Grand Canyon vs San Francisco 12/18/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The San Francisco Dons and the Grand Canyon Antelopes meet in college basketball action from the Footprint Center on Saturday night.

The San Francisco Dons will look to remain unbeaten after improving to 10-0 with a 71-63 win over Fresno State last time out. Jamaree Bouyea leads the Dons in scoring and assists with 20 PPG and 3.6 APG while Yauhen Massalski leads the Dons on the glass with 7 RPG along with 13.7 PPG and Gabe Stefanini and Khalil Shabazz each have 10+ PPG for San Francisco to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for the Dons so far this season. As a team, San Francisco is averaging 77.6 PPG on 48.6% shooting from the field, 37.9% from three and 67.8% from the foul line while allowing 63.9 PPG on 41% shooting from the field and 28% from three this season.

The Grand Canyon Antelopes will look to add to an 81-53 win over subdivision Ottawa last time out. Jovan Blacksher Jr. leads GCU in scoring and assists with 15.9 PPG and 3.9 APG while Holland Woods has 14 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Grand Canyon up to this point in the season. Gabe McGlothan also has 9.8 PPG with a team-high 7.2 RPG to lead Grand Canyon on the glass this season. As a team, Grand Canyon is averaging 74.4 PPG on 43% shooting from the field, 35.6% from three and 65.7% from the foul line while allowing 58.7 PPG on 37.1% shooting from the field and 26.9% from three this season.

San Francisco is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 neutral site games and 2-14 ATS in their last 16 games following a win while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 Saturday games. Grand Canyon is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 neutral site games and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 Saturday games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning percentage over .600.

I get why the Dons would be favored here, but San Francisco hasn’t played an overly tough schedule to this point and Grand Canyon is a legitimate team that’s been one of the more profitable teams for bettors since their D-I inception. I think this is a three-point game at best so give me Grand Canyon and the points here.