UC Davis vs Grand Canyon Prediction College Basketball Picks 11/20/24

The UC Davis Aggies and the Grand Canyon Antelopes meet Wednesday in college basketball action from GCU Arena. Here’s a UC Davis vs Grand Canyon prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best UC Davis vs Grand Canyon pick. We will examine:

The UC Davis Aggies’ recent form and player performance

The Grand Canyon Antelopes’ recent form and player performance

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the UC Davis Aggies

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Grand Canyon Antelopes

Recent betting trends in games played between UC Davis and Grand Canyon

A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the UC Davis vs Grand Canyon game

UC Davis Aggies Betting Preview

The Aggies are 2-2 so far with a couple of losses surrounding two wins. The opener was a 79-73 loss to Washington, then came a 79-75 win over Idaho on the road. UC Davis’ third outing was another win, this time 80-70 versus Menlo.

In the Stanford game on Sunday, the Aggies were drilled 41-23 in the first half. UC Davis got better from there on a 42-38 run but still lost by a sizable 79-65 margin. Ty Johnson was the team’s lead scorer on 26 points and four boards.

Grand Canyon Antelopes Betting Preview

Over on the Grand Canyon side, they’ve only got three games in the can so far. The Antelopes started out with a couple of wins, though. First was an 89-79 finish versus CSU Fullerton, then came a tight 74-72 win over Western Kentucky.

Matched up against Arizona State on Thursday, the Lopes were within one point at halftime. Grand Canyon didn’t get any closer on a 46-36 deficit from there and lost 87-76. Tyon Grant-Foster topped the team with 19 points and seven rebounds in the losing effort.

Why the Grand Canyon Antelopes will win

• Grand Canyon has won each of its last 17 night games at Global Credit Union Arena at GCU.
• UC Davis has lost four of its last five road games following a road loss.
• UC Davis has lost the first half in four of its last five road night games against the Western Athletic Conference.

Why the UC Davis Aggies will win

• UC Davis has won three of its last four night games following a road loss.

UC Davis vs Grand Canyon Prediction

I’ll probably just stay with Grand Canyon. The Antelopes had a bad second half versus Arizona State though, and they’ll need a good bounce-back here. Grand Canyon put up a decent 44.1 percent shooting with a 30-27 rebounding edge (11-5 offensive) in that loss but did have 15 turnovers while allowing 53.7 percent shooting on the other side.

As for UC Davis, they were outmuscled on the boards 45-30 (16-3 offensive) and had 14 turnovers in their most recent loss versus Stanford. The Aggies should shoot pretty well here, but if the Antelopes can control the boards Grand Canyon should be able to power out a home cover.