BYU Cougars vs Utah Utes Prediction, 1/10/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: BYU Cougars vs Utah Utes

Date: Saturday, January 10, 2026

Location: Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, UT

TV: ESPN

The BYU Cougars (14-1) are en route to Jon M. Huntsman Center on Saturday where they will compete against the Utah Utes (8-7).

The BYU Cougars faced Arizona State and went home with a win by a final score of 104-76 in their last game. Regarding fouls, the Cougars ended up walking away with 21 and Arizona State recorded 19 fouls. They also converted 7 of their 25 tries from beyond the arc. Arizona State shot 72.2% when shooting free throws by making 13 of their 18 shots. Moreover, Arizona State snagged 30 rebounds (13 offensive, 17 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Arizona State doled out 18 assists and had 10 steals in the matchup. When talking about the defense, BYU allowed the other team to go 37.8% from the floor on 28 out of 74 shooting. They also doled out 19 assists for the game in addition to forcing the other team into 14 turnovers and having 11 steals. Pertaining to getting rebounds, they compiled 37 with 8 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Cougars buried 20 of their 25 attempts for a rate of 80.0%. BYU ended the game having earned a 57.4% FG percentage (35 out of 61) and made 14 of their 31 three-point shots.

Richie Saunders is someone who was a factor in this contest. He notched 31 points on 10 of 13 shooting. He played 32 mins played and collected 8 rebounds. He ended up shooting 76.9% from the field and also earned 3 dimes.

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BYU heads into this contest with a record of 14-1 for the year. They have an average of 88.2 points per game (25th in D-1) while going 50.3% from the floor. The Cougars are hitting 37.5% on shots beyond the perimeter (143 of 381) and 75.2% from the charity stripe. As a unit, BYU is grabbing 39.9 boards per game and has totaled 239 dimes for the campaign, which ranks 121st in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. They turn the ball over 11.1 times per game and as a team they are committing 14.3 fouls per contest.

On defense, the Cougars are forcing their opponents into 13.5 turnovers per contest and they draw 19.1 fouls. They currently rank 167th in Division 1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 203 surrendered for the year. The Cougars defense is allowing a shooting percentage of 40.0% (376 of 939) and they concede 33.5 boards per game as a team. They surrender 30.1% on 3-point attempts while they are 59th in the nation in points per game allowed (67.7).

For their last game, the Utah Utes walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 85-73 when they faced Colorado. The Utes were able to pull down 19 defensive rebounds and 11 offensive rebounds for a total of 30 in this matchup. They also gave up possession of the ball 6 times, while earning 9 steals for this game. Colorado was called for 15 fouls for the game which took the Utes to the charity stripe for 23 shots. They were able to convert 16 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 69.6%. In regard to shots from downtown, Utah made 5 of 16 attempts (31.3%). Overall, the Utes shot 26 for 66 from the field which had them at 39.4%. The Utes allowed Colorado to make 29 of their 62 tries from the floor which left them with a rate of 46.8% in the game. They finished 33.3% from beyond the perimeter by hitting 8 out of 24 and ended up going 19 out of 21 from the free throw line (90.5%). In the matter of attacking the glass, Utah allowed Colorado to get 37 in all (12 offensive).

Don McHenry ended up being a factor for the Utes in this contest. He had 24 points in his 35 minutes on the court and accumulated 1 assist in the game. He made 9 out of 22 in the game for a field goal percentage of 40.9%, and earned 7 rebounds.

Utah has a win-loss record of 8-7 on the season. As an offense, the Utes are shooting 46.5% from the floor, which has them ranked 125th in college. Utah has 1,205 points on the season (80.3 per game) and they pull in 35.6 rebounds per game. They are getting an assist 14.3 times per contest (193rd in college) and they cough up possession 11.5 times per game. The Utes commit 17.8 fouls every game while shooting 73.5% from the free throw line.

The Utes on defense are ranked 323rd in college hoops in points allowed per game with 80.1. They are forcing 10.7 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 46.5% from the floor (308th in the country). The Utah defense gives up 34.0% on shots from beyond the arc (106 of 312) and their opponents are knocking down 70.4% of their shots from the free throw line. They allow 12.7 assists and 36.7 boards every game, which is 135th and 284th in D-1.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take BYU

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