West Virginia vs Colorado Picks and Prediction – 1/12/2025

The West Virginia Mountaineers will be on the road Sunday with a game in Colorado against the Colorado Buffaloes. West Virginia is the number 21 ranked team in the nation with eleven wins to 14 games played coming into Sunday following a 19 point loss against Arizona in their last outing. Offensively West Virginia is scoring the ball well this season averaging 74.2 points on 43.5% shooting from the floor. Defensively West Virginia has held their own allowing 63.4 points per game overall this season we gave up 75 in their loss to Arizona. Stay in the action with our College Basketball Picks.

Javon Small leads the West Virginia offense this season averaging 19.4 points and 4.9 assists per game. Tucker DeVries is second on the team averaging 14.9 points but has played in just eight games this season. Amani Hansberry has added a third best 10.1 points per game this season for West Virginia and leads the team pulling in 6.1 rebounds per game.

The Colorado Buffaloes return home Sunday four games above .500 through 14 games played riding a 4-game skid following an error one point road loss to UCF last time out. Offensively Colorado has scored the ball well this season averaging 74.9 points on 46.6% shooting from the floor. Defensively Colorado has been mediocre allowing 70 point five points per game overall but allowed 78.3 points per game during their three-game skid.

Julian Hammond is the offensive leader this season for Colorado averaging 13.6 points and 3.6 assists per game. Andrej Jakimovski is second on the team averaging 11.4 points and Elijah Malone chips on the third best 10.9 points per game. Trevor Baskin averages 9.2 points and leads Colorado pulling in 6.2 rebounds per game.

West Virginia is the better team in this matchup, and it will show on Sunday. Look for the Mountaineers to control this game on both sides of the ball as they overwhelm a mediocre Colorado team for the full 40 minutes. Take West Virginia to defend their ranking and current hot streak when they win and cover Sunday on the road in Colorado. Final Score Prediction, West Virginia Mountaineers win and cover 76-65.