Watch Samford Bulldogs vs. ETSU Buccaneers: How to live stream, TV channel, start time for Saturday’s NCAA Basketball game

Who’s Playing

ETSU Buccaneers @ Samford Bulldogs

Current Records: ETSU 10-8, Samford 15-3

How To Watch

• When: Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 6 p.m. ET
• Where: Pete Hanna Center — Homewood, Alabama
• TV: CBS Sports Network
• Follow: CBS Sports App
• Watch on Connected TV: CBS Sports App on Roku and Fire TV
• Live Stream: CBSSports.com or fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
• Ticket Cost: $10.00

What to Know

We’ve got another exciting Southern matchup on schedule as the Samford Bulldogs and the ETSU Buccaneers are set to tip at 6:00 p.m. ET on Saturday at Pete Hanna Center. The Bulldogs will be looking to keep their 27-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.

Samford will face ETSU after failing to hit the over/under the oddsmakers set for them on Wednesday which, to be fair, was an imposing 165 points. Samford dodged a bullet and finished off Mercer 75-74.

Meanwhile, ETSU didn’t have quite enough to beat Furman on Wednesday and fell 73-70. The Buccaneers have struggled against the Paladins recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.

ETSU struggled to work together and finished the game with only five assists. That’s the fewest assists they’ve posted since back in February of 2024.

Samford has been performing incredibly well recently as they’ve won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. As for ETSU, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-8.

Keep an eye on the arc in Saturday’s game: Samford has made nailing deep shots look easy this year this season, having averaged 11.6 threes per game. However, it’s not like ETSU struggles in that department as they’ve been averaging 9. Given these competing strengths, it’ll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.

Looking ahead, Samford is the favorite in this one, as the experts expect to see them win by 5.5 points. This contest will be their seventh straight as the favorites (so far over this stretch they are 3-3 against the spread).

Odds

Samford is a solid 5.5-point favorite against ETSU, according to the latest college basketball odds.

The oddsmakers were right in line with the betting community on this one, as the game opened as a 5.5-point spread, and stayed right there.

The over/under is 155 points.

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Series History

Samford has won 6 out of their last 10 games against ETSU.

• Mar 11, 2024 – Samford 76 vs. ETSU 69
• Feb 24, 2024 – Samford 87 vs. ETSU 71
• Jan 27, 2024 – Samford 75 vs. ETSU 72
• Feb 04, 2023 – Samford 73 vs. ETSU 62
• Jan 18, 2023 – Samford 69 vs. ETSU 59
• Feb 12, 2022 – Samford 77 vs. ETSU 73
• Jan 15, 2022 – ETSU 88 vs. Samford 85
• Feb 22, 2020 – ETSU 80 vs. Samford 74
• Jan 15, 2020 – ETSU 88 vs. Samford 63
• Jan 31, 2019 – ETSU 74 vs. Samford 66