Notre Dame vs. Detroit Mercy Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Nov. 7

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1-0) play the Detroit Mercy Titans (0-1) as 19.5-point favorites on Friday, November 7, 2025 at 7 p.m. ET on ACC Network Extra. The matchup's point total is set at 148.5.

Notre Dame took care of business in its last outing 89-67 against LIU on Monday. In Notre Dame's win, Markus Burton led the way with a team-high 24 points (adding one rebound and one assist). Detroit Mercy dropped its last outing 91-71 against UIC on Monday. Detroit Mercy got a team-best 18 points from Ayden Carter in the loss.

Notre Dame vs. Detroit Mercy Odds and Game Time

• When: Friday, November 7, 2025 at 7 p.m. ET
• Where: Purcell Pavilion in South Bend, Indiana
• Spread favorite: Notre Dame -19.5
• Moneyline favorite: Notre Dame -4545
• Moneyline underdog: Detroit Mercy +1600
• Over/Under: 148.5 points

How to watch Notre Dame vs. Detroit Mercy

• TV Channel: ACC Network Extra
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Betting the Over/Under: Notre Dame vs. Detroit Mercy

• Notre Dame played 12 games with more than 148.5 points scored, its current matchup's point total, last season.
• Last season, 15 of Detroit Mercy's 31 games had a combined total of more than 148.5 points scored.
• The two teams averaged a combined 8.8 fewer points per game (139.7) a season ago than this matchup's over/under of 148.5 points.
• The Fighting Irish and the Titans saw their opponents average a combined 0.1 fewer points per game last season than the over/under of 148.5 set for this matchup.
• The average point total for Notre Dame's games last year was 3.4 fewer points than the total of 148.5 in this matchup.
• The average point total for Detroit Mercy in 2024 was 5.6 points fewer than this game's over/under.

Betting the Spread: Notre Dame vs. Detroit Mercy

• Notre Dame put together a 15-17-1 record against the spread last season.
• The Fighting Irish covered the spread twice when favored by 19.5 points or more last season (in three opportunities).
• Detroit Mercy won 17 games against the spread last year, while failing to cover 14 times.
• When playing as at least 19.5-point underdogs last season, the Titans had an ATS record of 3-0.
• At home last season, Notre Dame was 7-9 against the spread and 11-5 overall.
• At home last year, Notre Dame had two wins ATS (2-1) as a 19.5-point favorite or greater.
• Detroit Mercy was 2-14 overall, and 8-9 against the spread, in away games last season.

Betting the Moneyline: Notre Dame vs. Detroit Mercy

• Notre Dame finished with a 12-4 record in games it was listed as the moneyline favorite last season (winning 75% of those games).
• The Fighting Irish won all three games they played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -4545 or shorter.
• Notre Dame has an implied moneyline win probability of 97.8% in this game.
• Detroit Mercy was an underdog 28 times last season and won five, or 17.9%, of those games.
• Last season, the Titans were at least a +1600 underdog on the moneyline three times, losing each of those contests.
• The bookmakers' moneyline implies a 5.9% chance of a victory for Detroit Mercy.