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#LOPESUP MEN’S BASKETBALL @GCU_MBB 2018-19 GAME NOTES @gcu_mbb Charles Hampton, Associate AD, Strategic Communications and PR · Office: (602) 639-7738 · Cell: (480) 628-1754 · E-mail: [email protected] THURSDAY, FEB. 14 | SWINNEY CENTER (1,500) | KANSAS CITY, MO. 2018-19 SCHEDULE GRAND CANYON KANSAS CITY 14-9 7-3 9-2 4-4 1-3 LOPES KANGAROOS OVERALL WAC H A N OCTOBER (14-9, 7-3 WAC) (8-16, 3-6 WAC) V Tue 30 Montana State Billings (exhib.) W, 97-60 » Head Coach: Dan Majerle (6th, 117-67, .636) S » Head Coach: Kareem Richardson (6th, 72-113, .389) NOVEMBER POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS Tue 06 at South Dakota State ^ L, 79-74 Alessandro Lever Trey Drechsel Damari Milstead Xavier Bishop Marvin Nesbitt, Jr. Xavier Bishop So. | C | 6-10 Sr. | G | 6-6 So. | G | 6-2 Jr. | G | 5-8 So. | G | 6-4 Jr. | G | 5-8 Sat 10 Delaware State W, 89-47 12.6 ppg 5.3 rpg 3.4 apg 15.6 ppg 4.6 rpg 3.8 apg Mon 12 Jacksonville W, 76-59 Fri 16 Arkansas State W, 96-72 TV STREAM LISTEN STATS Wooden Legacy | Fullerton, Calif. WAC Digital Network WAC Digital Network 1580 The Fanatic GCULopes.com Thu 22 vs. Seton Hall L, 82-75 Neil Harwell (Play-by-play) wacdigitalnetwork.com Michael Potter (Play-by-play) Fri 23 Utah L, 75-66 Michael Watson (Analysis) Paul Coro (Analysis) Sun 25 La Salle W, 82-70 DECEMBER SERIES HISTORY AT A GLANCE Sat 01 Boise State W, 69-67 Grand Canyon vs. Kansas City » Grand Canyon has won five straight meetings with Kansas Sun 09 vs. Nevada % L, 74-66 15th all-time meeting dating back to 1974 City, most recently defeating the Roos 78-50 on Jan. 19 at Sat 15 at Texas L, 98-60 GCU Arena. In that contest, Carlos Johnson led the Lopes » Overall: 11-3 | Home: 7-1 | Away: 3-2 | Neutral: 1-0 Wed 19 at Northern Iowa W, 73-62 with 21 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field. » Last time: GCU 78 UMKC 50, 1/19/19 (Phoenix, Ariz.) Sat 22 Mississippi Valley State W, 85-64 » Streak: Grand Canyon, Won 5 » In that contest, the Lopes held Kansas City scoreless for the first 6:46 of the contest in opening up a 12-0 lead to Sat 29 at San Diego L, 61-58 LAST GAME’S STARTERS start the game. JANUARY » GCU makes their first-ever appearance on campus at Thu 03 Utah Valley * W, 71-60 No. Player Pos. G PPG RPG APG the Swinney Center, after playing UMKC at the Municipal 2 Trey Drechsel G 23 8.7 5.3 2.7 Auditorium in downtown Kansas City the last five seasons. Sat 05 Seattle U * W, 71-57 11 Damari Milstead G 23 11.2 2.5 3.4 » Last time out, the Lopes dropped their second consecutive Thu 10 at New Mexico State * L, 77-75 home contest, falling 67-64 to New Mexico State. It was 4 Oscar Frayer F 22 8.0 3.8 1.1 Sat 12 at UT Rio Grande Valley * W, 69-65 the first time the Lopes have lost consecutive conference 43 Michael Finke F 20 8.8 4.6 1.2 home games since joining the WAC in 2013-14. Thu 17 Chicago State * W, 80-46 25 Alessandro Lever C 23 12.6 4.0 1.4 » Johnson is one of six players in the nation to score 20+ points Sat 19 Kansas City * W, 78-50 off the bench in three consecutive games this year and is tied Sat 26 at California Baptist * W, 90-73 BY THE NUMBERS | 2018-19 for 20th in Division I for total points off the bench despite having fewer bench games than the rest of the top 20. FEBRUARY CATEGORIES » GCU is allowing the least points per game (62.6) and Sat 02 at CSU Bakersfield * W, 72-59 lowest opponent field goal percentage (41.3) in WAC play. Thu 07 UT Rio Grande Valley * L, 72-69 69.2 POINTS | AVG. 74.3 Its average scoring margin in WAC games is also a league- Sat 09 New Mexico State * L, 67-64 best mark of +11.3. Thu 14 at Kansas City * 5 p.m. -4.5 MARGIN +7.5 » The Lopes have won 16 of their last 18 regular-season .434 FG % .450 home games. Since 2013-14, the Lopes are 32-6 in home Sat 16 at Chicago State * 1:05 p.m. games following a road or neutral-site contest, including .358 3PT % .321 Thu 21 California Baptist * 7 p.m. a 5-1 mark this season . Wed 27 Eastern New Mexico 7 p.m. .668 FT % .732 » GCU has averaged 7,135 fans per game in 2018-19, which MARCH 30.6 REB | AVG. 35.9 is 101.9% of its capacity--that ranks fifth in the NCAA this season and is the highest since the arena opened in 2011. Sat 02 CSU Bakersfield * 7 p.m. 11.0 AST | AVG. 13.9 » The Lopes are 13-2 this season when outrebounding their Thu 07 at Utah Valley * 7 p.m. opponent and 1-7 when losing the rebounding battle. 