Samford vs. Chattanooga Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Jan. 24
24 January 2026

The Samford Bulldogs (9-11, 2-5 SoCon) host the Chattanooga Mocs (9-11, 3-4 SoCon) at Pete Hanna Center, tipping off at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday, January 24, 2026. The Bulldogs are 4.5-point favorites in the game. The matchup has an over/under set at 153.5 points.
Samford heads into this contest on the heels of an 88-78 loss to Wofford on Wednesday. Jadin Booth scored a team-best 27 points for Samford in the loss. Chattanooga is coming off of a 67-66 loss to East Tennessee State in its last game on Wednesday. Chattanooga got a team-high 19 points from Brennan Watkins in the loss.
Samford vs. Chattanooga Odds and Game Time
- When: Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 2 p.m. ET
- Where: Pete Hanna Center in Birmingham, Alabama
- Spread favorite: Samford -4.5
- Moneyline favorite: Samford -185
- Moneyline underdog: Chattanooga +154
- Over/Under: 153.5 points
How to watch Samford vs. Chattanooga
- TV Channel: ESPN U
- Live Stream: Fubo
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Betting the Over/Under: Samford vs. Chattanooga
- Samford and its opponents have hit the over on this game's total (153.5 points) 10 times this season.
- This season, five games Chattanooga has played finished with a combined score higher than 153.5 points.
- The total for the contest of 153.5 is 1.1 points fewer than the combined points per game averages for the Bulldogs (77.6) and Mocs (77.0).
- These two teams surrender a combined 149.8 points per game, 3.7 less than this contest's over/under.
- This season, the average over/under for Samford's games is 154.5 points, 1.0 more than the total of 153.5 points set for this contest.
- The over/under for this contest is 3.7 points more than the average over/under in Chattanooga's games this season (149.8 points).
Betting the Spread: Samford vs. Chattanooga
- Samford has played 18 games, with seven wins against the spread.
- The Bulldogs are 3-3 ATS when favored by 4.5 points or more this season.
- Against the spread, Chattanooga is 8-9-0 this season.
- The Mocs have been underdogs by 4.5 points or more five times this season and are 3-2 ATS in those matchups.
- At home this year, Samford has two wins against the spread and is 3-3 overall.
- At home, as a 4.5-point favorite or more, Samford is winless ATS (0-3).
- On the road, Chattanooga is 4-6 overall and 4-6 against the spread.
- Chattanooga has one win ATS (1-1) as 4.5-point underdogs or more on the road.
Betting the Moneyline: Samford vs. Chattanooga
- This season, Samford has won seven out of the nine games in which it has been the moneyline favorite.
- The Bulldogs have a record of 5-1 in games where oddsmakers favor them by at least -185 on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Samford has a 64.9% chance to win.
- Chattanooga has been a moneyline underdog in eight games this season and has come away with the win two times (25%) in those contests.
- This season, the Mocs have been victorious one time in five chances when named as an underdog of at least +154 or longer on the moneyline.
- Chattanooga has an implied victory probability of 39.4% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
