Grand Canyon vs Abilene Christian Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/17/23

The Abilene Christian Wildcats and the Grand Canyon Lopes meet in college basketball action from the GCU Arena on Friday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Grand Canyon is listed as a 6.5-point home favorite with a ML price of -275. The total for this game is set at 143.5 points.

Injuries

Abilene Christian comes into this game with a clean injury report while Grand Canyon has Jovan Blacksher Jr. listed as out for the season with a knee injury.

Matchup History

Grand Canyon’s won all three all-time meetings with Abilene Christian following a 75-73 win back on January 26^th, 2023.

Trends

Abilene Christian is 4-1-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 2-9 ATS in their last 11 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 games overall. Grand Canyon is 1-8 ATS in their last 9 games overall and 0-6 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 8-0 in their last 8 games following a loss.

Pick

I’m backing Abilene Christian and the points in this one. I get Grand Canyon being favored because they’re at home, but the Wildcats areplaying fairly well lately and Grand Canyon hasn’t been able to cover themselves with a sheet let alone cover a point spread right now. Grand Canyon’s been favored in a lot of spots and haven’t been able to come through with the cover even though they’re getting the occasional win. The first meeting was tight and I think the rematch will be as well. Give me Abilene Christian and the points.