Arkansas State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette prediction: Arkansas State favored to win men's college basketball matchup [2/19/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Thursday at 8:00 PM ET as the favored Arkansas State locks horns with Louisiana-Lafayette in men's college basketball action at Cajundome.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Arkansas State as the most likely winner of the Arkansas State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette game.

This article offers further insights into Thursday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Arkansas State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Thursday's NCAA basketball game between Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives Arkansas State a 78% chance of beating Louisiana-Lafayette. Our predicted final score has Arkansas State winning 75-67.

According to our model, Louisiana-Lafayette (+8.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the 144.5-point over/under has a 52% chance of staying under.

Arkansas State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette odds

We have sourced the best men's college basketball odds in America for this game, which are listed here:

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

Arkansas State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette picks and best bet

After matching our predictions against the best available odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below: