Seattle vs Gonzaga Prediction 1/2/2026 Today’s College Basketball Picks

The Seattle Redhawks and the Gonzaga Bulldogs meet Friday in college basketball action from McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane. Here’s a Seattle vs Gonzaga prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Seattle vs Gonzaga pick. We will examine the recent form and player performances for both teams, as well as the recent betting trends and streaks pertaining to this matchup. As we conclude, we will tie it all together with a summary that produces a sensible pick for a favorable betting outcome in this game.

Seattle Redhawks Betting Preview

Seattle opened the year on a 5-1 run with wins over Denver, Eastern Washington, Idaho State, Stanford and Texas State. After a loss to UC Santa Barbara came wins over Puget Sound, UTEP, Warner Pacific, UC Davis, Washington and UTSA ahead of a loss to San Francisco. In their first 14 games of the year that would give Seattle an 11-3 overall record.

In Tuesday’s matchup versus Washington State, the Redhawks took a 36-22 edge into the break. Seattle kept the pace from there on 33 more points and ended up with the victory in the end 69-55. Leading the team in scoring was Brayden Maldonado with 15 points and three rebounds. Junseok Yeo had 10 points with three rebounds and Will Heimbrodt had nine points in the win.

Gonzaga Bulldogs Betting Preview

Over on the Gonzaga side, they beat Texas Southern, Oklahoma, Creighton, Arizona State, Southern Utah, Alabama and Maryland in their first seven outings. The Bulldogs would lose to Michigan, but then beat Kentucky, North Florida, UCLA, Campbell, Oregon and Pepperdine in the next six outings. In the first 14 games the Bulldogs constructed a 13-1 overall record.

Matched up against San Diego on Tuesday the Bulldogs posted a high-scoring 99-93 win to improve their record this year to 14-1 overall. Leading the team in scoring was Jalen Warley with 22 points and 14 rebounds in 35 minutes of work off the bench. Tyon Grant-Foster added 18 points with five boards and Braden Huff had 14 points with eight rebounds in the win.

Seattle Redhawks @ Gonzaga Bulldogs Betting Trends: January 2, 2026

Why the Gonzaga Bulldogs will win

• Gonzaga has won each of its last 14 games against non-AP-ranked opponents.
• Seattle has lost the first half in three of its last four road games against the West Coast Conference.

Why the Seattle Redhawks will win

• Seattle has won eight of its last nine night games.

Seattle vs Gonzaga Prediction

I’ll take a stab on Seattle. The Redhawks are coming off a pretty solid win over a middling Washington State team, hitting 42.6 percent from the field with 19-of-25 (76 percent) from the line. Seattle got blitzed on the boards 50-23 however, and outscored 24-18 in the paint. That makes fewer than 70 points in consecutive games now, but the Redhawks had been scoring quite well before that.

As for Gonzaga, they let San Diego get a little too close for comfort but still took a win in their last outing. The Bulldogs shot 57 percent from the field in that one with 44 rebounds and 15 turnovers . That gives the team 82 or more points in each installment of this current seven-game win streak. Gonzaga should be in control here as well but I think Seattle can get in there.

Andrew Jett's Pick: Seattle Redhawks +23.5