Maryland vs Grand Canyon Prediction 3/21/25 College Basketball Picks Today

The Grand Canyon Antelopes and the Maryland Terrapins meet Friday in college basketball action from the Climate Pledge Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Maryland vs Grand Canyon Prediction.

Grand Canyon Recap

The Grand Canyon Antelopes come into this game on behalf of the WAC, finishing the year with an overall record of 26-7, including a 13-3 record in WAC conference play. As the 2-seed in the WAC Tournament, Grand Canyon knocked off UT-Arlington, Cal Baptist and Utah Valley on the way to the WAC tournament title.

Antelopes In NCAA Tournament For Third Straight Year

JaKobe Coles leads the Antelopes in scoring with 14.8 PPG along with 5.7 RPG and 2.2 APG while Tyon Grant-Foster has 14.5 PPG along with 6 RPG. Ray Harrison has 11.6 PPG with a team-high 2.9 APG to lead Grand Canyon in assists. Duke Brennan has 10.7 PPG with a team-high 9.2 RPG to lead Grand Canyon on the glass and to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Grand Canyon this season. Collin Moore has added 7.8 PPG with 3.5 RPG and 2.1 APG while Lok Wur has 8.1 PPG with 3.8 RPG as well on the year. Makaih Williams also has 8.3 PPG with 2.4 RPG and 2.5 APG as well on the year. As a team, Grand Canyon is averaging 79.2 PPG on 46.1% shooting from the field, 31.5% from three and 73.3% from the foul line up to this point in the year.

Why the Grand Canyon Antelopes will win

• Grand Canyon has won nine of its last 10 games.

Maryland Recap

The Maryland Terrapins come into the NCAA tournament repping the Big Ten, finishing the year with an overall record of 25-8 on the year including a 14-6 mark in Big Ten conference play. As the 2-seed in the Big Ten tournament, Maryland knocked off Illinois before falling to Michigan in the semifinals.

Terrapins Back in NCAA Tournament After Missing Last Season

Derik Queen leads the Terps in scoring with 16.3 PPG along with 9 RPG while Ja’Kobi Gillespie has 14.7 PPG with a team-high 5 APG to lead the Terrapins in the assist department. Rodney Rice has 13.9 PPG and Selton Miguel has 12 PPG, while Julian Reese has 13.1 PPG with a team-high 9 RPG to lead the Terrapins on the glass and to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Maryland so far this season. As a team, Maryland is averaging 81.7 PPG on 47.2% shooting from the field, 37.2% from three and 75.5% from the foul line this season.

Why the Maryland Terrapins will win

• Maryland has won each of its last 11 day games against non-AP-ranked opponents.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Grand Canyon’s last 18 day games against non-Conference opponents have produced a total of 149 or fewer points.
• Seven of Maryland’s last eight games against non-AP-ranked opponents at a neutral venue have produced a total of 147 or fewer points.

Maryland vs Grand Canyon Prediction

I’m on Grand Canyon here. I just think that Grand Canyon is one of those teams that, regardless of whom they play every year in the NCAA tournament, that opposing team should be on upset alert. The Lopes are well coached, they usually don’t beat themselves, and they make life difficult for opposing teams. Maryland I think has the more top-end talent, but the Terps aren’t a deep squad, and that’s a concern for me here. I think that Grand Canyon could be live here if the shots break their way, so give me the Antelopes and the points here.