Grand Canyon Lopes vs Alabama Crimson Tide Prediction, 3/24/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Grand Canyon Lopes vs Alabama Crimson Tide

Date: Sunday, March 24, 2024

Location: Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, WA

TV: TBS

Odds/Point Spread: Grand Canyon (+6)

The Alabama Crimson Tide (22-11) will compete against the Grand Canyon Lopes (30-4) at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena on Sunday in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament. Grand Canyon opens as 6-point underdogs. The betting total is set at 168.5.

The Grand Canyon Lopes stepped onto the hardwood against St. Mary's and notched a win by a score of 75-66 in their last contest. When talking about personal fouls, the Lopes finished with 13 and St. Mary's racked up 21 personal fouls. They buried 7 of their 25 attempts from distance. St. Mary's finished the contest at 58.3% from the charity stripe by making 7 of their 12 attempts. Furthermore, St. Mary's totaled 35 rebounds (11 offensive, 24 defensive), but didn't record a block for the team. St. Mary's earned 16 assists and had 7 steals for the game. When it comes to defending, Grand Canyon allowed the other team to shoot 38.8% from the field on 26 of 67 shooting. They also doled out 10 dimes for the contest as well as creating 11 turnovers and earning 8 steals. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 30 with 6 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Lopes converted 28 of 36 tries for a percentage of 77.8%. Grand Canyon finished the contest with a 42.9% FG percentage (21 out of 49) and buried 5 of 18 shots from 3-point land.

Tyon Grant-Foster is one player who had an impact for the game. He ended up going 41.7% from the floor and dished out 2 dimes. He played 33 mins and also totaled 9 boards. He was able to score 22 points on 5 out of 12 shooting.

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Grand Canyon will enter this matchup with a record of 30-4 on the year. They are averaging 79.6 points per game (44th in Division 1) while hitting 46.4% from the floor. The Lopes are hitting 34.3% on 3-point shots (243 of 709) and 75.4% from the charity stripe. As a team, Grand Canyon is pulling down 38.1 rebounds per game and has accounted for 419 dimes for the campaign, which is 200th in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. They lose possession by turning the ball over 12.2 times per game and as a group they are committing 17.8 fouls per contest.

On the defensive end of the court, the Lopes are able to force 13.9 turnovers every game and they draw 20.1 personal fouls. They currently rank 78th in Division 1 in giving up assists with 383 relinquished for the campaign. The Lopes defense is allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 40.4% (798 of 1,974) and they concede 33.3 rebounds per game as a group. They give up 32.3% on 3-point attempts and they are ranked 46th in Division 1 in PPG allowed (66.9).

When they last stepped on the court, the Alabama Crimson Tide took home the win by a final score of 109-96 when they faced Charleston. In reference to how they attacked the glass, Alabama permitted Charleston to collect 37 in all (14 on the offensive glass). They finished shooting 30.3% from beyond the perimeter by shooting 10 out of 33 and walked away from this one shooting 22 of 29 from the free throw line (75.9%). The Crimson Tide permitted Charleston to convert 32 out of 78 tries from the floor which left them with a rate of 41.0% for the game. When the game finished, the Crimson Tide walked away from this one shooting 36 out of 60 from the floor which had them shooting 60.0%. Regarding shots from distance, Alabama converted 13 of their 23 attempts (56.5%). They were able to knock down 24 of them for a clip of 64.9%. Charleston had 22 fouls in the game which took the Crimson Tide to the free throw line for 37 tries. They also turned it over 10 times, while earning 5 steals in the game. The Crimson Tide recorded 24 defensive boards and 4 offensive rebounds for a total of 28 for the contest.

Mark Sears pitched in for the Crimson Tide for this contest. He racked up 22 points in his 38 minutes on the court and accumulated 4 assists for this contest. He knocked down 7 out of 16 in this matchup for a rate of 43.8%, and tallied 4 rebounds.

Alabama has a win-loss record of 22-11 for the season. The Crimson Tide commit 19.9 personal fouls every game and they go 77.7% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 16.1 times per contest (31st in college basketball) and they are turning it over 11.9 times per game. Alabama has scored 3,013 points on the year (91.3 per contest) and they pull in 39.4 rebounds per contest. When it comes to executing on offense, the Crimson Tide are hitting on 48.1% from the floor, which is ranked 24th in college basketball.

The Alabama defense gives up 31.8% on shots from distance (245 of 770) and opponents are connecting on 74.4% of their free throw shots. They allow 12.6 assists and 35.4 boards per contest, which is 150th and 213th in those defensive categories. The Crimson Tide on the defensive end are ranked 357th in college basketball in points per game surrendered with 81.5. They are able to force 11.6 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 43.9% from the floor (192nd in D-1).

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Grand Canyon (+6)

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