8:03 pm
March 12

WAC Tournament: Seattle v. Grand Canyon

Who will WIN this matchup?

Seattle Redhawks (12-10)

Grand Canyon Antelopes (15-6)

 

Current odds:

Seattle Redhawks: (+250)

Grand Canyon Antelopes: (-300)

 

• The line for this game is Grand Canyon by 7 points.

• Seattle U opened the two-game series with a 63-57 win over the Lopes on Feb. 26. Four player scored in double figures including 17 from Darrion Trammell and a career-high 14 from Kobe Williamson. Just 24 hours later, GCU was the victor of an 81-71 final. Trammell scored 28 points and Riley Grigsby added 25.

• Seattle U brings a 4-7 record from seven previous WAC Tournament appearances into this year’s event.

• The Redhawks are normally powered by the WAC’s leading scorers, sophomore 5-foot-10 point guard Darrion Trammell (20.9 points per game) and junior 6-6 forward Riley Grigsby (18.0). But with senior guard Aaron Nettles out with a broken thumb, junior 6-4 guard Nate Robinson played all 40 minutes Thursday night and made 10 of 17 shots (4 of 5 on 3-pointers) for a season-high 27 points.

• Seattle U is trying to win three games in three nights with mostly a six-man rotation, half of which (Trammell, Robinson and Emeka Udenyi) helped City College of San Francisco average more than 100 points and go 30-0 last year.

• GCU and Seattle U split a Feb. 26-27 set in Seattle, where the Redhawks won 63-57 and the Lopes won 81-71. Trammell, an All-WAC first-team pick, averaged 22.5 points on 32% shooting while Grigsby, an All-WAC second-team pick, averaged 38 points on 44% shooting. The pair scored Seattle U’s final 30 points in the GCU win.

• Beyond defense, GCU’s calling card has been the frontcourt tandem of Lever at 6 feet 10 and senior center Asbjørn Midtgaard at 7 feet. Lever scored 20 in the second half of the loss and Midtgaard posted double-doubles in both games, averaging 15.5 points and 13.0 rebounds.

• From loss to win in the series at Seattle U, Lopes sophomore point guard Jovan Blacksher Jr. had the largest improvement from a 2-for-14, five-turnover game to a 17-point, seven-assist, three-steal game.

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