Tag: Nevada Wolf Pack vs Grand Canyon Antelopes

#763/764 ASA FREE college bet on Under 138.5 Points – Nevada vs Grand Canyon, Thursday at 5:30 PM ET

Both teams are middle of the pack in pace in the Mountain West and we only expect possessions in the mid 60’s here.  In their 1 meeting this year they had 72 total possessions and that included OT.  GC won that game 66-60 in OT and at the end of regulation the score was 53-53.  Both teams are better efficiency wise on defense compared to offense.  GC ranks #1 in the MWC and top 20 nationally in defensive efficiency and Nevada is 4^th in that metric in league play.  They rank 1^st and 3^rd in the conference in PPG allowed.  Offensively they are 6^th and 7^th in the MWC in efficiency and 7^th and 8^th in eFG%.  Nevada is a decent 3 point shooting team but they don’t take many 3’s (337^th in 3 point shot attempted per game) and when they do the Antelopes are 2^nd in the MWC and top 60 nationally guarding the arc.  On the other end, Grand Canyon is simply a poor shooting team from deep ranking 11^th in the conference and 311^th nationally making only 31% of their triples.  Both are better defensive rebounding teams than offensive which should limit 2^nd chance opportunities.  If we don’t see a foul fest in this game, we don’t see either team reaching 70 points and we like the Under.