dakota -138
- Moneyline underdog: Oral Roberts +116
- Over/Under: 149.5 points
How to watch North Dakota vs. Oral Roberts
- TV Channel: Summit League Network
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Betting the Over/Under: North Dakota vs. Oral Roberts
- North Dakota and its opponents have combined to outscore Thursday's total of 149.5 points five times this season.
- There have been six Oral Roberts games that finished with a combined score higher than 149.5 points this season.
- The Fightin' Hawks average 74.6 points per game and the Golden Eagles score 73.7, amounting to 1.2 points under the game's over/under of 149.5.
- These two teams surrender a combined 151.8 points per game, 2.3 more than this contest's over/under.
- On average, North Dakota has had a 149.8-point over/under in its games this season, 0.3 more points than the over/under in this matchup.
- Oral Roberts' games have an average over/under of 150.2 points this season, 0.7 more points than the over/under for this matchup.
Betting the Spread: North Dakota vs. Oral Roberts
- In North Dakota's 13 games this year, it has seven wins against the spread.
- This season, the Fightin' Hawks have just one ATS win in three games as a favorite of 1.5 points or more.
- Oral Roberts has seven wins against the spread in 12 games this year.
- The Golden Eagles have an against the spread record of 7-5 in their 12 games when underdogs by 1.5 points or more this season.
- At home this year, North Dakota has two wins against the spread and is 1-4 overall.
- North Dakota is winless ATS (0-2) as a 1.5-point favorite or greater at home.
- Oral Roberts is 0-6 overall, and 4-2 against the spread, away from home.
Betting the Moneyline: North Dakota vs. Oral Roberts
- This season, North Dakota has been moneyline favorites three times and won one of those games.
- The Fightin' Hawks have entered three games this season favored by -138 or more and are 1-2 in those contests.
- North Dakota has a 58% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Oral Roberts has been chosen as moneyline underdogs in 12 games this year and has walked away with the win two times (16.7%) in those games.
- This season, the Golden Eagles have been victorious two times in 12 chances when named as an underdog of at least +116 or worse on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Oral Roberts has a 46.3% chance of pulling out a win.