12.8 TO | AVG. 12.5 Sat 09 at Seattle U * 2 p.m. » In D1 play, GCU is 46-1 when scoring at least 82 points and 7.4 STL | AVG. 6.3 55-6 when holding opponents to 63 points or less. WAC Tournament | Las Vegas, Nev. 2.6 BLK | AVG. 2.4 » In the WAC Preseason poll, GCU was picked to finish second Thu 14 WAC Quarterfinals TBA by both the coaches and media. In each poll, Alessandro Fri 15 WAC Semifinals TBA To access the media guide, archived game Lever was picked as the WAC Preseason Player of the Year. Sun 16 WAC Finals TBA » Lever was one of 20 players named to the watch list for notes and more materials, visit: * denotes WAC game the 2019 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, The annual honor ^ denotes WAC / Summit Challenge GCULopes.com/mbbmedia recognizes the top centers in men’s college basketball. % denotes Colangelo Classic (Talking Stick Resort Arena) #LOPESUP ‹ 1 › MEN’S BASKETBALL // ROSTER TABLE OF CONTENTS NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Roster & Media Information 2 0 J.J. Rhymes G 6-4 205 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Hutchinson CC) Broadcast Roster 3 1 Isiah Brown G 6-2 175 Jr. Lynnwood, Wash. (Northwestern) Game Notes 4 2 Trey Drechsel G 6-6 205 R-Sr. Woodinville, Wash. (Western Washington) GCU Arena 15 3 Mikey Dixon G 6-2 170 R-So. New Castle, Del. (St. John’s) Schedule Notes 16 4 Oscar Frayer G 6-7 190 Jr. Oakland, Calif. (Moreau Catholic) 5 Matt Jackson F 6-8 230 R-Sr. Melbourne, Australia (Diamond Valley) Head Coach Dan Majerle 17 11 Damari Milstead G 6-2 190 So. Hayward, Calif. (Moreau Catholic) Stats 18 12 Roberts Blumbergs F 6-10 220 So. Ventspils, Latvia (GBA Prague) Last Time 26 15 Raef Gerdes G 6-7 180 Fr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Summit Christian) Game Capsules 29 23 Carlos Johnson G 6-3 215 Jr. Centralia, Ill. (Washington) Player Capsules 52 24 Tim Finke G 6-6 195 Fr. Champaign, Ill. (Champaign Central) 25 Alessandro Lever F 6-10 230 So. Bolzano, Italy (Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia) COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS 42 Gerard Martin G 6-7 225 R-Sr. Manly, Australia (Australian Institute of Sport) 43 Michael Finke F 6-10 235 R-Sr. Champaign, Ill. (Illinois) Charles Hampton Associate AD, Strategic Communications / PR ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Office Phone 602-639-7738 Cell Phone 480-628-1754 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Email [email protected] 12 Roberts Blumbergs F 6-10 220 So. Ventspils, Latvia (GBA Prague) 1 Isiah Brown G 6-2 175 Jr. Lynnwood, Wash. (Northwestern) Josh Hauser 3 Mikey Dixon G 6-2 170 R-So. New Castle, Del. (St. John’s) Director of Creative Media 2 Trey Drechsel G 6-6 205 R-Sr. Woodinville, Wash. (Western Washington) Office Phone 602-639-6126 Cell Phone 503-734-8587 43 Michael Finke F 6-10 235 R-Sr. Champaign, Ill. (Illinois) Email [email protected] 24 Tim Finke G 6-6 195 Fr. Champaign, Ill. (Champaign Central) 4 Oscar Frayer G 6-7 190 Jr. Oakland, Calif. (Moreau Catholic) GRAND CANYON INFORMATION 15 Raef Gerdes G 6-7 180 Fr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Summit Christian) School Grand Canyon University 5 Matt Jackson F 6-8 230 R-Sr. Melbourne, Australia (Diamond Valley) Location Phoenix, Ariz. 23 Carlos Johnson G 6-3 215 Jr. Centralia, Ill. (Washington) Founded 1949 25 Alessandro Lever F 6-10 230 So. Bolzano, Italy (Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia) Enrollment 20,500 42 Gerard Martin G 6-7 225 R-Sr. Manly, Australia (Australian Institute of Sport) President Brian Mueller 11 Damari Milstead G 6-2 190 So. Hayward, Calif. (Moreau Catholic) Vice President of Athletics Mike Vaught Faculty Representative Claude Pensis 0 J.J. Rhymes G 6-4 205 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Hutchinson CC) Affiliation NCAA Division I Nickname Lopes BASKETBALL STAFF Mascot Thunder Dan Majerle Head Coach 6th Season Central Michigan Colors Purple, Black & White Conference Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Louis Wilson Associate Head Coach 1st Season William Jewell Chris Crevelone Assistant Coach 6th Season Adams State GCU ARENA T.J. Benson Assistant Coach 6th Season Weber State Opened Sept.