UC Irvine vs. Belmont Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Dec. 19

The UC Irvine Anteaters (7-4) host the Belmont Bruins (11-1) at Bren Events Center, starting at 9 p.m. ET on Friday, December 19, 2025. The Bruins are 1.5-point underdogs in the game. The matchup has an over/under of 149.5 points.

UC Irvine heads into this game after an 85-71 victory over CSU Northridge on Saturday. In the victory, Derin Saran led UC Irvine with 17 points. Belmont won its most recent matchup 83-78 against Evansville on Tuesday. Tyler Lundblade's team-high 21 points paced Belmont in the win.

UC Irvine vs. Belmont Odds and Game Time

• When: Friday, December 19, 2025 at 9 p.m. ET
• Where: Bren Events Center in Irvine, California
• Spread favorite: UC Irvine -1.5
• Moneyline favorite: UC Irvine -139
• Moneyline underdog: Belmont +117
• Over/Under: 149.5 points

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Betting the Over/Under: UC Irvine vs. Belmont

• This season, UC Irvine's games have gone over this matchup's 149.5-point over/under just twice.
• In Belmont's 11 games this season, seven finished with more combined points than Friday's over/under of 149.5.
• The over/under for the contest of 149.5 is 15.5 points fewer than the combined points per game averages for the Anteaters (79.5) and Bruins (85.5).
• The 133 points per game these two teams surrender to opponents combined this season are 16.5 less than the 149.5-point over/under in this contest.
• This season the average over/under for UC Irvine's games is 143.5 points, six fewer than the over/under of 149.5 set for this contest.
• Belmont's games have an average over/under of 154.6 points this season, 5.1 more points than the over/under for this contest.

Betting the Spread: UC Irvine vs. Belmont

• In UC Irvine's nine games this year, it has three wins against the spread.
• So far this season, the Anteaters have been installed as favorites by a 1.5-point margin or more eight times and are 3-5 ATS in those contests.
• Belmont is 6-5-0 against the spread this season.
• UC Irvine has one win against the spread, and is 3-2 overall, at home this year.
• At home, UC Irvine has one win ATS (1-4) as a 1.5-point favorite or more.
• On the road, Belmont is 4-0 overall and 3-1 against the spread.
• As 1.5-point underdogs or more on the road, Belmont is 3-1 ATS.

Betting the Moneyline: UC Irvine vs. Belmont

• This season, UC Irvine has won five out of the eight games in which it has been the moneyline favorite.
• This season, the Anteaters have won five of their eight games when favored by at least -139 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win from UC Irvine, based on the moneyline, is 58.2%.
• Belmont has yet to play a game this season where it is named as the moneyline underdog.
• The Bruins have yet to play a game this season with longer moneyline odds than +117.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Belmont has a 46.1% chance of pulling out a win.

Dunkel Index Prediction for UC Irvine vs. Belmont

• Pick ATS: Belmont (+ 1.5)
• Pick OU: Over (149.5)
  
• Prediction: Belmont 77 - UC Irvine 74