Quinnipiac vs. Canisius Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 1/22/23

The Canisius Golden Griffins and the Quinnipiac Bobcats meet in college basketball action from the M&T Bank Arena on Sunday. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Quinnipiac is listed as an 8.5-point home favorite with a ML price of -450. The total for this game is set at 139.5 points.

Injuries

For Canisius, Youri Fritz is listed as questionable with a lower body injury while Quinnipiac only has one injury listed since October so barring any last-minute announcements, the Bobcats should be at full strength here.

Matchup history

Canisius has won four straight meetings and covered the spread in five straight meetings against Quinnipiac after a 72-67 win back on February 27^th, 2022.

Trends

Canisius is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS loss and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a straight up loss while the under is 6-1 in their last 7 games overall. Quinnipiac is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 7-2-1 ATS in their last 10 games following a straight up win while the under is 7-1 in their last 8 games following an ATS win.

Pick

I get the case to be made for either side in this game, but I’m leaning towards Quinnipiac at home here. The Bobcats have just been rolling along and while some of those results have been in the underdog role, the reality is they’ve won five straight in fairly convincing fashion, and I just think they’re the better team here. So give me Quinnipiac laying the points here.