The Grand Canyon Lopes and the Abilene Christian Wildcats meet in college basketball action from the Moody Coliseum on Thursday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Grand Canyon is listed as a 3.5-point road favorite with a ML price of -170. The total for this game is set at 139.5 points.
Injuries
Jovan Blacksher Jr. is the only name on Grand Canyon’s injury list, out for the season with a knee injury. Abilene Christian comes into this game with a clean injury report.
Matchup History
Grand Canyon’s 95-68 win over Abilene Christian was their second win in the two all-time meetings between these two teams.
Trends
Grand Canyon is 18-6 in their last 24 games following an ATS loss and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the over is 16-5 in their last 21 games overall. Abilene Christian is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 1-9 ATS in their last 10 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 6-2 in their last 8 games overall.
Pick
I’m going to back the over here. These are two teams that can flat out score, and averages in their last five games respectively would suggest that we should be seeing a game that’s ending up closer to 145-150 points at the very least. Both teams are fully capable of scoring into the 70s in this game and I think this is going to be a fairly entertaining matchup. Give me the over.