Grand Canyon vs Utah Tech Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 1/18/23

The Utah Tech Trailblazers and the Grand Canyon Antelopes meet Wednesday in college basketball action from GCU Arena. Utah Tech is currently 9-9 on the year. The Trailblazers lost to Sam Houston in their last game. As for Grand Canyon, they’re sitting at 12-6 overall following a loss to Cal Baptist on Saturday. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place.

Utah Tech Trailblazers

Utah Tech kicked off the year on a 9-5 run with losses to Nevada, Washington, Arizona, North Dakota and Utah State. The Trailblazers are 0-4 since then with losses to Utah Valley, Cal Baptist, Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston. 

Matched up against Sam Houston on Saturday, the Trailblazers were down 35-29 by halftime. Utah Tech was drilled 43-24 in the second half and limped to a 78-53 loss. Frank Staine led the team on 10 points and two rebounds. 

Grand Canyon Antelopes

Over on the Grand Canyon side, they were 10-4 after 14 games with losses to Nevada, Wichita State, LMU and North Texas. The Antelopes are 2-2 in their last four with losses to Stephen F. Austin and California Baptist. 

In the Cal Baptist game on Saturday, the Antelopes were down 39-29 by halftime. Grand Canyon made a game of it in the second but still fell short in a 79-74 los. Gabe McGlothan was the lead scorer on 24 points and eight rebounds. 

ANDREW’S FREE PICK

I’ll probably stick with Grand Canyon. The Antelopes need a good bounce-back effort here following a toothless loss to Cal Baptist on Saturday, though. Grand Canyon is on a nice scoring stretch lately; they’ve hit 68 or more points in seven straight games. As for Utah Tech, they’ve failed to surpass 60 points in three of their last four outings. If Grand Canyon can get off to a good start here, I don’t see Utah Tech keeping a cover pace.