Who’s Playing
Prairie View A&M @ Grand Canyon
Current Records: Prairie View A&M 0-5; Grand Canyon 2-0
What to Know
The Grand Canyon Antelopes have the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome the Prairie View A&M Panthers at 9 p.m. ET Nov. 17 at Grand Canyon University Arena. The Antelopes will be strutting in after a victory while Prairie View A&M will be stumbling in from a defeat.
Grand Canyon strolled past the North Florida Ospreys with points to spare last Friday, taking the matchup 65-51.
Meanwhile, it’s never fun to lose, and it’s even less fun to lose 84-49, which was the final score in Prairie View A&M’s tilt against the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Monday. One thing holding the Panthers back was the mediocre play of guard D’Rell Roberts, who did not have his best game: he played for 26 minutes with 5-for-15 shooting and five turnovers.
Grand Canyon is the favorite in this one, with an expected 12.5-point margin of victory. They have been consistent moneymakers against the spread when favored (2-0), so they might be worth a quick bet.
Grand Canyon’s win brought them up to 2-0 while Prairie View A&M’s loss pulled them down to 0-5. Two last-season defensive numbers to keep in mind before tip-off: The Antelopes enter the game with only 62.1 points allowed per game on average, good for 13th best in college basketball. Less enviably, the Panthers have allowed their opponents to shoot 49.60% from the floor on average, which is the 11th highest shooting percentage allowed in college basketball. So the cards are definitely stacked against Prairie View A&M.
How To Watch
- When: Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET
- Where: Grand Canyon University Arena — Phoenix, Arizona
- Follow: CBS Sports App
- Ticket Cost: $6.00
Odds
The Antelopes are a big 12.5-point favorite against the Panthers, according to the latest college basketball odds.
The line on this game has moved quite a bit since it opened, as it started out with the Antelopes as a 9.5-point favorite.
Over/Under: -105
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Series History
This is the first time these teams have played each other within the last six years.
